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Investigator:

Randall Bateman M.D.

Title:

Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Disease Protective Factor Study

Date of Request:

2/17/2015

ID:

DIAN-T1502

Aim 1:

To have tissue samples from at least 12 related family members analyzed by the Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine to look for any protective factor that may account for one family member not proceeding to signs of Alzheimer's Disease 15 years over the age of onset 50

Aim 2:

To create and administer questionnaires to at least 12 family members looking for an "incidence", "factors such as environmental" etc that may explain the existance of a protective factor in one family member.

Investigator:

Felix Mueller-Sarnowski

Title:

Progranuscreen - crossectional and longitudinal levels of progranulin and its relation to other markers of neurodegeneration

Date of Request:

6/6/2015

ID:

DIAN-T1503

Aim 1:

Crossectional and longitudinal description of progranulin levels of ADAD mutation carriers and mutation negative descendants of mutation carriers. Results are correlated with demographic, lab and imaging data.

Aim 2:

To explore whether progranulin influences amyloid levels (blood and CSF) and amyloid deposition (shown by PIB-PET) as suggested by mouse models (Minami et al., Nature Medicine 2014).

Aim 3:

Evaluation of progranulin as diagnostic and prognostic marker. Exploring the epidemiology of progranulin levels in different compartments of ADAD mutation carriers and healthy controls.

Aim 4:

Identifying GRN mutation carriers as well as PGRN deficiencies that do not result from mutations for further investigations.

Investigator:

Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash

Title:

HSV1 reactivation and clinical manifestation of autosomal dominant familiar Alzheimer?s disease

Date of Request:

7/17/2015

ID:

DIAN-T1504

Aim 1:

Overall aim: Investigate whether herpes simples virus 1 reactivation accelerates the onset or progression of dementia in individuals at risk from autosomal dominant Alzheimers disease.

Aim 2:

Specific objectives:To measure serum IgG HSV-1 titres from serial samples collected from participants in the DIAN study

Aim 3:

To compare rates of cognitive decline using standardised cognitive tests and quantitative brain atrophy measures in individuals with and without baseline HSV-1 IgG antibodies, using multiple linear regression models stratified by a range of potential confounders.

Aim 4:

To assess whether the presence of IgG HSV-1 positivity results in earlier than predicted age of onset of clinical onset of AD in mutation carriers

Investigator:

Eric A. Schon

Title:

Diagnosis of AD based on perturbed MAM function in fibroblasts

Date of Request:

12/3/2015

ID:

DIAN-T1505

Aim 1:

To test the hypothesis that Alzheimer disease can be diagnosed in fibroblasts based on the analysis of phenotypes associated with increased ER-mitochondrial communication.

Investigator:

Christian Haass

Title:

CSF Progranulin in autosomal dominant Alzheimer?s disease

Date of Request:

12/24/2015

ID:

DIAN-T1506

Aim 1:

Determine how cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Progranulin levels change in relation to estimated years from expected symptom onset (EYO) in mutation carriers (MC) compared to non-carriers (NC)

Aim 2:

Test whether CSF Progranulin levels are associated with cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in PIB-PET, FDG-PET, and structural MRI, rsfMRI, with other CSF biomarkers (Abeta42, T-tau, p-tau), clinical symptoms (MMSE, CDR-SOB) and cognitive performance (memory and executive functions).

Aim 3:

Study the association of CSF Progranulin and CSF sTREM2

Investigator:

Mathias Jucker

Title:

NfL in CSF of familial AD (DIAN)

Date of Request:

1/7/2016

ID:

DIAN-T1601

Aim 1:

to relate CSF NfL levels to the disease progression in familial AD

Investigator:

Nikolaos Robakis

Title:

Role of PS1 and FAD mutants on neuronal receptor complexes.

Date of Request:

1/25/2016

ID:

DIAN-T1602

Aim 1:

Examine role of PS1 and FAD mutants on neuronal receptor complexes and dimerization

Aim 2:

Examine effects of PS1 and FAD mutants on the neuroprotective activities of BDNF and ephrins

Investigator:

Suzanne Schindler

Title:

Comparison of intra-individual change in INNOTEST CSF biomarkers in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease and Late Onset Alzheimer Disease

Date of Request:

4/25/2016

ID:

DIAN-T1603

Aim 1:

Aim 1: Characterization of intra-individual CSF biomarker changes

Aim 2:

Aim 2: Correlation of CSF and imaging biomarkers of neurodegeneration

Aim 3:

Aim 3: CSF biomarkers predict cognitive performance

Investigator:

Assistant professor Henrietta M Nielsen, PhD

Title:

CSF alpha-synuclein in familial versus sporadic AD

Date of Request:

5/24/2016

ID:

DIAN-T1604

Aim 1:

To assess CSF alpha-synuclein levels in patients with familial AD versus sporadic AD and controls

Aim 2:

To investigate potential associations between CSF alpha-synuclein levels, AD biomarkers (piB-PET and CSF AD biomarkers) and cognitive status in familiar AD patients

Aim 3:

To investigate potential effects of APOE genotype on CSF alpha-synuclein levels in familial versus sporadic AD patients

Investigator:

Perminder S Sachdev

Title:

Identification and preliminary validation of plasma protein, lipid and metabolite biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer?s disease

Date of Request:

6/2/2016

ID:

DIAN-T1605

Aim 1:

Identification of plasma protein biomarker candidates using two discovery proteomics approaches (iTRAQ and SWATH-MS)

Aim 2:

Targeted proteomics for validation of protein biomarker candidates and comparison of proteins changes in ADAD and LOAD

Aim 3:

Identification of metabolite biomarkers using targeted and non-targeted metabolomics

Aim 4:

Investigate and validate lipid and metabolite alterations using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in autosomal dominant Alzheimers disease