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. 2024 Nov 29;13(1):57.
doi: 10.1186/s40035-024-00451-8.

Aquaporin-4 as a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker of Alzheimer's disease

Nerea Gómez de San José #  1 , Steffen Halbgebauer #  1   2 , Petra Steinacker  3 , Sarah Anderl-Straub  1 , Samir Abu-Rumeileh  3 , Lorenzo Barba  3 , Patrick Oeckl  1   2 , Giovanni Bellomo  4 , Lorenzo Gaetani  4 , Andrea Toja  4 , Sára Mravinacová  5 , Sofia Bergström  5 , Anna Månberg  5 , Alberto Grassini  6 , Innocenzo Rainero  6 , Peter Nilsson  5 , Lucilla Parnetti  4 , Markus Otto  7
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Aquaporin-4 as a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker of Alzheimer's disease

Nerea Gómez de San José et al. Transl Neurodegener. .
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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The studies obtained approval from respective ethics committees (Ulm University Hospital, No. 20/10; University Perugia, 19369/08/AV registry no: 1287/08 date: 9 October 2008 and University of Turin, 0114576) and adhered to the most recent iteration of the Declaration of Helsinki. Prior to participation, all the participants or their caregivers received a thorough explanation of the study's procedures and gave written consent. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: Dr. Gaetani participated on advisory boards for, and received writing honoraria and travel grants from Almirall, Biogen, Euroimmun, Fujirebio, Lilly, Merck, Mylan, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Siemens Healthineers and Teva.

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Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) CSF analysis in three different cohorts. CSF AQP4 in the discovery cohort (n = 157) including 38 CON, 40 AD, 21 PPA, 20 bvFTD, 17 ALS and 21 LBD (a, b) and in the validation cohorts I and II: cohort I (n = 108) including 37 CON, 14 preAD, 28 AD-MCI and 29 ADD (c, d) and cohort II (n = 68) including 18 CON, 23 AD-MCI, 10 ADD and 17 non-AD MCI (e, f). Boxplots represent median, Q1 and Q3 quartiles, and whiskers from minimum to maximum. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001. b, d, f Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis of CSF AQP4. AD, Alzheimer’s disease; ALS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; AUC, area under the curve; bvFTD, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia; CON, control; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; IQR, interquartile range; LBD, Lewy body disease; PPA, primary progressive aphasia
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