{"title":"Treatments for Alzheimer's and the declaration of Helsinki.","authors":"Timothy Daly, Andi Olluri, Markku Kurkinen","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100260","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100260"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144529620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural equation modeling confirms interaction of Alzheimer's disease and vascular disease in hippocampal injury.","authors":"Gary A Rosenberg","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100255"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144529619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tobias Sikosek, Marco Heuvelman, Jagoda Mika, Mustafa Kahraman, Julia Jehn, Maurice Frank, Alberto Daniel-Moreno, Jessika Ceiler, Jasmin Skottke, Marta Sanchez-Delgado, Patrick Neubert, Christina Rudolf, Kaja Tikk, Rastislav Horos, Jeffrey L Cummings, Josie Butchart, Craig Ritchie, Jean Manson, Bruno R Steinkraus
{"title":"Early detection of Alzheimer's disease using small RNAs. Results from the EPAD cohort.","authors":"Tobias Sikosek, Marco Heuvelman, Jagoda Mika, Mustafa Kahraman, Julia Jehn, Maurice Frank, Alberto Daniel-Moreno, Jessika Ceiler, Jasmin Skottke, Marta Sanchez-Delgado, Patrick Neubert, Christina Rudolf, Kaja Tikk, Rastislav Horos, Jeffrey L Cummings, Josie Butchart, Craig Ritchie, Jean Manson, Bruno R Steinkraus","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and early diagnosis is crucial to enable effective interventions. Currently, Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed through cognitive assessments, brain imaging and fluid biomarkers focused on determining amyloid (A) and, tau (T) protein levels as well as neurodegeneration (N) in the AT(N) framework. Prognostic biomarkers for predicting cognitive decline within the amyloid positive (Aβ+) individuals would further strengthen the framework.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study evaluated small RNAs as novel auxiliary biomarkers, independent of the AT(N) framework, either alone or in combination with established protein markers, for detecting the earliest cognitive decline in AD.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The European Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease (EPAD) clinical trial platform is a prospective, multi-center study designed to investigate biomarkers for preclinical and prodromal AD.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Peripheral whole blood RNA sequencing was performed on participants across Europe with no cognitive impairment or very mild cognitive impairment (MCI), stratified by cerebrospinal fluid amyloid levels.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>1,913 participants, 50 years or older and free of dementia diagnosis at enrollment, were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>(if any) Not applicable.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Ultra-deep small RNA sequencing was performed on whole blood samples using a refined blocking protocol to eliminate highly abundant erythroid small RNAs, and thereby to open sequencing bandwidth for the discovery of less abundant biomarker RNAs. Biomarker RNAs were deconvolved into plasma or blood cell origin and analyzed for functional relevance. We define high and low amyloid groups based on a cutoff on the p-tau<sub>181</sub>/Aβ<sub>1-42</sub> ratio as determined from cerebrospinal fluid.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified a combination of small RNAs that predicted early cognitive decline (Clinical Dementia Rating of 0.5) with an area under the receiver-operator curve of ∼0.7. Notably, when focusing on individuals with cognitive decline and high amyloid burden (Aβ+), the predictive accuracy improved to an AUC of 0.77. This performance could be extended to the entire cohort when combining blood RNA and CSF amyloid markers (AUC 0.76). We conducted bioinformatic analyses to interrogate the likely functional relevance of these small RNAs, uncovering several links to dementia-relevant pathways, including neuronal, cardiovascular, and inflammatory activities. Our findings also suggest that small nucleolar RNAs warrant further investigation as potential disease-relevant markers, in addition to microRNAs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Integrating small RNA biomarkers with protein-based assays offers preliminary evidence for stratifying MCI, particularly within the amyloid positive continuum. Small","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100257"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144529616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lirong Yu, Na Li, Bin Li, Kaisy Xinhong Ye, Jiuyu Guo, Jiatong Shan, Luwen Cao, Mei Song, Yanyu Wang, Tih-Shih Lee, Andrea B Maier, Lei Feng
{"title":"Targeting cognitive aging with curcumin supplementation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Lirong Yu, Na Li, Bin Li, Kaisy Xinhong Ye, Jiuyu Guo, Jiatong Shan, Luwen Cao, Mei Song, Yanyu Wang, Tih-Shih Lee, Andrea B Maier, Lei Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cognitive aging is a growing public health concern, and curcumin, a bioactive compound derived from turmeric, has been proposed as a potential intervention to support cognitive function due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of curcumin on cognitive outcomes related to aging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Scopus was conducted to identify studies published up to June 18, 2024, including both in vivo preclinical animal studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing curcumin's effects on cognitive function. In vivo animal studies using Alzheimer's disease (AD) models and RCTs in human participants were included. Data were extracted and analyzed using meta-analytic techniques.