Almeida Francisco C, Marx Gabriel A, Rohde Susan K, Gonzales Mitzi M, Maldonado-Díaz Carolina, Hiya Satomi, Clare Kevin, Samanamud Jorge, Slocum Cheyanne C, Kauffman Justin, Koenigsberg Daniel G, Flores-Almazan Victoria, Crary John F, Farrell Kurt, White Charles L, Daoud Elena V, Walker Jamie M, Oliveira Tiago Gil, Richardson Timothy E
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.
ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal.
Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Aug;21(8):e70575. doi: 10.1002/alz.70575.
INTRODUCTION: The presence and interaction of multiple comorbid neuropathologies are a major contributor to the worldwide dementia burden. METHODS: We analyzed 1183 subjects from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center dataset with various combinations of isolated and mixed neurodegenerative pathologies and conducted mixed-effects multiple linear regression modeling to comprehensively compare the neurocognitive and neuropsychological trajectories between groups over time. RESULTS: In combination with Alzheimer's disease neuropathologic change, various combinations of limbic-predominant age-related transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 encephalopathy, Lewy body dementia, and cerebrovascular disease further impair global cognition and specific neurocognitive domains; however, they do not appear to extensively affect the rate of decline with time across these domains, suggesting an additive but not synergistic effect. DISCUSSION: These findings corroborate the known cumulative effects of mixed pathologies on cognition and add nuance to our understanding of their specific interactions, which is crucial for the development of biomarkers and effective therapeutics. HIGHLIGHTS: Mixed neurodegenerative pathologies are common in the elderly population. The most common neurodegenerative pathologies were Alzheimer's disease neuropathologic change (ADNC), cerebrovascular disease (CVD), Lewy body dementia (LBD), and limbic-predominant age-related transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 encephalopathy (LATE). The addition of various combinations of comorbid CVD, LBD, and LATE to ADNC worsened overall performance on cognitive and neuropsychological testing across time. In general, the addition of multiple comorbid neurodegenerative pathologies did not influence the rate of decline across the evaluated time period.
引言:多种合并存在的神经病理学改变及其相互作用是导致全球痴呆负担的主要因素。 方法:我们分析了来自国家阿尔茨海默病协调中心数据集的1183名受试者,这些受试者具有孤立性和混合性神经退行性病变的各种组合,并进行了混合效应多元线性回归建模,以全面比较不同组之间随时间变化的神经认知和神经心理轨迹。 结果:与阿尔茨海默病神经病理改变相结合,边缘叶为主的年龄相关性反应性DNA结合蛋白43脑病、路易体痴呆和脑血管疾病的各种组合进一步损害整体认知和特定神经认知领域;然而,它们似乎并未广泛影响这些领域随时间的衰退速度,提示存在累加而非协同效应。 讨论:这些发现证实了混合性病变对认知的已知累积效应,并为我们对其特定相互作用的理解增添了细微差别,这对于生物标志物的开发和有效治疗方法的研发至关重要。 要点:混合性神经退行性病变在老年人群中很常见。最常见的神经退行性病变是阿尔茨海默病神经病理改变(ADNC)、脑血管疾病(CVD)、路易体痴呆(LBD)和边缘叶为主的年龄相关性反应性DNA结合蛋白43脑病(LATE)。在ADNC基础上合并CVD、LBD和LATE的各种组合,会使认知和神经心理测试的总体表现随时间恶化。一般来说,多种合并存在的神经退行性病变的加入并不影响评估时间段内的衰退速度。
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