Establishment of a consensus protocol to explore the brain pathobiome in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease : Research outline and call for collaboration

© 2023 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association..

Microbial infections of the brain can lead to dementia, and for many decades microbial infections have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. However, a causal role for infection in AD remains contentious, and the lack of standardized detection methodologies has led to inconsistent detection/identification of microbes in AD brains. There is a need for a consensus methodology; the Alzheimer's Pathobiome Initiative aims to perform comparative molecular analyses of microbes in post mortem brains versus cerebrospinal fluid, blood, olfactory neuroepithelium, oral/nasopharyngeal tissue, bronchoalveolar, urinary, and gut/stool samples. Diverse extraction methodologies, polymerase chain reaction and sequencing techniques, and bioinformatic tools will be evaluated, in addition to direct microbial culture and metabolomic techniques. The goal is to provide a roadmap for detecting infectious agents in patients with mild cognitive impairment or AD. Positive findings would then prompt tailoring of antimicrobial treatments that might attenuate or remit mounting clinical deficits in a subset of patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 19(2023), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 5209-5231

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lathe, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Schultek, Nikki M [VerfasserIn]
Balin, Brian J [VerfasserIn]
Ehrlich, Garth D [VerfasserIn]
Auber, Lavinia Alberi [VerfasserIn]
Perry, George [VerfasserIn]
Breitschwerdt, Edward B [VerfasserIn]
Corry, David B [VerfasserIn]
Doty, Richard L [VerfasserIn]
Rissman, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Nara, Peter L [VerfasserIn]
Itzhaki, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Eimer, William A [VerfasserIn]
Tanzi, Rudolph E [VerfasserIn]
Intracell Research Group Consortium Collaborators [VerfasserIn]
Hahn, David L [Sonstige Person]
Albensi, Benedict C [Sonstige Person]
St John, James [Sonstige Person]
Ekberg, Jenny [Sonstige Person]
Nelson, Mark L [Sonstige Person]
McLaughlin, Gerald [Sonstige Person]
Hammond, Christine [Sonstige Person]
Whittum-Hudson, Judith [Sonstige Person]
Hudson, Alan P [Sonstige Person]
Sacco, Guillaume [Sonstige Person]
Konig, Alexandra [Sonstige Person]
Imbimbo, Bruno Pietro [Sonstige Person]
Linz, Nicklas [Sonstige Person]
Bell, Nicole Danielle [Sonstige Person]
Moein, Shima T [Sonstige Person]
Haas, Jürgen G [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Antimicrobial
Antiviral
Bioinformatics
Blood
Cerebrospinal fluid
Collaboration
Dementia
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Methodology
Microbiome
Mild cognitive impairment
Olfactory neuroepithelium
Pathobiome
Polymerase chain reaction
Protocol
Review
Sequencing

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Date Completed 16.11.2023

Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/alz.13076

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357851471