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TitleThe Correlation between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Polygenic Risk Score in Alzheimer's Disease.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsMorgan, AR, Touchard, S, O'Hagan, C, Sims, R, Majounie, E, Escott-Price, V, Jones, L, Williams, J, B Morgan, P
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume56
Issue1
Pagination25-36
Date Published2017
ISSN1875-8908
Abstract

Plasma biomarkers to aid the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or to monitor disease progression have long been sought and continue to be widely studied. Biomarkers that correlate with AD polygenic risk score, a measure of the polygenic architecture of the disease and highly predictive of AD status, would be excellent candidates. Therefore, we undertook a preliminary study to assess the association of plasma inflammatory biomarkers with an overall AD polygenic risk score as well as with an inflammation-specific AD polygenic risk score in a sample set of 93 AD cases. We measured five complement biomarkers [complement receptor 1 (CR1), clusterin, complement component 9 (C9), C1 inhibitor (C1inh), terminal complement complex (TCC)] and the benchmark inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP). Plasma clusterin level showed an association with overall AD polygenic risk score, while clusterin, C1inh, and CRP levels each displayed some association with the inflammatory-specific AD polygenic risk score. The results suggest that elevated plasma levels of inflammatory biomarkers, including complement proteins, associate with polygenic risk scores in AD, further strengthening the link between genetic and biomarker disease predictors and indicating a potential role for these markers in disease prediction and patient stratification in AD.

DOI10.3233/JAD-160889
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID27911318
Grant ListMR/K013041/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
G1001799 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
G0902227 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/L501517/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/N01104X/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
MR/L010305/1 / / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
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