从正常的衰老过程中解开加速认知衰退及其遗传成分:基于神经成像的深度学习方法
Yulin Dai1, Hsu Yu-Chun1, Brisa S Fernandes1
1The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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|September 18, 2023
概括
一个深度学习模型有效地区分了阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 的认知衰退与正常衰老,使用MRI扫描. 研究人员在NELL1基因中发现了一种新的基因变异rs144614292,与加速认知衰退有关.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 人工智能的人工智能
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默氏病 (AD) 涉及渐进性的认知衰退,与自然衰老并行.
- 神经成像可以区分认知变化与典型的衰老和AD.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个深度学习框架来分析纵向MRI数据,以区分与AD相关的认知衰退.
- 通过全基因组关联研究 (GWAS) 识别导致AD加速认知衰退的遗传因素.
主要方法:
- 一个双损失的语ResNet深度学习框架被用来分析来自阿尔茨海默病神经成像倡议 (ADNI) 研究的结构MRI数据.
- 全基因组关联研究 (GWAS) 和GWAS后分析是在认知衰退数据上进行的.
主要成果:
- 深度学习模型成功预测了1,313个人的认知衰退.
- 两个全基因组显著的位置,APOE和rs144614292 (在NELL1内),被确定为加速认知衰退.
- 通过功能丰富分析突出了微质和免疫反应途径,并且在认知衰退斜率GWAS和以前的AD GWAS之间发现了正相关性.
结论:
- 深度学习模型有效地提取神经成像特征并预测认知衰退.
- 在NELL1基因中报告了一种新型变异rs144614292.
- 这种方法可以将加速认知衰退与正常衰老区分开来,并识别潜在的早期干预的相关遗传因素.
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