Open AccessAssociation of Serum FAM19A5 with Cognitive Impairment in Vascular Dementia
Author(s) -
Juan Li,
Shoulin Li,
Yihong Song,
Wei Zhou,
Xiaohao Zhu,
Suo Xu,
Yihong Ma,
Chunlin Zhu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
disease markers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1875-8630
pISSN - 0278-0240
DOI - 10.1155/2020/8895900
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , correlation , vascular dementia , biomarker , cognitive impairment , cognition , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , gastroenterology , biology , psychiatry , disease , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics
Objective Family with sequence similarity 19 member A5 (FAM19A5), a novel chemokine-like peptide, is a secreted protein mainly expressed in the brain. FAM19A5 was recently found to be involved in a variety of neurological diseases; however, its correlation with vascular dementia (VaD) remains unclear. The aim of the study is to explore the association between serum FAM19A5 and cognitive impairment in subjects with VaD.Method 136 VaD subjects and 81 normal controls were recruited in the study. Their demographic and clinical baseline data were collected on admission. All subjects received Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) evaluation, which was used to test their cognitive functions. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to detect the serum levels of FAM19A5.Results No significant differences were found between the two groups regarding the demographic and clinical baseline data ( p > 0.05). The serum FAM19A5 levels were significantly higher compared to normal controls ( p < 0.001). The Spearman correlation analysis indicated that serum FAM19A5 levels and MMSE scores have a significant negative correlation in VaD patients ( r = −0.414, <0.001). Further multiple regression analysis indicated that serum FAM19A5 levels were independent risk predictors for cognitive functions in VaD ( β = 0.419, p = 0.031).Conclusion The serum FAM19A5 level of VaD patients is significantly increased, which may serve as a biomarker to predict cognitive function of VaD.