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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: Takahisa Kanekiyo, David Holtzman, Alison Goate

Project Title: Determine apoE isoform-dependent changes in composition of apoE lipoprotein particles in human CSF

Date: December 14, 2023 at 5:00 pm

Request ID: T2317

Aim 1: Purify apoE particles from human CSF samples using antibody-based pull-down assay.

Aim 2: Assess the apoE particle size distribution with human CSF samples.

Aim 3: Detect the apoE particles associated proteins and lipids by proteomics and lipidomics profiling.

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Investigator: Carlos Cruchaga

Project Title: Unbiased proteomic analyses and novel prediction models

Date: November 10, 2023 at 12:05 pm

Request ID: T2315

Aim 1: To generate proteomic data using the Alamar platform

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Investigator: Robert Bucelli

Project Title: Reference range for CSF neurofilament light

Date: November 10, 2023 at 6:20 am

Request ID: T2314

Aim 1: Generating a reference range for CSF NfL within the clinical NM Lab using our Simoa HD-X analyzer. Samples will be run on the Quanterix HD-X analyzer using the Simoa® NF-Light v2 Advantage Kit. Data from three datasets will be combined to develop a reference range.

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Investigator: Dr. Gilbert Gallardo

Project Title: Evaluation of CSF levels of Glutamine in Knight ADRC cohort

Date: October 18, 2023 at 5:55 pm

Request ID: t2313

Aim 1: We proposed to examine the glutamine levels in the CSF collected from AD humans with dementia.

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Investigator: Zongtao Tom Lin

Project Title: Transforming Post-translational Arginylation into Targeted Tau Degradation Against Alzheimer’s Disease

Date: September 21, 2023 at 2:52 pm

Request ID: T2312

Aim 1: Identify arginylation substrates in AD brains using activity-based arginylome profiling (ABAP).

Aim 2: Establish targeted tau degradation via ATE1 recruitment using FKBP-Halo system.

Aim 3: Develop ArgTACs for targeted tau degradation.

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Investigator: Rawan Tarawneh/Carlos Cruchaga

Project Title: Endothelial Markers in AD

Date: September 17, 2023 at 12:59 pm

Request ID: T2311

Aim 1: Examine diagnostic and prognostic value of endothelial injury markers across different stages of AD

Aim 2: Evaluate relationship of endothelial injury to fluid and imaging markers of AD pathology and neurodegeneration

Aim 3: Characterize the contribution of endothelial injury to cognitive decline in preclinical and early symptomatic AD

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Investigator: gregory wu

Project Title: MOG antibodies in neurodegenerative diseases

Date: July 19, 2023 at 6:28 pm

Request ID: T2310

Aim 1: Determine the prevalence and titer of circulating MOG antibodies in patients with AD

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Investigator: Carlos Cruchaga

Project Title: Large scale gene discovery for neurological traits

Date: July 10, 2023 at 1:22 pm

Request ID: T2309

Aim 1: To generate WES for all the Knight-ADRC samples

Aim 2: To identify variants and genes associated with AD and ADRD

Aim 3: To determine the genetic overlap between AD, PD and other neurological traits

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Investigator: David Holtzman

Project Title: Evaluating the ability of gut microbiota to promote neuroinflammation and tau pathology

Date: June 8, 2023 at 3:49 pm

Request ID: T2308

Aim 1: Determine how the human AD microbiome impacts tau pathology, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration in a germ-free model of tau-mediated neurodegeneration

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Investigator: Day

Project Title: Biomarkers and Rates of Progression in Dementia (Bio-RaPID)

Date: June 2, 2023 at 12:15 pm

Request ID: T2307

Aim 1: Define the “cellular contributors” to RPD, addressing the key question of what makes patients vulnerable to rapidly progressive dementia

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