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White matter hyperintensities predict amyloid increase in Alzheimer's disease
Grimmer T, Faust M, Auer F, Alexopoulos P, Förstl H, Henriksen G, Perneczky R, Sorg C et al.. Neurobiology of aging, 2012-03-10
Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis
Impaired amyloid clearance probably contributes to increased amyloid deposition in sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). Diminished perivascular drainage due to cerebral small-vessel disease (CSVD) has been proposed as a cause of reduced amyloid clearance. White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are considered to reflect CSVD and can be measured using fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Amyloid deposition can be determined in vivo using Pittsburgh compound B ([11C]PiB) positron emission tomography (PET). We aimed to elucidate the association between WMH and the progression of amyloid deposition in patients with AD. Twenty-two patients with probable AD underwent FLAIR-MRI and [11C]PiB-PET examinations at baseline (BL) and after a mean follow-up (FU) interval of 28 months. The relationship between BL-WMH and the progression of cerebral amyloid between BL and FU was examined using a regions-of-interest (ROI) approach. The region-specific variability of this relationship was analyzed using a voxel-based method. The longitudinal analysis revealed a statistically significant association between the amount of BL-WMH and the progression of amyloid load between BL and FU (p = 0.006, adjusted R2 = 0.375, standardized coefficient β = 0.384). The association was particularly observed in parieto-occipital regions and tended to be closer in regions adjacent to the brain surface. According to our knowledge, this is the first in vivo study in human being supporting the hypothesis that impaired amyloid clearance along perivascular drainage pathways may contribute to β-amyloid deposition in sporadic AD. The extent of WMH might be a relevant factor to be assessed in antiamyloid drug trials.
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Grimmer, T., Faust, M., Auer, F., Alexopoulos, P., Förstl, H., Henriksen, G., et al. (2012). White matter hyperintensities predict amyloid increase in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of aging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.01.016
Vancouver
Grimmer T, Faust M, Auer F, Alexopoulos P, Förstl H, Henriksen G, et al. White matter hyperintensities predict amyloid increase in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of aging. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.01.016. PMID: 22410648.
BibTeX
@article{grimmer2012-22410648,
author = {Grimmer, T. and Faust, M. and Auer, F. and Alexopoulos, P. and Förstl, H. and Henriksen, G. and Perneczky, R. and Sorg, C. and others},
title = {{White matter hyperintensities predict amyloid increase in Alzheimer's disease}},
journal = {Neurobiology of aging},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.01.016},
pmid = {22410648},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.01.016}
}
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Key findings
- The longitudinal analysis revealed a statistically significant association between the amount of BL-WMH and the progression of amyloid load between BL and FU (p = 0.006, adjusted R2 = 0.375, standardized coefficient β = 0.384).
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Study details
- Study designlongitudinal study
- Evidence strengthModerate
How this study scored 52/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a longitudinal study following the same people over time. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 30 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 52 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Neurobiology of aging) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 7 / 12 | A longitudinal study following the same people over time |
| Strength of evidence | 3 / 5 | Rated “moderate” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2012 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 22410648) |
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| Points | 30 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 30 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 52 out of 100. |
| Total | 52 / 100 | — |
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