A blood-based multi-pathway biomarker assay for early detection and staging of Alzheimer's disease across ethnic groups

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INTRODUCTION: Existing blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) mainly focus on its pathological features. However, studies on blood-based biomarkers associated with other biological processes for a comprehensive evaluation of AD status are limited.

METHODS: We developed a blood-based, multiplex biomarker assay for AD that measures the levels of 21 proteins involved in multiple biological pathways. We evaluated the assay's performance for classifying AD and indicating AD-related endophenotypes in three independent cohorts from Chinese or European-descent populations.

RESULTS: The 21-protein assay accurately classified AD (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] = 0.9407 to 0.9867) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI; AUC = 0.8434 to 0.8945) while also indicating brain amyloid pathology. Moreover, the assay simultaneously evaluated the changes of five biological processes in individuals and revealed the ethnic-specific dysregulations of biological processes upon AD progression.

DISCUSSION: This study demonstrated the utility of a blood-based, multi-pathway biomarker assay for early screening and staging of AD, providing insights for patient stratification and precision medicine.

HIGHLIGHTS: The authors developed a blood-based biomarker assay for Alzheimer's disease. The 21-protein assay classifies AD/MCI and indicates brain amyloid pathology. The 21-protein assay can simultaneously assess activities of five biological processes. Ethnic-specific dysregulations of biological processes in AD were revealed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association - 20(2024), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 2000-2015

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Yuanbing [VerfasserIn]
Uhm, Hyebin [VerfasserIn]
Ip, Fanny C [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Ronnie M N [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Elaine Y L [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Xiaoyun [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Clara M C [VerfasserIn]
Law, Brian C H [VerfasserIn]
Ortiz-Romero, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Puig-Pijoan, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Lebrero, Aida [VerfasserIn]
Contador, José [VerfasserIn]
Mok, Kin Y [VerfasserIn]
Hardy, John [VerfasserIn]
Kwok, Timothy C Y [VerfasserIn]
Mok, Vincent C T [VerfasserIn]
Suárez-Calvet, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Zetterberg, Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Amy K Y [VerfasserIn]
Ip, Nancy Y [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid beta-Peptides
Amyloid pathology
Biomarkers
Blood biomarkers
Disease staging
Early detection
Journal Article
Patient stratification
Precision medicine
Tau Proteins

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/alz.13676

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366739581