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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2024

Combining Blood-Based Biomarkers and Structural MRI Measurements to Distinguish Persons with and without Significant Amyloid Plaques.

Yanxi Chen, Yi Su, Jianfeng Wu, Kewei Chen, Alireza Atri, Richard J Caselli, Eric M Reiman, Yalin Wang, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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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 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Current Clinical Applications of Structural MRI in Neurological Disorders.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2025
    Review
  2. PLASMA-CYCLEGAN: PLASMA BIOMARKER-GUIDED MRI TO PET CROSS-MODALITY TRANSLATION USING CONDITIONAL CYCLEGAN.Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yanxi ChenSchool of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Yi SuBanner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Jianfeng WuSchool of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Kewei ChenCollege of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Alireza AtriBanner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Richard J CaselliDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Eric M ReimanBanner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Yalin WangSchool of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Arizona State University · USBanner Alzheimer’s InstituteBrigham and Women's Hospital · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
APOE in the Predisposition to, Protection from and Prevention of Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG069453 · NIA · BANNER HEALTH · PI ASHTON, NICHOLAS, LANGBAUM, JESSICA BROOKE · 2020 to 2025
$27.4M
Research Education ComponentP30AG072980 · NIA · BANNER HEALTH · PI Nicholas Ashton · 2021 to 2026
$24.9M
Tracer harmonization for amyloid and tau PET imaging using statistical and deep learning techniquesRF1AG073424 · NIA · BANNER HEALTH · PI SU, YI · 2022 to 2022
$2.3M
Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Retinotopic Maps of the Human Visual Cortex with Conformal GeometryR01EY032125 · NEI · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI LU, ZHONG-LIN, WANG, YALIN · 2021 to 2024
$1.2M
Developing a Univariate Neurodegeneration Imaging Biomarker with Optimal TransportationR21AG065942 · NIA · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI WANG, YALIN · 2020 to 2020
$445k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032125NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072980NIA NIH HHS R01 AG069453NIA NIH HHS R21 AG065942NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG073424NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques play a pivotal role in Alzheimer's disease. The current positron emission tomography (PET) is expensive and limited in availability. In contrast, blood-based biomarkers (BBBMs) show potential for characterizing Aβ plaques more affordably. We have previously proposed an MRI-based hippocampal morphometry measure to be an indicator of Aβ plaques. Objective: To develop and validate an integrated model to predict brain amyloid PET positivity combining MRI feature and plasma Aβ42/40 ratio. Methods: We extracted hippocampal multivariate morphometry statistics from MR images and together with plasma Aβ42/40 trained a random forest classifier to perform a binary classification of participant brain amyloid PET positivity. We evaluated the model performance using two distinct cohorts, one from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and the other from the Banner Alzheimer's Institute (BAI), including prediction accuracy, precision, recall rate, F1 score, and AUC score. Results: Results from ADNI (mean age 72.6, Aβ+ rate 49.5%) and BAI (mean age 66.2, Aβ+ rate 36.9%) datasets revealed the integrated multimodal (IMM) model's superior performance over unimodal models. The IMM model achieved prediction accuracies of 0.86 in ADNI and 0.92 in BAI, surpassing unimodal models based solely on structural MRI (0.81 and 0.87) or plasma Aβ42/40 (0.73 and 0.81) predictors.

conclusionsOur IMM model, combining MRI and BBBM data, offers a highly accurate approach to predict brain amyloid PET positivity. This innovative multiplex biomarker strategy presents an accessible and cost-effective avenue for advancing Alzheimer's disease diagnostics, leveraging diverse pathologic features related to Aβ plaques and structural MRI.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionAgedAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPlaque, AmyloidPositron-Emission Tomographytau ProteinsAmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkerstau Proteinsamyloid PETAβ positivityblood-based biomarkersimage featuresMRI

Identifiers

PMID38578889
PMCPMC11789004
OpenAlexW4393408019

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