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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2025

Trajectory of changes in myelin basic protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid during ageing and its association with biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease.

Man-Yu Xu, Xu Yi, Shan Huang, Qing-Hua Wang, Yu-Jie Lai, Zhen Wang, Dong-Yu Fan, Gui-Hua Zeng, Yu-Di Bai, Ying-Ying Shen and 6 more

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Man-Yu Xu *Department of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2924-7675
Xu Yi *Department of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Shan Huang *Department of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Qing-Hua WangDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Yu-Jie LaiDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Zhen WangDepartment of ICU, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Dong-Yu FanDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Gui-Hua ZengDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Yu-Di BaiDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Ying-Ying ShenDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-9251
Fan ZengDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4559-292X
Qing-Xiang MaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Zhi-Qiang XuDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China. xzq881@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5536-3293
Feng MeiDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. meif@tmmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-1570
Yan-Jiang WangDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China. yanjiang_wang@tmmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6227-6112
Jun WangDepartment of Neurology and Center for Clinical Neuroscience, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China. qywangjun@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-172X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31921003National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81930028National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92249305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelin loss has been implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated the changes in myelin basic protein (MBP) levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in an ageing cohort comprising 116 cognitively normal and Aβ-negative controls aged 26 to 82 years, as well as in a clinical cohort. We found that CSF MBP levels was positively correlated with age in a nonlinear pattern over the lifetime of the ageing cohort and that CSF MBP continually increased until it began to decline around age of 51 years and rose again around age 62. CSF MBP levels were correlated with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and CSF phosphorylated tau-181 (p-tau181) and total tau (t-tau) levels but not the Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio. CSF MBP levels moderated age-related changes in cognitive function. In the clinical cohort, CSF MBP levels were higher in the CSF Aβ+ patients than in the CSF Aβ- participants, and CSF MBP levels were higher in the Aβ-PET+ patients than in the Aβ-PET- participants. CSF MBP levels were higher in apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (APOE-ε4) carriers than in APOE-ε4 noncarriers in the clinical cohort. Our study reveals the possible changes in CSF MBP levels during ageing and in AD patients, providing evidence that demyelination is involved in brain ageing and AD pathogenesis in humans.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseMyelin Basic ProteinAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoprotein E4BiomarkersCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle Agedtau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesApolipoprotein E4BiomarkersMBP protein, humanMyelin Basic Proteintau Proteins

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PMID40240375
PMCPMC12003709

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