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Newest in this topic

  1. Blood phosphorylated tau for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2025-09-01
  2. Diagnostic accuracy of phosphorylated tau217 in detecting Alzheimer's disease pathology among cognitively impaired and unimpaired: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2024-12-23
  3. The Associations of Phosphorylated Tau 181 and Tau 231 Levels in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid with Cognitive Function in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2024-01-01

Studies

9 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2014 to 2025

Top journals

  • Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 1
  • Cells 1
  • Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 1

7 journals in all.

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  1. Blood phosphorylated tau for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2025-09-01 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 was the highest-performing biomarker for identifying biologically defined Alzheimer's disease, with pooled sensitivity of 88·1% (95% CI 86·7-89·5, moderate certainty of evidence), specificity of 88·7% (87·4-89·9, moderate certainty of evidence), area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 91·1% (88·9-92·4, moderate certainty of evidence), and diagnostic odds ratio of 50·7 (40·6-63·4). p-tau181 pooled sensitivity was 80·5% (78·4-82·4, low certainty of evidence), specificity was 76·4% (74·1-78·6, low certainty of evidence), AUROC was 81·5% (80·2-82·9, low certainty of evidence), and diagnostic odds ratio was 13·4 (11·4-16·7). p-tau205 pooled sensitivity was 76·6% (70·7-81·6, moderate certainty of evidence), specificity was 86·0% (78·6-91·2, moderate certainty of evidence), AUROC was 85·1% (80·7-89·6, moderate certainty of evidence), and diagnostic odds ratio was 20·2 (10·5-38·7). p-tau212 pooled sensitivity was 84·5% (75·5-90·6, moderate certainty of evidence), specificity was 87·3% (79·5-92·5, moderate certainty of evidence), AUROC was 90·3% (86·6-94·1, moderate certainty of evidence), and diagnostic odds ratio was 41·2 (22·0-77·3). p-tau231 pooled sensitivity was 75·2% (71·3-78·8, moderate certainty of evidence), specificity was 75·3% (71·2-78·9, moderate certainty of evidence), AUROC was 80·2 (77·6-82·7, moderate certainty of evidence), and diagnostic odds ratio was 9·3 (7·0-12·2).

  2. Diagnostic accuracy of phosphorylated tau217 in detecting Alzheimer's disease pathology among cognitively impaired and unimpaired: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-12-23 Biomarkers

    Our review summarizes the diagnostic accuracy of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) in detecting amyloid and tau pathology on positron emission tomography (PET).

  3. The Associations of Phosphorylated Tau 181 and Tau 231 Levels in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid with Cognitive Function in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024-01-01 Biomarkers

    CSF p-tau181 and p-tau231 biomarkers distinguished AD, MCI, and healthy populations.

  4. Utility of Blood-Based Tau Biomarkers for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Cells 2023-04-18 Biomarkers

    This paper highlights the growing evidence that blood-based tau biomarkers have early diagnostic utility for Alzheimer's disease.

  5. Plasma tau proteins for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2022-07-25 Biomarkers

    Both t-tau and p-tau are suitable AD blood biomarkers, and p-tau217 is more sensitive than other tau biomarkers to differentiate MCI and AD.

  6. Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: New Data and Quantitative Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 83 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2022-02-14 Biomarkers

    The analyzed parameters differentiate between controls and CAA with clinically useful accuracy (AUC > ∼0.85) but not between CAA and AD.

  7. Ultrasensitive assays for detection of plasma tau and phosphorylated tau 181 in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Translational neurodegeneration 2021-03-12 Biomarkers

    A lack of convenient and reliable biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis is a common challenge for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  8. Blood-Based ATN Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021-01-01 Biomarkers

    Currently available assays for sampling plasma ATN biomarkers appear to differentiate between AD patients and controls.

  9. Does CSF p-tau181 help to discriminate Alzheimer's disease from other dementias and mild cognitive impairment? A meta-analysis of the literature

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2014-05-10 Biomarkers

    To evaluate the clinical importance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias, more specifically: frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), vascular dementia (VaD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) with dementia (PDD).

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