Browsing by Author "Archer, Derek B."

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    Leveraging longitudinal diffusion MRI data to quantify differences in white matter microstructural decline in normal and abnormal aging
    (bioRxiv, 2023-05-18) Archer, Derek B.; Schilling, Kurt; Shashikumar, Niranjana; Jasodanand, Varuna; Moore, Elizabeth E.; Pechman, Kimberly R.; Bilgel, Murat; Beason-Held, Lori L.; An, Yang; Shafer, Andrea; Ferrucci, Luigi; Risacher, Shannon L.; Gifford, Katherine A.; Landman, Bennett A.; Jefferson, Angela L.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Resnick, Susan M.; Hohman, Timothy J.; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    Introduction: It is unclear how rates of white matter microstructural decline differ between normal aging and abnormal aging. Methods: Diffusion MRI data from several well-established longitudinal cohorts of aging [Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), Vanderbilt Memory & Aging Project (VMAP)] was free-water corrected and harmonized. This dataset included 1,723 participants (age at baseline: 72.8±8.87 years, 49.5% male) and 4,605 imaging sessions (follow-up time: 2.97±2.09 years, follow-up range: 1-13 years, mean number of visits: 4.42±1.98). Differences in white matter microstructural decline in normal and abnormal agers was assessed. Results: While we found global decline in white matter in normal/abnormal aging, we found that several white matter tracts (e.g., cingulum bundle) were vulnerable to abnormal aging. Conclusions: There is a prevalent role of white matter microstructural decline in aging, and future large-scale studies in this area may further refine our understanding of the underlying neurodegenerative processes. Highlights: Longitudinal data was free-water corrected and harmonizedGlobal effects of white matter decline were seen in normal and abnormal agingThe free-water metric was most vulnerable to abnormal agingCingulum free-water was the most vulnerable to abnormal aging.
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    Longitudinal change in memory performance as a strong endophenotype for Alzheimer's disease
    (Wiley, 2024) Archer, Derek B.; Eissman, Jaclyn M.; Mukherjee, Shubhabrata; Lee, Michael L.; Choi, Seo-Eun; Scollard, Phoebe; Trittschuh, Emily H.; Mez, Jesse B.; Bush, William S.; Kunkle, Brian W.; Naj, Adam C.; Gifford, Katherine A.; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI); Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC); Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP); Cuccaro, Michael L.; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Farrer, Lindsay A.; Wang, Li-San; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Mayeux, Richard P.; Haines, Jonathan L.; Jefferson, Angela L.; Kukull, Walter A.; Keene, C. Dirk; Saykin, Andrew J.; Thompson, Paul M.; Martin, Eden R.; Bennett, David A.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Schneider, Julie A.; Crane, Paul K.; Dumitrescu, Logan; Hohman, Timothy J.; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    Introduction: Although large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been conducted on AD, few have been conducted on continuous measures of memory performance and memory decline. Methods: We conducted a cross-ancestry GWAS on memory performance (in 27,633 participants) and memory decline (in 22,365 participants; 129,201 observations) by leveraging harmonized cognitive data from four aging cohorts. Results: We found high heritability for two ancestry backgrounds. Further, we found a novel ancestry locus for memory decline on chromosome 4 (rs6848524) and three loci in the non-Hispanic Black ancestry group for memory performance on chromosomes 2 (rs111471504), 7 (rs4142249), and 15 (rs74381744). In our gene-level analysis, we found novel genes for memory decline on chromosomes 1 (SLC25A44), 11 (BSX), and 15 (DPP8). Memory performance and memory decline shared genetic architecture with AD-related traits, neuropsychiatric traits, and autoimmune traits. Discussion: We discovered several novel loci, genes, and genetic correlations associated with late-life memory performance and decline. Highlights: Late-life memory has high heritability that is similar across ancestries. We discovered four novel variants associated with late-life memory. We identified four novel genes associated with late-life memory. Late-life memory shares genetic architecture with psychiatric/autoimmune traits.
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    Sex, racial, and APOE-ε4 allele differences in longitudinal white matter microstructure in multiple cohorts of aging and Alzheimer’s disease
    (bioRxiv, 2024-06-12) Peterson, Amalia; Sathe, Aditi; Zaras, Dimitrios; Yang, Yisu; Durant, Alaina; Deters, Kacie D.; Shashikumar, Niranjana; Pechman, Kimberly R.; Kim, Michael E.; Gao, Chenyu; Khairi, Nazirah Mohd; Li, Zhiyuan; Yao, Tianyuan; Huo, Yuankai; Dumitrescu, Logan; Gifford, Katherine A.; Wilson, Jo Ellen; Cambronero, Francis; Risacher, Shannon L.; Beason-Held, Lori L.; An, Yang; Arfanakis, Konstantinos; Erus, Guray; Davatzikos, Christos; Tosun, Duygu; Toga, Arthur W.; Thompson, Paul M.; Mormino, Elizabeth C.; Zhang, Panpan; Schilling, Kurt; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI); BIOCARD Study Team; Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP); Albert, Marilyn; Kukull, Walter; Biber, Sarah A.; Landman, Bennett A.; Johnson, Sterling C.; Schneider, Julie; Barnes, Lisa L.; Bennett, David A.; Jefferson, Angela L.; Resnick, Susan M.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Hohman, Timothy J.; Archer, Derek B.; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    Introduction: The effects of sex, race, and Apolipoprotein E (APOE) - Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk factors - on white matter integrity are not well characterized. Methods: Diffusion MRI data from nine well-established longitudinal cohorts of aging were free-water (FW)-corrected and harmonized. This dataset included 4,702 participants (age=73.06 ± 9.75) with 9,671 imaging sessions over time. FW and FW-corrected fractional anisotropy (FAFWcorr) were used to assess differences in white matter microstructure by sex, race, and APOE-ε4 carrier status. Results: Sex differences in FAFWcorr in association and projection tracts, racial differences in FAFWcorr in projection tracts, and APOE-ε4 differences in FW limbic and occipital transcallosal tracts were most pronounced. Discussion: There are prominent differences in white matter microstructure by sex, race, and APOE-ε4 carrier status. This work adds to our understanding of disparities in AD. Additional work to understand the etiology of these differences is warranted.
