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In order to avoid the situation where two investigators study the same research question, please search our database to determine if your topic has already been studied. If you find that your topic or a related topic has already been submitted, you may wish to contact the investigator to inquire about his/her findings to determine how you might proceed. You may wish to collaborate or modify your request to avoid overlap. The results below reflect requests made since online requests have been accepted. As such, not all fields will have data as certain information, such as aims, were not collected until recently. If an entry has been assigned an ID # (e.g. DIAN-T1004), the full request has been submitted and is either approved, disapproved or in process.

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Investigator:

Jihwan Song

Title:

Comparison of the iPSC Characteristics between Caucasian and Asian ADAD Families

Date of Request:

12/10/2019

Aim 1:

To compare charateristics of iPSCs between caucasian and asian ADAD families

Investigator:

Dennis Selkoe

Title:

Plasma Levels of an N-terminal Tau Fragment as Predictors of Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration in DIAN

Date of Request:

12/10/2019

Aim 1:

Using cross-sectional and longitudinal plasma samples from DIAN, we will assess levels of plasma NT1 (SIMOA) and correlate these with estimated years to symptom onset (EYO), rates of neurodegeneration (MRI-based), and cognitive performance (using the DIAN global cognitive composite).

Aim 2:

Using pre-existing measures of NfL from prior DIAN studies, we will compare and contrast the associations of plasma NfL and NT1 to cognitive and neurodegenerative trajectories.

Investigator:

N/A

Title:

Therapeutic development for familial Alzheimer’s disease

Date of Request:

09/29/2019

Aim 1:

To determine whether therapeutic candidates can affect Abeta processing in cultured fibroblasts from autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease (ADAD) patients with PSEN1 mutations

Investigator:

Oscar Harari

Title:

Brain DNA methylation in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s disease

Date of Request:

10/29/2019

Aim 1:

Aim 1: To identify Differentially Methylated Loci (DML) in ADAD and sporadic AD and neuropath-free controls

Aim 2:

Aim 2. To identify genetic loci modulating DML, and their downstream impact in brain transcriptomic/proteomic profiles.

Aim 3:

Aim 3. To evaluate the causal relationship between DML and AD pathogenesis.

Investigator:

Randall Bateman

Title:

Fluid NfL levels to be used as control and run-in data for the DIAN TU

Date of Request:

10/18/2019

Aim 1:

To measure NfL levels in CSF and matched plasma smaples for use as control and run-in data in the DIAN TU

Investigator:

Carlos Cruchaga

Title:

Genomic-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease

Date of Request:

10/17/2019

Aim 1:

Aim 1: To construct prediction models for AD using cell-free nucleic species.

Aim 2:

Aim 2: To create novel prediction models using circular RNAs as biomarkers

Investigator:

N/A

Title:

Gene therapy for familial Alzheimer’s disease

Date of Request:

09/29/2019

Aim 1:

To determine whether introduction of wildtype PS1 can rescue γ-secretase activity in cultured fibroblasts from autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease (ADAD) patients with PSEN1 mutations

Investigator:

Kaj Blennow

Title:

Truncated tau species tau224 and tau368 in CSF and P-tau181 in plasma in familial AD as indicators of pathological brain tau metabolism

Date of Request:

08/14/2019

Aim 1:

To examine how novel CSF biomarkers for tau pathology (tau truncated at positions 224 or 368) change with onset of amyloid pathology and tau pathology, as well as clinical disease onset and progression in familial AD

Aim 2:

To examine how plasma P-tau181 changes with onset of amyloid pathology and tau pathology, as well as clinical disease onset and progression in familial AD

Investigator:

Catherine Marquer

Title:

SYNAPTOJANIN 1 LEVELS IN DOMINANTLY INHERITED ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Date of Request:

07/05/2019

Aim 1:

To test whether the protein levels of Synaptojanin1 are increased in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD), as they are in sporadic and Down Syndrome-AD

Investigator:

Djamel Lebeche

Title:

Pharmacological Validation of SERCA Activators for Diabetes Associated ADRD

Date of Request:

05/12/2019

Aim 1:

To test SERCA activators in in vitro assays to assess their ability to rescue neuronal cells from ER stress-induced cell death (neuroprotection)

Aim 2:

To test the effects of SERCA activators in animal model of diabetes and Alzheimer's disease (APP/PS1-Ob/ob mice), and in iPSC derived from AD patients