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ArticleAnnals of neurology2024

Unexpected Low Rate of Amyloid-β Pathology in Multiple Sclerosis Patients.

Matthew R Brier, Suzanne E Schindler, Amber Salter, Dana Perantie, Nicole Shelley, Bradley Judge, Sarah Keefe, Kristopher M Kirmess, Philip B Verghese, Kevin E Yarasheski and 9 more

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Article in Annals of neurology, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

  1. Is there a link between multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer disease? A critical note.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  2. Senescent brain cell types in Alzheimer's disease: Pathological mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Matthew R BrierDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5987-8705
Suzanne E SchindlerDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Amber SalterDepartment of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1088-110X
Dana PerantieDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Nicole ShelleyDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Bradley JudgeDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Sarah KeefeMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5943-0940
Kristopher M KirmessC2N Diagnostics, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Philip B VergheseC2N Diagnostics, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Kevin E YarasheskiC2N Diagnostics, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Venky VenkateshC2N Diagnostics, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Cyrus A RajiMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Brian A GordonMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2109-2955
Randall J BatemanDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
John C MorrisDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Robert T NaismithDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
David M HoltzmanDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Tammie L S BenzingerMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8114-0552
Anne H CrossDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0829-7569

Funding

Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RICHARD Justin PERRIN · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
The natural history of AB accumulation in preclinical ADP01AG026276 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINDLER, SUZANNE ELIZABETH · 2005 to 2025
$49.5M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066444 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID M. HOLTZMAN · 2020 to 2026
$28.7M
Staging Alzheimer disease with blood-based biomarkersR01AG070941 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINDLER, SUZANNE ELIZABETH · 2021 to 2025
$4.3M
Plasma Abeta isoform concentrations in cognitively impaired patients at risk for amyloidosisR44AG059489 · NIA · C2N DIAGNOSTICS, LLC · PI WEST, TIM · 2018 to 2020
$2.0M
PET and MRI Evaluation of Cerebral Inflammation and Metabolic Stress in Relapsing Multiple SclerosisK23NS128325 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Matthew Ryan Brier · 2023 to 2026
$931k
STAGING PRECLINICAL AD WITH CSF BIOMARKERSK23AG053426 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINDLER, SUZANNE ELIZABETH · 2017 to 2020
$654k
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation GC-201711-2013978Gerald and Henrietta Rauenhorst FoundationNIA NIH HHS CA2016636NIA NIH HHS K23 AG053426NIA NIH HHS K23AG053426NIA NIH HHS P01 AG003991NIA NIH HHS P01AG003991NIA NIH HHS P01 AG026276NIA NIH HHS P01AG026276NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066444NIA NIH HHS P30AG066444NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070941NIA NIH HHS R01AG070941NIA NIH HHS R44 AG059489NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS128325NINDS NIH HHS K23NS128325
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The life expectancy of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has increased, yet we have noted that development of a typical Alzheimer disease dementia syndrome is uncommon. We hypothesized that Alzheimer disease pathology is uncommon in MS patients. In 100 MS patients, the rate of amyloid-β plasma biomarker positivity was approximately half the rate in 300 non-MS controls matched on age, sex, apolipoprotein E proteotype, and cognitive status. Interestingly, most MS patients who did have amyloid-β pathology had features atypical for MS at diagnosis. These results support that MS is associated with reduced Alzheimer disease risk, and suggest new avenues of research. ANN NEUROL 2024;96:453-459.

Indexed as

Amyloid beta-PeptidesMultiple SclerosisAdultAgedAlzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkers

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PMID38963256
PMCPMC11324391

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