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A rizona S tudy of A ging and N eurodegenerative D isorders and B rain and B ody D onation P rogram

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Beach, Thomas G., Adler, Charles H., Sue, Lucia I., Serrano, Geidy, Shill, Holly A., Walker, Douglas G., Lue, LihFen, Roher, Alex E. +30 more·2015·Neuropathology

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The Brain and Body Donation Program (BBDP) at Banner Sun Health Research Institute (http://www.brainandbodydonationprogram.org) started in 1987 with brain-only donations and currently has banked more than 1600 brains. More than 430 whole-body donations have been received since this service was commenced in 2005. The collective academic output of the BBDP is now described as the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders (AZSAND). Most BBDP subjects are enrolled as cognitively normal volunteers residing in the retirement communities of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Specific recruitment efforts are also directed at subjects with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and cancer. The median age at death is 82. Subjects receive standardized general medical, neurological, neuropsychological and movement disorders assessments during life and more than 90% receive full pathological examinations by medically licensed pathologists after death. The Program has been funded through a combination of internal, federal and state of Arizona grants as well as user fees and pharmaceutical industry collaborations. Subsets of the Program are utilized by the US National Institute on Aging Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Core Center and the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Brain and Tissue Resource for Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. Substantial funding has also been received from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The Program has made rapid autopsy a priority, with a 3.0-hour median post-mortem interval for the entire collection. The median RNA Integrity Number (RIN) for frozen brain and body tissue is 8.9 and 7.4, respectively. More than 2500 tissue requests have been served and currently about 200 are served annually. These requests have been made by more than 400 investigators located in 32 US states and 15 countries. Tissue from the BBDP has contributed to more than 350 publications and more than 200 grant-funded projects.

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  • The acquisition of rich proteomic information is largely attributed to access to high quality AD brain tissue and the strength of the optimized MS-based proteomics platform.

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Beach, T. G., Adler, C. H., Sue, L. I., Serrano, G., Shill, H. A., Walker, D. G., Lue, L., Roher, A. E., Dugger, B. N., Maarouf, C., Birdsill, A. C., Intorcia, A., Saxon‐Labelle, M., Pullen, J., Scroggins, A., Filon, J., Scott, S., Hoffman, B., Garcia, A., Caviness, J. N., Hentz, J. G., Driver‐Dunckley, E., Jacobson, S. A., Davis, K. J., Belden, C. M., Long, K. E., Malek‐Ahmadi, M., Powell, J. J., Gale, L. D., Nicholson, L. R., Caselli, R. J., Woodruff, B. K., Rapscak, S. Z., Ahern, G. L., Shi, J., Burke, A. D., Reiman, E. M., & Sabbagh, M. N.
Affiliations
  • Banner Sun Health Research Institute (US)
  • Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
  • Banner Sun Health Research Institute Sun City Arizona USA
  • University of Arizona (US)
  • Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
  • Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Beach, Thomas G.
Venue
Neuropathology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-01-26
Volume
35
Issue
4
Pages
354-389
ISSN
  • 0919-6544 (ISSN-L)
  • 1440-1789
OpenAlex
W2161031490
Cited by
460
References
347
Citations by year
2026: 41 · 2025: 56 · 2024: 68 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 10
FWCI
27.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuropathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U24 NS072026)
  • National Institute on Aging (P30 AG19610)
  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
brain donation, body donation, autopsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cancer, tissue banking, RNA integrity, postmortem interval, research funding
MeSH terms
Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Arizona, Autopsy, Brain, Female, Humans, Male, Organ Preservation, Tissue and Organ Procurement, Postmortem Changes, Tissue Banks, Tissue Donors, Tissue Survival, Biomarkers, Neurodegenerative Diseases

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