Table 1 Combined therapeutic outcomes of cis mAb treatments in ssTBI mice or rmTBI mice regimens

From: Cis P-tau is induced in clinical and preclinical brain injury and contributes to post-injury sequelae

TBI-related outcomes

Experimental tests

Treatment regimen (as used in figures)

No of total mice used

No of mice each group

Pathological and functional outcomes (fold ± SD)

Cohen’s d* or z -score effect size**

p -value

     

Combined IgG/Sham

Combined Cis mAb/ Sham

Cis mAb combined effect size

  

Selected pathological outcomes

 Cis P-tau

Cis P-tau (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

100.7 ± 0.28

11.3 ± 0.25

8.91 ± 0.36

5.99

≤0.0001

 

Cis P-tau (hippo.)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

67.8 ± 0.88

5.87 ± 0.19

11.5 ± 0.91

1.98

≤0.0001

 Trans P-tau

Trans P-Tau (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

1.00 ± 0.22

1.00 ± 0.21

1.00 ± 0.23

0.02

>0.05

 

Trans P-Tau (hippo.)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

1.04 ± 0.24

1.03 ± 0.26

1.01 ± 0.21

0.03

>0.05

Axonal injury

Gallyas silver (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

20.8 ± 6.51

1.66 ± 0.58

12.5 ± 6.51

2.26

≤0.0001

 

Gallyas silver (hippo.)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

15.2 ± 4.65

1.46 ± 0.56

10.5 ± 4.67

2.21

≤0.0001

Other tau pathology

T22 (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

81.8 ± 0.81

8.98 ± 0.22

9.12 ± 0.83

2.09

≤0.0001

 

T22 (hippocampus)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

64.4 ± 0.85

5.85 ± 0.21

11.0 ± 0.87

1.93

≤0.001

 

AT8 (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

69.0 ± 0.84

12.3 ± 0.27

5.63 ± 0.89

1.75

≤0.0001

 

AT8 (hippocampus)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

63.8 ± 0.81

7.16 ± 0.22

8.91 ± 0.87

1.85

≤0.0002

 

AT100 (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

59.8 ± 0.84

7.39 ± 0.22

8.08 ± 0.86

1.71

≤0.0001

 

AT100 (hippocampus)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

60.2 ± 0.80

6.56 ± 0.21

9.18 ± 0.81

1.86

≤0.0003

APP accumulation

APP (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

3.82 ± 0.43

1.39 ± 0.19

2.74 ± 0.46

2.09

≤0.0001

 

APP (hippocampus)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

2.59 ± 0.46

1.12 ± 0.12

2.30 ± 0.45

1.47

≤0.006

Neuron inflammation

GFAP (cortex)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

1.62 ± 0.13

1.06 ± 0.03

1.52 ± 0.14

1.68

≤0.0005

 

GFAP (hippocampus)

5a; 4a; 7a

39

3−4

1.42 ± 0.11

1.03 ± 0.02

1.37 ± 0.11

1.51

≤0.001

Selected functional outcomes

Sensorimotor coordination defects

Ledge test

4a, b; 5a; 6a, b; 7a

99

5−9

2.92 ± 0.38

1.06 ± 0.19

2.74 ± 0.49

0.64**

≤0.0001

 

String suspension

4a, b; 5a; 6a, b; 7a

99

5−9

3.32 ± 0.66

1.00 ± 0.24

3.34 ± 0.81

0.56**

≤0.0001

 

Accelerating rotarod

7a

27

9

1.22 ± 0.05

0.90 ± 0.03

1.35 ± 0.04

1.22

≤0.03

Cognitive loss

Novel location recog.

7a

27

9

1.27 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.03

1.38 ± 0.05

1.21

≤0.03

Urinary control

Voiding pattern

5a; 7a

42

5-9

1.45 ± 0.09

0.93 ± 0.06

1.56 ± 0.10

0.55**

≤0.002

  1. *Cohen d is classified as small (d = 0.2), medium (d = 0.5), large (d = 0.8), very large (d = 1.2), or huge (d = 2.0). **z-score is a nonparametric alternative to Cohen’s d