Journal
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 788-800Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/alz.12245
Keywords
[F-18]flutemetamol; Alzheimer; biomarkers; glial activation; inflammation; modulation; neuronal injury; preclinical
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Funding
- la Caixa Foundation [100010434, LCF/PR/GN17/50300004]
- Alzheimer's Association
- international anonymous charity foundation through the TriBEKa Imaging Platform project [TriBEKa-17-519007]
- Ministry of Business and Knowledge of the Catalan Government [2017-SGR892]
- European Union [752310, JPND2019-466-236]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [PI19/00155]
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Juan de la Cierva Programme) [IJC2018-037478-I]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [RYC-2013-13054]
- Swedish Research Council [2018-02532, 2017-00915]
- European Research Council [681712]
- Swedish State Support for Clinical Research [ALFGBG720931]
- Alzheimer Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), USA [201809-2016862, RDAPB-201809-2016615]
- UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL
- Swedish Alzheimer Foundation, Hjarnfonden, Sweden [AF742881, FO20170243]
- Swedish government [ALFGBG-715986]
- County Councils [ALFGBG-715986]
- ALF
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [752310] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
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The study found that in cognitively unimpaired individuals, amyloid-beta was positively associated with CSF biomarkers related to various pathological processes, with these associations being influenced by factors such as age and sex. Most of these associations were mediated by p-tau, except for NfL. Sex had a modifier effect on these associations independent of tau.
Introduction The association between cerebral amyloid-beta accumulation and downstream CSF biomarkers is not fully understood, particularly in asymptomatic stages. Methods In 318 cognitively unimpaired participants, we assessed the association between amyloid-beta PET (Centiloid), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of several pathophysiological pathways. Interactions by Alzheimer's disease risk factors (age, sex and APOE-epsilon 4), and the mediation effect of tau and neurodegeneration were also investigated. Results Centiloids were positively associated with CSF biomarkers of tau pathology (p-tau), neurodegeneration (t-tau, NfL), synaptic dysfunction (neurogranin) and neuroinflammation (YKL-40, GFAP, sTREM2), presenting interactions with age (p-tau, t-tau, neurogranin) and sex (sTREM2, NfL). Most of these associations were mediated by p-tau, except for NfL. The interaction between sex and amyloid-beta on sTREM2 and NfL was also tau-independent. Discussion Early amyloid-beta accumulation has a tau-independent effect on neurodegeneration and a tau-dependent effect on neuroinflammation. Besides, sex has a modifier effect on these associations independent of tau.
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