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@ARTICLE{Rauchmann:278909,
author = {Rauchmann, Boris-Stephan and Ersözlü, Ersin and Luedecke,
Dorothea and Franzmeier, Nicolai and Perneczky, Robert},
title = {{M}ultimodal and longitudinal characterization of distinct
tau and atrophy clusters in {A}lzheimer's disease spectrum.},
journal = {Scientific reports},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
issn = {2045-2322},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00635},
pages = {18142},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Neuropathological and neuroimaging studies have identified
several (endo-)phenotypes of Alzheimer's disease (AD),
suggesting a substantial heterogeneity in cerebral atrophy
and tau spreading patterns. We included in our study a total
of 320 participants, including healthy controls (N = 154)
and patients across the AD spectrum (N = 166). We identified
clusters of cerebral atrophy and tau PET uptake using a
data-driven and similarity-based clustering approach, aiming
to examine regional abnormality patterns in both modalities
and differences in the clinical, cognitive, and biomarker
characteristics among derived clusters. Abnormality patterns
in tau PET and T1-weighted MRI within the same individuals
revealed four distinct clusters for each imaging modality as
surrogate markers of tau and neurodegeneration,
respectively. The tau PET and atrophy clusters mainly showed
substantial differences in their clustering allocations.
While having the most severe biomarkers burden, the left
temporal tau and diffuse atrophy clusters revealed the
fastest clinical progression and steepest increase in tau
PET uptake. Moreover, the diffuse atrophy cluster showed the
fastest cortical volume loss, followed by the
limbic-predominant atrophy cluster. Our results suggest
characteristic differences between tau PET and atrophy
clusters, especially for tau PET clusters, revealing more
pronounced differences in cognitive profiles and disease
biomarker trajectories than atrophy clusters.},
keywords = {Humans / Alzheimer Disease: diagnostic imaging / Alzheimer
Disease: metabolism / Alzheimer Disease: pathology / tau
Proteins: metabolism / Male / Female / Atrophy / Aged /
Positron-Emission Tomography / Magnetic Resonance Imaging /
Biomarkers: metabolism / Longitudinal Studies / Middle Aged
/ Neuroimaging / Disease Progression / Brain: pathology /
Brain: diagnostic imaging / Brain: metabolism / Aged, 80 and
over / Cluster Analysis / Cognitive decline and dementia
(Other) / Phenotypical heterogeneity (Other) / Precision
medicine (Other) / Similarity-based Louvain clustering
(Other) / tau Proteins (NLM Chemicals) / Biomarkers (NLM
Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Dichgans / AG Simons / AG Dirnagl},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000022 / I:(DE-2719)1110008 /
I:(DE-2719)1810002},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353) / 351 -
Brain Function (POF4-351)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-351},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40415101},
pmc = {pmc:PMC12104337},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-98338-9},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/278909},
}