在阿尔茨海默病中使用扩散MRI衍生的自由水分数来识别柔性皮层微结构的明显时空模式
Junfang Zhang1,2, Xinyuan Yang1, Yan Wang3
1Department of Neurology & Institute of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Rd, Shanghai 200025, China.
Radiology
|October 7, 2025
概括
自由水分 (FWF) 在阿尔茨海默氏症 (AD) 中升高,并与粉样β和病理有关. 独特的FWF进展模式与特定的认知缺陷相关,为AD提供潜在的成像见解.
科学领域:
- 神经成像是一种神经成像.
- 阿尔茨海默氏症疾病研究研究
- 生物标志物发现发现
背景情况:
- 自由水分 (FWF) 是阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 的新兴成像生物标志物.
- 了解FWF在AD进展中的作用及其与核心神经病理的关联至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在患有AD和正常认知的个体中研究皮层旁FWF.
- 评估FWF,神经病理严重程度 (粉样β和tau) 和神经退行症之间的关系.
- 用先进的MRI和PET成像来描述FWF变化的时空模式.
主要方法:
- 一项前性研究分析了359名参与者对FWF的扩散MRI,18F-florbetapir PET对粉样β (Aβ) 的分析,18F-MK-6240 PET对tau的分析.
- 采用了两个亚型和阶段推断 (SuStaIn) 模型:一个分析FWF变化,另一个整合FWF和Aβ.
- 统计分析包括FDR校正来评估FWF,Aβ,tau和认知表现之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,患有AD的参与者表现出显著增加的皮层下FWF (FDR校正P < .001到P = .049).
- 升高的FWF与较高的全球皮层Aβ和tau沉积相关 (FDR校正的P < .001到P = .04为Aβ;P < .001到P = .01为tau).
- 确定了两种不同的FWF时空轨迹:"轨道前前"亚型与较小的海马体积和较差的认知有关,以及与较高的粉样蛋白水平和减少皮质厚度相关的"粉样蛋白优先"亚型.
结论:
- 副皮层FWF在AD中升高,并与关键的AD病理 (Aβ,tau) 和神经退行症标志物有关.
- FWF的独特的时空进展模式与差异性的认知性能配置文件有关.
- FWF代表了一种有前途的成像生物标志物,用于表征AD亚型和进展.
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