Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia
Article Title: The TREM2 H157Y variant is associated with more severe neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease and altered immune‐related processes
doi: 10.1002/alz.70586
Figure Lengend Snippet: Patients with AD carrying the TREM2 H157Y variant exhibit more severe disease‐related endophenotypes. (A) Adjusted MoCA scores of TREM2 H157Y variant carriers (GA) and non‐carriers (GG) who are CN or diagnosed with MCI or AD from Study Cohort_1. Data are presented as box‐and‐whisker plots; whiskers indicate minimum and maximum values. Statistical analysis was performed using two‐sample t‐ test. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. (B–D) Normalized volumes of (B) total gray matter, (C) cortex, and (D) subcortical gray matter of TREM2 H157Y variant carriers diagnosed with MCI and AD in Study Cohort_1. Data are presented as the normalized mean, with lower‐ and upper‐class limits retrieved from statistical analysis (Supplementary Method S4). *Adjusted p < 0.05, **adjusted p < 0.01, ***adjusted p < 0.001. (E, F) Plasma levels of (E) pTau217 and (F) NfL in TREM2 H157Y variant carriers and non‐carriers who are CN or diagnosed with MCI, or AD from Study Cohort_1. Data are presented as box‐and‐whisker plots; whiskers indicate minimum and maximum values. Statistical analysis was performed using two‐sample t‐ test. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. One value of plasma pTau217 in non‐carriers with AD is missing due to limited plasma volume. (G) Dot plot showing the association between plasma NfL level and age among TREM2 H157Y variant carriers and non‐carriers from Study Cohort_1. Simple linear regression analysis results are presented as regression lines. GG, slope (±standard error) = 0.863 (±0.122); GA, slope (±standard error) = 1.70 (±0.230). AD, Alzheimer's disease; CN, cognitively normal; MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MoCA, Adjusted Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NfL, neurofilament light polypeptide; TREM2 , triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2.
Article Snippet: We measured plasma phospho‐tau 217 (pTau217) levels with an ALZpath single molecule array (Simoa) P‐Tau217 V2 Assay Kit (104371) and plasma neurofilament light polypeptide (NfL) levels with a Quanterix Neurology 4‐Plex E Advantage Kit (103670) using 120 μL plasma for each assay.
Techniques: Variant Assay, Whisker Assay, Clinical Proteomics