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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2024

FTIR Spectroscopy and Blood-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Duo in Alzheimer's Disease.

Tânia Soares Martins, Maria Ferreira, Sandra Magalhães, Kevin Leandro, Luís P de Almeida, Jonathan Vogelgsang, Benedict Breitling, Niels Hansen, Hermann Esselmann, Jens Wiltfang and 3 more

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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 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Tânia Soares MartinsDepartment of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Maria FerreiraDepartment of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Sandra MagalhãesDepartment of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Kevin LeandroFaculty of Pharmacy, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Luís P de AlmeidaFaculty of Pharmacy, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jonathan VogelgsangDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.
Benedict BreitlingDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.
Niels HansenDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.
Hermann EsselmannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.
Jens WiltfangDepartment of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Odete A B da Cruz E SilvaDepartment of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Alexandra NunesDepartment of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Ana Gabriela HenriquesDepartment of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
University of Aveiro · PTUniversity of Göttingen · DEUniversity of Coimbra · PTGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEHarvard University · USUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis is difficult, and new accurate tools based on peripheral biofluids are urgently needed. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) emerged as a valuable source of biomarker profiles for AD, since their cargo is disease-specific and these can be easily isolated from easily accessible biofluids, as blood. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can be employed to analyze EVs and obtain the spectroscopic profiles from different regions of the spectra, simultaneously characterizing carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify blood-derived EVs (bdEVs) spectroscopic signatures with AD discriminatory potential. Methods: Herein, FTIR spectra of bdEVs from two biofluids (serum and plasma) and distinct sets of Controls and AD cases were acquired, and EVs' spectra analyzed. Results: Analysis of bdEVs second derivative peaks area revealed differences between Controls and AD cases in distinct spectra regions, assigned to carbohydrates and nucleic acids, amides, and lipids. Conclusions: EVs' spectroscopic profiles presented AD discriminatory value, supporting the use of bdEVs combined with FTIR as a screening or complementary tool for AD diagnosis.

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Alzheimer DiseaseExtracellular VesiclesNucleic AcidsCarbohydratesHumansLipidsSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredCarbohydratesLipidsNucleic AcidsAlzheimer’s diseasebiomarkerdiagnosisextracellular vesicleslipidsnucleic acidsproteins

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PMID38489187
PMCPMC11091593
OpenAlexW4392845624

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