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We studied 149 participants with Alzheimer\u2019s disease, leukoaraiosis, mixed dementia, subcortical ischemic vascular dementia, or memory impairment. BBB permeability was assessed using the albumin index (Q\n                    <jats:sub>alb<\/jats:sub>\n                    ), a global blood-to-CSF leakage ratio, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI permeability (K\n                    <jats:sub>trans<\/jats:sub>\n                    ), a regional gadolinium transfer measure. Both were treated as permeability measures that inflammation may influence rather than as direct measures of inflammation. CSF and plasma biomarkers included matrix metalloproteinases, angiogenic factors, cytokines, GFAP, NfL, pTau181, and A\u03b242\/40; MRI measures included PSMD, mean free water, hippocampal volume, and cortical thickness. Univariate associations were screened using Spearman correlation and AIC, and multivariable models used AIC-based stepwise selection. Diagnosis-adjusted models, bootstrap selection frequencies, penalized regression, and cross-validated R\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    were used as sensitivity analyses. Q\n                    <jats:sub>alb<\/jats:sub>\n                    and K\n                    <jats:sub>trans<\/jats:sub>\n                    were not significantly correlated (Spearman \u03c1 = 0.14, p = 0.28), suggesting that they index different dimensions of BBB dysfunction without establishing biological independence. The multivariable CSF model for Q\n                    <jats:sub>alb<\/jats:sub>\n                    retained MMP-2, Flt-1, IL-8, GFAP, and NfL and explained approximately half the variance (R\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0.53), whereas the plasma model explained less variance (R\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0.32). For K\n                    <jats:sub>trans<\/jats:sub>\n                    , multivariable CSF, plasma, and MRI models explained R\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0.36, 0.39, and 0.14, respectively, while PSMD was the strongest FDR-robust univariate MRI correlate. CSF\u2013plasma correlations ranged from near zero for MMP-9 (r = \u22120.03) to stronger associations for NfL (r = 0.74) and IL-13 (r = 0.70), indicating that plasma cannot be assumed to substitute for CSF marker-by-marker. Q\n                    <jats:sub>alb<\/jats:sub>\n                    and K\n                    <jats:sub>trans<\/jats:sub>\n                    should be considered complementary rather than interchangeable measures. The Q\n                    <jats:sub>alb<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2013CSF model showed the strongest inflammation-related signal, but these findings are exploratory and require validation in independent, longitudinal cohorts before an inflammation axis can be incorporated into an ATN(V)-based framework.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fragi.2026.1923046","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,11]],"date-time":"2026-09-11T05:29:55Z","timestamp":1789104595000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Explanatory limitations of CSF, plasma, and MRI biomarkers for inflammation and blood\u2013brain barrier disruption in dementia"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Azadeh","family":"Golduzian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erik B.","family":"Erhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arvind","family":"Caprihan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Mind Research Network","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John C.","family":"Adair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]},{"name":"Center for Memory and Aging, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janice E.","family":"Knoefel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]},{"name":"Center for Memory and Aging, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jill","family":"Prestopnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Memory and Aging, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sasha","family":"Hobson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Memory and Aging, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sephira","family":"Ryman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrei","family":"Vakhtin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Mind Research Network","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kiran","family":"Bhaskar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]},{"name":"Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology\/Neurology","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gary A.","family":"Rosenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]},{"name":"Center for Memory and Aging, University of New Mexico","place":["Albuquerque, NM, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"403","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0404.2007.00823.x","article-title":"The integrity of the blood-brain barrier in alzheimer's disease","volume":"115","author":"Algotsson","year":"2007","journal-title":"Acta Neurol. 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