Online-only Table 2 Methodological differences between the studies.

From: Insights into the changes in the proteome of Alzheimer disease elucidated by a meta-analysis

Reference

Brain bank

Protein digestion

Sample clean-up

Mass spectrometer

Pre-fraction technique

Database search engine

Protein database

Haytural et al. Mol Cell Proteomics, 202014

Netherlands Brain Bank

Lys-C and Trypsin

Sera Mag SP3

Q Exactive mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

High resolution iso-electric focusing (72 fractions)

MSGF+

Ensembl 75

Schedin-Weiss et al. (manuscript in preparation)

Netherlands Brain Bank

Trypsin

ZipTip C18

Q Exactive mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

SCX ion exchange (4 fractions)

Proteome Discoverer

Swiss-Prot

Bereczki et al. Brain, 20188

The Brains for Dementia Research

Lys-C and Trypsin

FASP

Q Exactive mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

High resolution iso-electric focusing (72 fractions)

MSGF+

Swiss-Prot

Mendonça et al. Neurobiol Dis, 201919

Human Brain Tissue Bank from Semmelweis University, Budapest

Trypsin

FASP

Q Exactive mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

No

Proteome Discoverer

Swiss-Prot

Ping et al. Sci Data, 201812

Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Brain Bank

Lys-C and Trypsin

Sep-Pak C18 cartridge

Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

Electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction chromatography (21 fractions)

Proteome Discoverer

Swiss-Prot TrEMBL

Johnson et al. Mol Neurodegener, 201810

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)

Lys-C

Sep-Pak C18 cartridge

Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

Electrostatic repulsion-hydrophilic interaction chromatography (20 fractions)

Proteome Discoverer

Swiss-Prot TrEMBL

Johnson et al. Nat Med, 20206

BLSA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Brain Bank, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Adult Changes in Thought Study

Lys-C and Trypsin

Sep-Pak C18 cartridge

Q Exactive mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

No

MaxQuant

Swiss-Prot TrEMBL

Mayo Clinic Brain Bank

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Brain Bank

Bai et al. Neuron, 20209

Brain and Body Donation Program at Banner Sun Health Research Institute

Lys-C and Trypsin

Sep-Pak C18 cartridge

Q Exactive mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)

Basic pH HPLC (40–120 fractions)

Jump Suite including SEQUEST and MASCOT

Swiss-Prot TrEMBL UCSC

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Zhang et al. Acta Neuropathol Commun., 20187

Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank

Trypsin

FASP

LTQ Orbitrap Elite (Thermo Scientific)

No

Proteome Discoverer

TrEMBL (reviewed entries)

Xu et al. Commun Biol., 201911

New Zealand Neurological Foundation Human Brain Bank

Trypsin

QSTAR Elite Q-TOF spectrometer (AB SCIEX)

Basic pH HPLC (86 fractions)

Protein Pilot

Swiss-Prot