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The Knight ADRC has supported many investigators at Washington University and at other institutions over the years. We wish to avoid the situation where two investigators study the same research question to avoid duplication of effort and potential conflict. To determine if your topic has already been studied with our resources, please search our database. If you find that your topic or a related topic has been submitted, you may wish to contact the investigator to inquire about their findings to determine how you might proceed. You may wish to collaborate or modify your request to avoid overlap. The results below reflect requests made since online requests have been accepted. As such, not all fields will have data as certain information, such as aims, were not collected until recently. If an entry has been assigned an ID number (e.g. T1004), the full request has been submitted and is either approved, disapproved or in process. If an entry has no ID number, then it represents a submission that has not yet been reviewed. Search terms are applied across an entire requests application including variables not displayed below. A more specific, detailed search may yield better results depending upon your needs.


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Investigator: Kenneth S. Kosik

Project Title: Gene expression analysis of MAPT mutation carriers

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1407

Aim 1: Transcriptome sequencing for RNA obtained from neurons derived from iPS patients

Aim 2: Comparison of differentially expressed genes compared to human healthy lines and tissue

Aim 3: miRNA profiling of these samples as in 1

Aim 4: Determination of coexpression modules associated with the MAPT mutations


Investigator: Dr. Tom Montine

Project Title: : Neuropathological assessments of fibrillar amyloid burden in APOE e4 carriers and non-carriers with the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1406

Aim 1: . In this study, NACC data will be used to compare the proportions of expired brain donors with the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia in terms of their fibrillar amyloid burden and other neuropathologic features

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Investigator: Eric J Kremer

Project Title: Screen for a biomarker in early satges of late-onset AD

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1405

Aim 1: Screen CSF from AD patients for the presence of a cleaved presynaptic protein diminished in early satges of late onset AD

Aim 2: Screen AD SGZ for the presence of a cell adhesion molecule diminished in early satges of late onset AD

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Investigator: Cruchaga/Sands

Project Title: Identification and functional characterization of the genetic variant causing Kufs’ disease with early dementia in a family with an autosomal dominant inheritance (Amendment)

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1108-A

Aim 1: to identify the causative variant of Kufs’ disease

Aim 2: to characterize the causative mutations

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Investigator: Kukull (Penn)

Project Title: Validation of non-amyloid, non-Tau CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1403

Aim 1: Aim 1: We will validate 12 non-amyloid, non-Tau CSF biomarkers of AD in samples from subjects with normal cognition, AD, and non-AD dementias, longitudinally followed at the three Centers (WU, Penn, Emory).

Aim 2: Aim 2: We will identify non-amyloid, non-Tau biomarkers suitable as staging and progression biomarkers in AD, evaluate their specificity for AD vs non-AD dementias, and evaluate the technical variability of the relevant assays across three independent Centers.

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Investigator: RJ Bateman

Project Title: Bioanalytical Assay Method Validation for Alzheimer�s Disease Clinical Trials

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1418

Aim 1: To create pools of CSF to be used to conduct full bioanalytical method validation on the INNO-BIA AlzBio3 assay for use in clinical trials

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Investigator: John A. Kessler

Project Title: Cell autonomous mechanisms of Apolipoprotein E isoform-dependent neurodegeneration

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1424

Aim 1: Generate isogenic APOE iPSCs from sporadic AD patients and healthy controls.

Aim 2: Evaluate whether calcium dysregulation contributes to increased excitotoxic response in E4- BFCNs.

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Investigator: Marni Uger PhD

Project Title: CSF Abeta oligomer quantification by EP-AD, a novel proprietary assay

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1425

Aim 1: EP-AD CSF oligomers in AD, MCI and cognitively normal aging

Aim 2: EP-AD CSF oligomer concentration and cognitive, imaging, and biochemical biomarker correlation

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Investigator: Rosa Rademakers

Project Title: Identification of new genetic causes of Early Onset Alzheimer Disease

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1501

Aim 1: Genetic screening of early onset alzheimer disease patients

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Investigator: Kelvin Yamada

Project Title: CSF orexin in postmenopausal insomnia

Date: December 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Request ID: T1502

Aim 1: Determine if CSF orexin is elevated in postmenopausal women

Aim 2: Determine if CSF orexin levels by ELISA are accurately reflected by serum orexin levels

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