Developing Univariate Neurodegeneration Biomarkers with Low-Rank and Sparse Subspace Decomposition
Jie Shi, Natasha Leporé, Boris A. Gutman, Paul M. Thompson, Leslie C. Baxter, Richard J. Caselli, Yalin Wang, and the ADNI
Human Brain Mapping
Abstract
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 allele is the most prevalent genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Hippocampal volumes are generally smaller in AD patients carrying the e4 allele compared to e4 noncarriers. Here we examined the effect of APOE e4 on hippocampal morphometry in a large imaging database-the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). We automatically segmented and constructed hippocampal surfaces from the baseline MR images of 725 subjects with known APOE genotype information including 167 with AD, 354 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 204 normal controls. High-order correspondences between hippocampal surfaces were enforced across subjects with a novel inverse consistent surface fluid registration method. Multivariate statistics consisting of multivariate tensor-based morphometry (mTBM) and radial distance were computed for surface deformation analysis. Using Hotelling’s T(2) test, we found significant morphological deformation in APOE e4 carriers relative to noncarriers in the entire cohort as well as in the nondemented (pooled MCI and control) subjects, affecting the left hippocampus more than the right, and this effect was more pronounced in e4 homozygotes than heterozygotes. Our findings are consistent with previous studies that showed e4 carriers exhibit accelerated hippocampal atrophy; we extend these findings to a novel measure of hippocampal morphometry. Hippocampal morphometry has significant potential as an imaging biomarker of early stage AD.
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- Li B, Shi J, Gutman BA, Baxter LC, Thompson PM, Caselli RJ, Wang Y, ADNI Group, Influence of APOE Genotype on Hippocampal Atrophy over Time – An N=1925 Surface-based ADNI Study, PLOS ONE, Apr. 2016.
- Shi J, Leporé N, Gutman B, Thompson PM, Baxter LC, Caselli RJ, Wang Y, ADNI Group, Genetic Influence of APOE4 Genotype on Hippocampal Morphometry ‒ An N=725 Surface-based Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Inituative Study, Human Brain Mapping, 35(8), Aug. 2014, pp. 3903-3918.