Distinctive RNA expression profiles in blood associated with Alzheimer disease after accounting for white matter hyperintensities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Defining the RNA transcriptome in Alzheimer Disease (AD) will help understand the disease mechanisms and provide biomarkers. Though the AD blood transcriptome has been studied, effects of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) were not considered. This study investigated the AD blood transcriptome and accounted for WMH.

Methods

RNA from whole blood was processed on whole-genome microarrays.

Results

A total of 293 probe sets were differentially expressed in AD versus controls, 5 of which were significant for WMH status. The 288 AD-specific probe sets classified subjects with 87.5% sensitivity and 90.5% specificity. They represented 188 genes of which 29 have been reported in prior AD blood and 89 in AD brain studies. Regulated blood genes included MMP9, MME (Ne

SUBMITTER: Bai Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4139468 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature