DIAN-TU Biospecimen Resource Request Page

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Investigator:

N/A

Title:

Relationship between regional baseline and longitudinal tau PET SUVR, and correlations with change in cognition in participants from the DIAN-TU study

Date of Request:

07/19/2021

Aim 1:

Characterize the spatial patterns of tau deposition at baseline and over time in the DIAD population

Aim 2:

Estimate the rate of change in tau deposition in DIAD participants in each of the provided parcellated brain regions

Aim 3:

Identify the (meta)ROI(s) at baseline that best correlate with change in tau PET SUVR and change in cognition, respectively, over time

Aim 4:

Characterize the relationship between change in tau PET SUVR and change in cognition (and other biomarkers)

Investigator:

Mariah S. Hahn

Title:

Targeting Dysregulated Synapse and Proteostasis Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease

Date of Request:

06/01/2021

Status:

Referred to Obs

ID:

DR_012

Aim 1:

Develop a 3D culture system compatible with long-term (>3 month) iNeuron culture, extension, synapse formation and elimination, and quantitative assessment of neural circuit activity using “healthy” networks.

Aim 2:

Compare AD_(PSEN1)-iNeuron cultures to iNeuron cultures derived from unaffected family member controls with respect to Aβ, tau phosphorylation, synapse maintenance and proteostasis.

Investigator:

Yan Li

Title:

Gain Precision on the Measurement of Cognitive Impairment – Item Response Theory Scoring of the CDR

Date of Request:

05/11/2021

Status:

Pending

ID:

DR_011

Aim 1:

Evaluate the difficulty and discrimination level, and the longitudinal change of each item in CDR and their longitudinal change over time

Aim 2:

Develop the best fitting item response theory (IRT) model for automatically scoring dementia severity (IRT score)

Aim 3:

Compare the performance of the IRT score with that of the CDR sum of box in terms of powering a clinical trial and precision in tracking cognitive change over time, especially for cognitively normal participants

Aim 4:

Valid the performance of the IRT score using other psychometric measures and biomarkers.

Investigator:

Suman Jayadev

Title:

Peripheral immune profiles in ADAD

Date of Request:

04/20/2021

Aim 1:

Measure immune related microRNA, exosome, proteins in carriers and non-carriers

Investigator:

Title:

Proposal for comparison between Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Disease and sporadic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

Date of Request:

05/20/2020

Status:

Pending

ID:

DR_002

Aim 1:

To compare clinical presentation, neuropsychological performance and cognitive decline rate between DIAD and sporadic EOAD

Aim 2:

To examine in vivo the regional distribution of tau, amyloid-beta, brain glucose metabolism, and structural atrophy, as well as their relationships, in DIAD and sporadic EOAD

Aim 3:

To compare CSF biomarkers levels and rates of change in DIAN and sporadic EOAD

Investigator:

Title:

Imaging-Histology Comparisons of Tau Pathology in ADAD and LOAD

Date of Request:

04/21/2020

Status:

Approved

ID:

DR_001

Aim 1:

Perform a quantitative comparison of tau pathology in ADAD and LOAD using imaging and histology