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    Sex-specific genetic architecture of late-life memory performance
    (Wiley, 2024) Eissman, Jaclyn M.; Archer, Derek B.; Mukherjee, Shubhabrata; Lee, Michael L.; Choi, Seo-Eun; Scollard, Phoebe; Trittschuh, Emily H.; Mez, Jesse B.; Bush, William S.; Kunkle, Brian W.; Naj, Adam C.; Gifford, Katherine A.; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI); Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC); The Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP); Cuccaro, Michael L.; Cruchaga, Carlos; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Farrer, Lindsay A.; Wang, Li-San; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Mayeux, Richard P.; Haines, Jonathan L.; Jefferson, Angela L.; Kukull, Walter A.; Keene, C. Dirk; Saykin, Andrew J.; Thompson, Paul M.; Martin, Eden R.; Bennett, David A.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Schneider, Julie A.; Crane, Paul K.; Hohman, Timothy J.; Dumitrescu, Logan; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    Background: Women demonstrate a memory advantage when cognitively healthy yet lose this advantage to men in Alzheimer's disease. However, the genetic underpinnings of this sex difference in memory performance remain unclear. Methods: We conducted the largest sex-aware genetic study on late-life memory to date (Nmales = 11,942; Nfemales = 15,641). Leveraging harmonized memory composite scores from four cohorts of cognitive aging and AD, we performed sex-stratified and sex-interaction genome-wide association studies in 24,216 non-Hispanic White and 3367 non-Hispanic Black participants. Results: We identified three sex-specific loci (rs67099044-CBLN2, rs719070-SCHIP1/IQCJ-SCHIP), including an X-chromosome locus (rs5935633-EGL6/TCEANC/OFD1), that associated with memory. Additionally, we identified heparan sulfate signaling as a sex-specific pathway and found sex-specific genetic correlations between memory and cardiovascular, immune, and education traits. Discussion: This study showed memory is highly and comparably heritable across sexes, as well as highlighted novel sex-specific genes, pathways, and genetic correlations that related to late-life memory. Highlights: Demonstrated the heritable component of late-life memory is similar across sexes. Identified two genetic loci with a sex-interaction with baseline memory. Identified an X-chromosome locus associated with memory decline in females. Highlighted sex-specific candidate genes and pathways associated with memory. Revealed sex-specific shared genetic architecture between memory and complex traits.
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    White matter microstructural metrics are sensitively associated with clinical staging in Alzheimer's disease
    (Wiley, 2023-05-17) Yang, Yisu; Schilling, Kurt; Shashikumar, Niranjana; Jasodanand, Varuna; Moore, Elizabeth E.; Pechman, Kimberly R.; Bilgel, Murat; Beason-Held, Lori L.; An, Yang; Shafer, Andrea; Risacher, Shannon L.; Landman, Bennett A.; Jefferson, Angela L.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Resnick, Susan M.; Hohman, Timothy J.; Archer, Derek B.; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    Introduction: White matter microstructure may be abnormal along the Alzheimer's disease (AD) continuum. Methods: Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI, n = 627), Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA, n = 684), and Vanderbilt Memory & Aging Project (VMAP, n = 296) cohorts were free-water (FW) corrected and conventional, and FW-corrected microstructural metrics were quantified within 48 white matter tracts. Microstructural values were subsequently harmonized using the Longitudinal ComBat technique and inputted as independent variables to predict diagnosis (cognitively unimpaired [CU], mild cognitive impairment [MCI], AD). Models were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carrier status, and APOE ε2 carrier status. Results: Conventional dMRI metrics were associated globally with diagnostic status; following FW correction, the FW metric itself exhibited global associations with diagnostic status, but intracellular metric associations were diminished. Discussion: White matter microstructure is altered along the AD continuum. FW correction may provide further understanding of the white matter neurodegenerative process in AD. Highlights: Longitudinal ComBat successfully harmonized large-scale diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) metrics.Conventional dMRI metrics were globally sensitive to diagnostic status. Free-water (FW) correction mitigated intracellular associations with diagnostic status.The FW metric itself was globally sensitive to diagnostic status. Multivariate conventional and FW-corrected models may provide complementary information.