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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2024

Elevated protease-activated receptor 4 (PAR4) gene expression in Alzheimer's disease predicts cognitive decline.

Rebecca L Winfree, Kevin Erreger, Jared Phillips, Mabel Seto, Yanling Wang, Julie A Schneider, David A Bennett, Matthew S Schrag, Timothy J Hohman, Heidi E Hamm

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Multi-ancestry epigenome wide association study of generalized anxiety disorder.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  4. Serine proteases and protease-activated receptors signaling in the kidney.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Rebecca L WinfreeVanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Kevin ErregerDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jared PhillipsVanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Mabel SetoVanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Yanling WangRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Julie A SchneiderDepartment of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
David A BennettRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Matthew S SchragVanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Timothy J HohmanVanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: timothy.j.hohman@vumc.org.
Heidi E HammVanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: heidi.hamm@vanderbilt.edu.

Funding

SUPPLEMENT TO RUSH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE CENTER COREP30AG010161 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 1991 to 2020
$49.1M
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEURAL RESERVE AND NEUROBIOLOGY IN AGINGR01AG017917 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 2001 to 2023
$43.3M
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG072975 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lisa L Barnes, Julie A. Schneider · 2021 to 2026
$24.7M
RISK FACTORS, PATHOLOGY, AND CLINICAL EXPRESSIONS OF ADR01AG015819 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 1998 to 2024
$21.4M
Multi-omic network-directed proteoform discovery, dissection and functional validation to prioritize novel AD therapeutic targetsU01AG061356 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN, DE JAGER, PHILIP L · 2018 to 2022
$13.7M
Pathway discovery, validation and compound identification for Alzheimer's disease - SupplementU01AG046152 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN, DE JAGER, PHILIP L · 2013 to 2017
$13.6M
Neuroprotective Effects of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG061518 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Timothy J Hohman · 2019 to 2026
$5.9M
Genetic Drivers of Resilience to Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG059716 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOHMAN, TIMOTHY J · 2018 to 2022
$4.4M
Vanderbilt Interdisciplinary Training Program in Alzheimer's DiseaseT32AG058524 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ANGELA L. JEFFERSON · 2018 to 2026
$3.5M
Cerebrovascular involvement in Alzheimer's Disease: PAR4 AntagonismR01AG068623 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HAMM, HEIDI E, MEILER, JENS · 2024 to 2025
$1.4M
Role of Protease Activated Receptor 4 in cerebrovascular dysfunction and dementiaR21AG073891 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HAMM, HEIDI E · 2021 to 2022
$462k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG010161NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072975NIA NIH HHS R01 AG015819NIA NIH HHS R01 AG017917NIA NIH HHS R01 AG059716NIA NIH HHS R01 AG061518NIA NIH HHS R01 AG068623NIA NIH HHS R21 AG073891NIA NIH HHS T32 AG058524NIA NIH HHS U01 AG046152NIA NIH HHS U01 AG061356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelet activation of protease-activated receptor 4 (PAR4) and thrombin are at the top of a chain of events leading to fibrin deposition, microinfarcts, blood-brain barrier disruption, and inflammation. We evaluated mRNA expression of the PAR4 gene F2RL3 in human brain and global cognitive performance in participants with and without cognitive impairment or dementia. Data were acquired from the Religious Orders Study (ROS) and the Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP). F2RL3 mRNA was elevated in AD cases and was associated with worse retrospective longitudinal cognitive performance. Moreover, F2RL3 expression interacted with clinical AD diagnosis on longitudinal cognition whereas this relationship was attenuated in individuals without cognitive impairment. Additionally, when adjusting for the effects of AD neuropathology, F2RL3 expression remained a significant predictor of cognitive decline. F2RL3 expression correlated positively with transcript levels of proinflammatory markers including TNFα, IL-1β, NFκB, and fibrinogen α/β/γ. Together, these results reveal that F2RL3 mRNA expression is associated with multiple AD-relevant outcomes and its encoded product, PAR4, may play a role in disease pathogenesis.

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Alzheimer DiseaseGene ExpressionReceptors, ThrombinRNA, MessengerAgedAged, 80 and overBrainCognitionCognitive DysfunctionFemaleFibrinogenHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaMaleFibrinogenInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-1betaNF-kappa Bprotease-activated receptor 4Receptors, ThrombinRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCerebrovascular diseaseCytokinesInflammationPAR4Thrombin

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PMID38761538
PMCPMC11610797

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