Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38277293›Full record

ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2024

RNA Analysis of Circulating Leukocytes in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Yuka Okinaka, Yoshiyuki Shinagawa, Carsten Claussen, Sheraz Gul, Ikuko Matsui, Yutaka Matsui, Akihiko Taguchi

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Yuka OkinakaDepartment of Regenerative Medicine Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Yoshiyuki ShinagawaDepartment of Regenerative Medicine Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Carsten ClaussenFraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Hamburg, Germany.
Sheraz GulFraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Hamburg, Germany.
Ikuko MatsuiMatsui Dietary and Dementia Clinic, Hyogo, Japan.
Yutaka MatsuiMatsui Dietary and Dementia Clinic, Hyogo, Japan.
Akihiko TaguchiDepartment of Regenerative Medicine Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation · JPFraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology · DEGTx (United States) · USKaneka (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: One of the key symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the impairment of short-term memory. Hippocampal neurogenesis is essential for short-term memory and is known to decrease in patients with AD. Impaired short-term memory and impaired neurogenesis are observed in aged mice alongside changes in RNA expression of gap junction and metabolism-related genes in circulating leukocytes. Moreover, after penetrating the blood-brain barrier via the SDF1/CXCR4 axis, circulating leukocytes directly interact with hippocampal neuronal stem cells via gap junctions. Objective: Evaluation of RNA expression profiles in circulating leukocytes in patients with AD. Methods: Patients with AD (MMSE≧23, n = 10) and age-matched controls (MMSE≧28, n = 10) were enrolled into this study. RNA expression profiles of gap junction and metabolism-related genes in circulating leukocytes were compared between the groups (jRCT: 1050210166). Results: The ratios of gap junction and metabolism-related genes were significantly different between patients with AD and age-matched controls. However, due to large inter-individual variations, there were no statistically significant differences in the level of single RNA expression between these groups. Conclusions: Our findings suggest a potential connection between the presence of circulating leukocytes and the process of hippocampal neurogenesis in individuals with AD. Analyzing RNA in circulating leukocytes holds promise as a means to offer novel insights into the pathology of AD, distinct from conventional markers.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsHumansLeukocytesMemory, Short-TermMiceNeurogenesisNeuronsAlzheimer’s diseasecirculating leukocytegap junctionnovel biomarkerquantitative PCRwhite blood cells

Identifiers

PMID38277293
PMCPMC10894574
OpenAlexW4391131164

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.