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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Towards early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: advances in immune-related blood biomarkers and computational approaches.

Sophia Krix, Ella Wilczynski, Neus Falgàs, Raquel Sánchez-Valle, Eti Yoles, Uri Nevo, Kuti Baruch, Holger Fröhlich

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Sophia KrixDepartment of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), Sankt Augustin, Germany.
Ella WilczynskiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Neus FalgàsAlzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FCRB-IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Raquel Sánchez-ValleAlzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FCRB-IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Eti YolesImmunoBrain Checkpoint Ltd., Rechovot, Israel.
Uri NevoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kuti BaruchImmunoBrain Checkpoint Ltd., Rechovot, Israel.
Holger FröhlichDepartment of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), Sankt Augustin, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease has an increasing prevalence in the population world-wide, yet current diagnostic methods based on recommended biomarkers are only available in specialized clinics. Due to these circumstances, Alzheimer's disease is usually diagnosed late, which contrasts with the currently available treatment options that are only effective for patients at an early stage. Blood-based biomarkers could fill in the gap of easily accessible and low-cost methods for early diagnosis of the disease. In particular, immune-based blood-biomarkers might be a promising option, given the recently discovered cross-talk of immune cells of the central nervous system with those in the peripheral immune system. Here, we give a background on recent advances in research on brain-immune system cross-talk in Alzheimer's disease and review machine learning approaches, which can combine multiple biomarkers with further information (e.g. age, sex, APOE genotype) into predictive models supporting an earlier diagnosis. In addition, mechanistic modeling approaches, such as agent-based modeling open the possibility to model and analyze cell dynamics over time. This review aims to provide an overview of the current state of immune-system related blood-based biomarkers and their potential for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersEarly DiagnosisAnimalsHumansMachine LearningBiomarkersagent-based modelingAlzheimer’s diseasebiomarkersblood-based biomarkerearly diagnosisimmune systemmachine learningmodeling

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PMCPMC11078023

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