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  1. Inflammatory biomarker candidates in dementia with Lewy bodies: diagnostic classification, clinical associations, and survival 2026-11-01
  2. Longitudinal plasma biomarkers and multimodal PET across APOE ε4 genotypes: a prospective cohort study 2026-11-01
  3. Concurrent cognitive, behavioral and systemic physiological features mark preclinical Alzheimer's disease 2026-10-30

Studies

699 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1989 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 123
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 53
  • Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 46
  • Alzheimer's research & therapy 36
  • medRxiv 29

196 journals in all.

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  1. Combined use of plasma p-tau217, NfL, and GFAP predicts domain-specific cognitive decline in cognitively unimpaired and MCI individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    Among all participants, high p-tau217 alone [p-tau217(+)NfL(-)GFAP(-)] was associated with a steeper decline in episodic/semantic memory and processing speed compared to the all-low group (p ≤ 0.02).

  2. Enhancing diagnostic precision in Alzheimer's disease: Impact of comorbidities on blood biomarkers for clinical integration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    Plasma biomarkers were associated with comorbidities and metabolites such as estimated glomerular filtration rate, homocysteine, and high-density lipoprotein.

  3. False positive plasma p-tau217 results associated with heterophilic antibody interference: A potential clinical pitfall

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    In 14 of the 15 suspected HAb cases, HBT treatment greatly reduced measured p-tau217 concentrations. and in one of three specimens selected for further investigation, reduced Aβ42 concentrations PEG precipitation in the three selected samples also reduced p-tau217 concentrations, while serial dilution yielded mixed effects.

  4. Locus coeruleus-entorhinal cortex tract integrity is linked to plasma tau and glial fibrillary acidic protein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    Worse overall and local LC-EC integrity, indicated by lower fractional anisotropy (FA) and higher mean diffusivity (MD), was related to elevated concentrations of plasma phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181), p-tau217, and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).

  5. Plasma pTau-181 Exhibits Flat Longitudinal Trajectories and Weak Cognitive Correlation in UK Biobank: Implications for Anti-Tau Antibody Trial Failures

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2025-12-01 Drug development

    Plasma pTau-181 demonstrates flat or declining longitudinal trajectories and minimal cognitive correlation, suggesting tau is a static biomarker rather than a dynamic therapeutic target in mid-to-late adulthood.

  6. Diagnostic utility of plasma p-tau217 differs by Alzheimer's disease tau-based subtypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-11-26 Biomarkers

    Four subtypes were identified: limbic, medial temporal lobe (MTL) sparing, posterior, and lateral temporal (l temporal).

  7. Developing educational materials to aid in Alzheimer's blood biomarker disclosure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2025-11-17 Biomarkers

    Participants rated the materials highly regarding value and comprehension.

  8. Glial and neuronal cell-free DNA in plasma of sporadic bvFTD and late onset primary psychiatric disease patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Scientific reports 2025-11-06 Biomarkers

    Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and primary psychiatric disorders (PPD) have symptomatic overlap that leads to diagnostic challenges.

  9. Plasma Biomarkers and Cognitive Decline in HIV: Findings from Two U.S. Cohorts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. TouchREVIEWS in infectious diseases 2025-11-05 Biomarkers

    With advances in antiretroviral treatment, the population of older people living with HIV (PLWH) is increasing rapidly, leading to a rise in cognitive impairment related to both HIV and aging.

  10. Blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: Balancing clinical relevance with improved accessibility and sustainability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University 2025-11 Biomarkers

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a blood-based biomarker to confirm diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD-BBMs).

  11. Cross-cohort validation and cutpoint estimation of the Janssen plasma p-tau217+ assay in predominantly cognitively normal community studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-11 Biomarkers

    The cohorts had low pre-test probability (%Aβ positivity = 14.9-24.7) and were predominantly cognitively normal (> 73%).

  12. Genetic and environmental contributions to variation in plasma phosphorylated tau 217

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-11 Biomarkers

    Genetic contributions accounted for 42% (males) and 41% (females) of variance in p-tau217.

  13. Increased neuroplastic activity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-11 Biomarkers

    Higher GAP-43 was cross-sectionally related to all AD biomarkers (p-values < 0.0001) and predicted longitudinal reductions in Aβ42 (p < 0.0001).

  14. Polygenic scores of Core 1 Alzheimer's disease biomarkers predict early cognitive and pathological change

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-11 Biomarkers

    The Core 1 biomarker PGSs predicted AD pathology and associated cognitive performance better than the AD PGSs in both populations.

  15. Alpha-synuclein deposition patterns in Alzheimer's disease: association with cortical amyloid beta and variable tau load

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2025-10-30 Brain tissue and pathology

    Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) deposits are common in around half of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases.

  16. Performance of blood biomarkers in internal jugular vein for Alzheimer's disease pathologies: the Delta Method study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Science bulletin 2025-10-30 Biomarkers

    Systemic factors confound blood tests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  17. Combining a computerized cognitive test with serum biomarkers improves detection of early-onset neurodegenerative disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-10-27 Cognitive tests and assessment

    BackgroundEarly diagnosis of early-onset dementia (EOD) is often challenging.

  18. Speech digital biomarker combined with fluid biomarkers predict cognitive impairment through machine learning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-10-21 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Significant differences in AD biomarkers were observed among different groups.

  19. Early detection of Alzheimer's disease: From multiplex assays and imaging to point of care devices and AI-based functional monitoring

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-10-07 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The advent of disease-modifying treatments and risk-reduction strategies in the clinic have increased the demand for biomarkers for early disease detection, prediction of clinical course of disease, individual risk prediction and monitoring of treatment effects.

