Can MRI screen for CSF biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease?
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- Received May 17, 2012
- Accepted August 14, 2012
- First Published December 26, 2012.
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Author Disclosures
- Corey T. McMillan, PhD,
- Brian Avants, PhD,
- David J. Irwin, MD,
- Jon B. Toledo, MD,
- David A. Wolk, MD,
- Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, MD, PhD,
- Leslie M. Shaw, PhD,
- John Q. Trojanoswki, MD, PhD and
- Murray Grossman, MD, EdD
- Corey T. McMillan, PhD,
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NIH NRSA (F32): HD040604, NIH Loan Repayment Program
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- Brian Avants, PhD,
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- David J. Irwin, MD,
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NIH/NIA T32-AG000255 Research Fellow/Trainee 2010, NIH/NIA P30 AG010124-20 Research Fellow/Trainee 2010.
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- Jon B. Toledo, MD,
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Jon B Toledós work is supported by the Martín Escudero Foundation.
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- David A. Wolk, MD,
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GE Healthcare, Inc
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1. GE Healthcare, Inc. 2. Pfizer
1. NIH, AG028018, PI, 09/30/06-07/31/11 2. NIH, AG037376, Co-I, 05/01/09 - 04/30/14, 3. NIH, MH086492, Co-I, 05/14/10 - 3/31/14, 4. NIH, AG010124, Co-I, 08/01/2006 - 06/30/2011, 5. PA Department of Health, 600594-6, Co-I, 10/01/2008 - 05/31/2009
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- Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, MD, PhD,
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Member, Editorial Board, “Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy” Guest editor, special cluster issue on neurodegenerative disease genetics, Acta Neuropathologica
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Molecular Pathology in Clinical Practice. Leonard DGB, Bagg A, Caliendo AM, Kaul KL, Van Deerlin VM (eds.). Springer, 2007 Notes: VM Van Deerlin, Section Editor, Identity Testing Section (pages 491-537). Royalties received
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NIH NS053488, NIH AG010124, NIH AG017586
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- Leslie M. Shaw, PhD,
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Speaker travel expenses, honorarium, Pfizer, 2009
Editorial board member, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 1990-present
O-methylated rapamycin derivatives for alleviation and inhibition of lymphoproliferative disorders. This invention has been licensed by Penn to Novartis and Dr Shaw benefited financially from the license
Editor, Applied Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Principles of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005-present
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Janssen AI R&D; Saladax Biomedical, Inc
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Research support from: NIH grant AG024904, Co-PI Biomarker Core Laboratory, 2004-2010, Alzheimer's disease Neuroimaging Initiative; NIH 1RC 2AG-036535 (ARRA), PI Biomarker Core Laboratory, 2010-2011; PI Biomarker Core Laboratory NIH Grant AG-024904-07 Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging 2; co-PI Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative, sponsored by MJ Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Research
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member of board of directors, Saladax Biomedical, 2005-present
O-methylated rapamycin derivatives for alleviation and inhibition of lymphoproliferative disorders. This invention has been licensed by Penn to Novartis and Dr Shaw benefited financially from the license
O-methylated rapamycin derivatives for alleviation and inhibition of lymphoproliferative disorders. This invention has been licensed by Penn to Novartis and Dr Shaw benefited financially from the license
stock options, Saladax Biomedical, 2005-present
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- John Q. Trojanoswki, MD, PhD and
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Dr. Trojanowski may accrue revenue in the future on patents submitted by the University of Pennsylvania wherein he is co-Inventor and he received revenue from the sale of Avid to Eli Lily as co-inventor on imaging related patents submitted by the University of Pennsylvania while he receives research support from the NIH, Bristol Myer Squib, AstraZenica and several non-profits.
Alzheimer's & Dementia, Associate Editor
holds 14 patents that may accrue revenue: US Patent 5,281,521, issued 25 Jan 1994: Modified Avidin-Biotin Technique; US Patent 5,580,898, issued 3 Dec 1996: Method of Stabilizing Microtubules to Treat Alzheimer's Disease; US Patent 5,601,985, issued 11 Feb 1997: Method of Detecting Abnormally Phosphorylated Tau; US Patent 5,733,734, issued 31 Mar 1998: Method of Screening for Alzheimer's Disease or Disease Associated with the Accumulation of Paired Helical Filaments; US Patent 5,792,900, issued 11 Aug 1998: Compositions and Methods for Producing and Using Homogeneous Neuronal Cell Transplants; US Patent 5,849,988, issued 15 Dec 1998: Rat Comprising Straight Filaments in Its Brain; US Patent 6,214,334, issued 10 Apr 2001: Compositions And Methods for Producing and Using Homogeneous Neuronal Cell Transplants to Treat Neurodegenerative Disorders and Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries; US Patent 6,358,681, issued 19 Mar 2002: Diagnostic Methods for Alzheimer's Disease by Detection of Multiple MRNAs; US Patent 6,727,075, issued 27 Mar 2004: Methods and Compositions for Determining Lipid Peroxidation Levels in Oxidant Stress Syndromes and Diseases; US Patent 7,011,827, issued 14 Mar 2006: Compositions and Methods for Producing and Using Homogenous Neuronal Cell Transplants; Penn 0652, K1828, filed 5 Aug 1998: Method of Identifying, Diagnosing and Treating Alpha-synuclein Positive Neurodegenerative Disorders; Penn L1986, Filed 13 Nov 1998: Mutation-specific Functional Impairments in Distinct Tau Isoforms of Hereditary Frontotemporal Dementia and Parkinsonism Linked to Chromosome- 17: Genotype Predicts Phenotype; Penn R3868 (UPN-4439), filed 28 Feb 2005: Microtubule Stabilizing Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders; and Penn S-4018, DB&R 46406-217282, filed 22 Nov 2005: Treatment of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases with an Antibody
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receives research support from the NIH (NIA P01 AG 09215-20 [PI], NIA P30 AG 10124-18 [PI], NIA PO1 AG 17586-10 [Project 4 Leader], NIA 1PO1 AG-19724-07 [Core C Leader], NIA 1 U01 AG 024904-05 [Co-PI Biomarker Core Laboratory], NINDS P50 NS053488-02 [PI], NIA UO1 AG029213-01 [Co-I]; RC2NS069368 [PI], RC1AG035427 [PI], and NIA P30AG036468 [PI])
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The Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Program, Benaroya
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- Murray Grossman, MD, EdD
Allon Pharmaceutical; TauRx; Bristol Myers Squibb
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Neurology, Editorial Advisory Board
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Forest, consultant, 2010; Allon, 2011
Research support from NIH: AG17586, AG15116, NS44266, NS53488, AG32953
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- From the Department of Neurology (C.T.M., D.J.I., D.A.W., M.G.), Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (D.J.I., J.B.T., V.M.V.D., L.M.S., J.Q.T.), Department of Radiology (B.A.), Penn Memory Center (D.A.W.), and Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (V.M.V.D., L.M.S., J.Q.T.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- Correspondence to Dr. McMillan: mcmillac{at}mail.med.upenn.edu
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