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In preclinical in vivo murine studies (n = 25; total animals = 572), curcumin consistently improved both acquisition memory (SMD = -1.78, 95 % CI: -2.12 to -1.43) and retention memory (SMD = 2.36, 95 % CI: 1.72 to 3.00) in rodent models of AD. Ten human studies include 531 participants. Overall, curcumin showed no significant effect on global cognitive outcomes compared to placebo (SMD = 0.14, 95 % CI: -0.78 to 1.07). Subgroup analyses revealed significant improvements in working memory (SMD = 1.01, 95 % CI: 0.15 to 1.87) and processing speed (SMD = 0.37, 95 % CI: 0.07 to 0.67). The incidence of adverse events was higher in the curcumin group than in the control group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Preclinical in vivo evidence suggests curcumin enhances cognitive function in AD models. However, human studies show inconsistent findings with benefits limited to specific cognitive domains. Larger, well-designed randomized controlled trials are needed to establish curcumin's efficacy and safety in cognitive aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100248"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144512516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Serum BDNF and progression to MCI in cognitively normal older adults A prospective cohort study.","authors":"Gary A Rosenberg","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100254","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100254"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plasma p-tau217 predicting brain-wide tau accumulation in preclinical AD.","authors":"Hasom Moon, Xi Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100252","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recently developed blood test of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been recognized as a promising alternative to CSF and PET, as it is noninvasive, cost-effective, and more accessible. Particularly, plasma p-tau217 shows high sensitivity in detecting β-amyloid (Aβ) and tau positivity in early AD. However, the potential value of p-tau217 in revealing Aβ and tau distribution and predicting future development has not been studied.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We investigated the dose-response associations between p-tau217 and regional Aβ and tau measured by PET, as well as the longitudinal prediction of p-tau217 for prospective Aβ and tau accumulation measured by longitudinal PET.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>We used data in Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease (A4) study (N = 333) for primary analyses and Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (N = 410) for validation.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Cognitively unimpaired older adults (N = 333) from A4 study and cognitively unimpaired older adults (N = 222), mild cognitive impairment (N = 114), and dementia (N = 74) from ADNI.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Plasma p-tau217 was measured using Lilly (A4) and Fujirebio (ADNI) assays. <sup>18-F</sup>Florbetapir PET and <sup>18-F</sup>Flortaucipir PET measured regional Aβ and tau.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Plasma p-tau217 was associated with concurrent Aβ in most cortical regions and tau in temporo-parietal cortices. Longitudinally, p-tau217 predicted brain-wide tau accumulation in widespread cortical regions in preclinical AD, but not Aβ change anywhere.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Plasma p-tau217 shows dose-response, brain-wide relationships with concurrent Aβ and future tau development in preclinical AD, suggesting its potential in disease trajectory monitoring and large-scale screening for individuals approaching certain biological stages of AD in clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100252"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Astrocytes provide a unique biomarker for Alzheimer's and other pathologies.","authors":"Eric Siemers","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100233","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100233","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100233"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exercise for dementia prevention: Evidence for a flexible prescription.","authors":"Mikel Izquierdo","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100249","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100249","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100249"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144340389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Diana M Sima, Thanh Vân Phan, Ana M Franceschi, Wende N Gibbs, Frederik Barkhof, Philip Scheltens, Stephen Salloway, Jeffrey Cummings, Wim Van Hecke, Dirk Smeets
{"title":"Monitoring of amyloid related imaging abnormalities: SWI vs T2*-GRE.","authors":"Diana M Sima, Thanh Vân Phan, Ana M Franceschi, Wende N Gibbs, Frederik Barkhof, Philip Scheltens, Stephen Salloway, Jeffrey Cummings, Wim Van Hecke, Dirk Smeets","doi":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tjpad.2025.100220","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Amyloid-β-directed monoclonal antibody therapies may lead to amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA). Clinical trials that formed the basis for the ARIA radiographic severity grading scale adopted by the approved drugs' labels utilized T2* gradient recalled echo (T2*-GRE) images for ARIA-hemorrhagic (ARIA-H) assessment. Little is known about the application of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) to ARIA-H assessment. We exploited comparative studies on the usage of SWI instead of 2D T2*-GRE and simulated the impact of SWI's higher sensitivity on the derived ARIA-H severity distribution for three approved drugs. The simulations indicated that the two sequences are not equivalent when grading ARIA-H severity and that the rate of therapy discontinuation would increase by more than 50% compared to the rates reported in the drugs' prescribing information. This should be taken into consideration whenever SWI is applied for ARIA safety monitoring. Appropriate imaging guidelines are needed to enhance management of amyloid-β-directed antibody therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":22711,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease","volume":" ","pages":"100220"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}