Multimodal MRI of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Gunda, Bence; Várallyay, György; Bereczki, Dániel

doi:10.5772/25045

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“…Current data suggest that CSVD is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders in aging societies of the developed world [5,6]. The prevalence of apparently asymptomatic manifestations of CSVD, such as silent brain infarcts or white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), has been associated with advancing age [7].…”

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Elevated Circulating Microparticle Subpopulations in Incidental Cerebral White Matter Hyperintensities: A Multimodal Study

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Asymptomatic (or “silent”) manifestations of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) are widely recognized through incidental findings of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) as a result of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study aims to examine the potential associations of surrogate markers for the evaluation of white matter integrity in CSVD among asymptomatic individuals through a battery of profiling involving QRISK2 cardiocerebrovascular risk prediction, neuroimaging, neurocognitive evaluation, and microparticles (MPs) titers. Sixty asymptomatic subjects (mean age: 39.83 ± 11.50 years) with low to moderate QRISK2 scores were recruited and underwent neurocognitive evaluation for memory and cognitive performance, peripheral venous blood collection for enumeration of selected MPs subpopulations, and 3T MRI brain scan with specific diffusion MRI (dMRI) sequences inclusive of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). WMHs were detected in 20 subjects (33%). Older subjects (mean age: 46.00 ± 12.00 years) had higher WMHs prevalence, associated with higher QRISK2 score and reduced processing speed. They also had significantly higher mean percentage of platelet (CD62P)- and leukocyte (CD62L)-derived MPs. No association was found between reduced white matter integrity—especially at the left superior longitudinal fasciculus (LSLF)—with age and neurocognitive function; however, LSLF was associated with higher QRISK2 score, total MPs, and CD62L- and endothelial cell-derived MPs (CD146). Therefore, this study establishes these multimodal associations as potential surrogate markers for “silent” CSVD manifestations in the well-characterized cardiocerebrovascular demographic of relatively young, neurologically asymptomatic adults. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to exhibit elevated MP counts in asymptomatic CSVD (i.e., CD62P and CD62L), which warrants further delineation.

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