  20. Simulation of Alzheimer's diagnostic flows with blood biomarker test options in Japan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2025-10-07 Biomarkers

    The maximum mean wait time under the current workflow was projected at 6.4 months, decreasing with BBM integration.

  21. Alzheimer's disease diagnostic progression is associated with cerebrovascular disease and neuroinflammation in adults with Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 Biomarkers

    Higher baseline WMH volume and higher GFAP were associated with a greater likelihood of diagnostic progression.

  22. Combining plasma p-tau231 and glial fibrillary acidic protein produces higher discriminative accuracy for amyloid positivity than other blood-based biomarker combinations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 Biomarkers

    In single predictor models, p-tau231 (AUC = 0.87, p = 0.005) and GFAP (AUC = 0.87, p = 0.01) were associated with amyloid positivity, and p-tau231 remained significant in all multi-predictor models (p-values < 0.02).

  23. Evidence-based standardized sample handling protocol for accurate blood-based Alzheimer's disease biomarker measurement: Results and consensus of the Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 Biomarkers

    All assessed BBM levels varied by over 10% by collection tube type.

  24. Multivariate models using NULISAseq and plasma p-tau217 for staging Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 Biomarkers

    Using a panel of biomarkers was significantly better at predicting disease stage compared with p-tau217 alone; however, the difference was dependent upon p-tau217 assay.

  25. Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease are upregulated in patients with diabetic retinopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-09-22 Biomarkers

    BackgroundDiabetes has been linked to increased prevalence of dementia, but the link between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains unclear.

  26. New landscape of the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2025-09-22 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease involves a drastic departure from the cognitive, functional, and behavioural trajectory of normal ageing, and is both a dreaded and highly prevalent cause of disability to individuals, and a leading source of health and social care expenditure for society.

  27. Integrating kidney function assessment into the clinical interpretation of plasma Alzheimer's disease biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-09-09 Biomarkers

    As plasma biomarkers like p-tau217 move towards clinical use in Alzheimer's disease (AD), it is important to understand how kidney function may influence their accuracy.

  28. Preclinical dementia rating scores are associated with plasma phosphorylated tau-217

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-09-07 Biomarkers

    Higher baseline pTau217 levels were associated with faster functional (QDRS) and cognitive (PACC3) decline.

  29. Neuropathologic correlates of distinct plasma biomarker profiles in community-living older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-09-03 Biomarkers

    There has been a rapid growth in research on peripheral fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related dementias, because they are non-invasive, relatively inexpensive and easily accessible.

  30. Association of plasma Alzheimer's disease biomarkers with cognitive decline in cognitively unimpaired individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-09 Biomarkers

    The study included 381 MCSA and 584 BioFINDER-2 participants.

  31. Automated Plasma Phospho-tau217 Assays for the diagnosis of Down Syndrome-Related Alzheimer's Disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2025-09-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) develop a genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) due to an extra copy of chromosome 21, which contains the APP gene.

  32. Traumatic brain injury, changes in plasma amyloid, tau, and neurodegenerative biomarkers, and dementia risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-09 Biomarkers

    After the median time of incident TBI, Aβ42/Aβ40 levels remained lower for 9.3 years, and pTau181, NfL, and GFAP remained elevated for 8.5, >13.8, and 12.7 years, respectively.

  33. Plasma amyloid-β(Aβ)42/40 ratio, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), neurofilament light (NfL), and phosphorylated tau181(p-tau181) are promising biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related pathology.

  34. Plasma tau biomarkers for biological staging of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Nature aging 2025-08-22 Biomarkers

    A blood biomarker-based staging system for Alzheimer's disease (AD) could improve the diagnosis, prognosis and identification of individuals most likely to benefit from specific therapies.

  35. Racial and ethnic differences in plasma p-tau217 ratio biomarker eligibility rates in a preclinical AD trial with lecanemab

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-08-22 Biomarkers

    Among 6437 participants screened, with non-Hispanic (NH) White as the reference group, odds ratios of plasma ineligibility were 2.88 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.40-6.96) for Hispanic Black, 1.60 (95% CI: 1.33-1.92) for Hispanic White, 2.10 (95% CI: 1.37-3.38) for NH Asian, and 1.59 (95% CI: 1.27-2.0) for NH Black participants.

  36. Optimizing timing and cost-effective use of plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-08-20 Biomarkers

    When benchmarked against amyloid PET, plasma biomarker-based stratification achieves an optimal balance between diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness.

  37. Biomarker profile of a Chinese ALS cohort: A comprehensive clinical-biomarkers-imaging analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2025-08-14 Biomarkers

    Firstly, we found that plasma levels of NfL (p < 0.001) and p-tau181 (p < 0.001) were significantly higher in ALS than in HC.

  38. Epigenetic clocks and longitudinal plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2025-08-14 Biomarkers

    At baseline, higher AgeAccelPheno was associated with lower amyloid-β42 to amyloid-β40 (Aβ42:Aβ40) ratio, and higher AgeAccelGrim2 was associated with elevated neurofilament light (NfL).

  39. Plasma neurofilament light reflects more severe manifestation of Alzheimer's disease in men

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2025-08-12 Biomarkers

    Plasma neurofilament light (NfL) protein is a promising non-invasive biomarker for detecting neuronal damage in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  40. Biological Age and Age Acceleration Predict Alzheimer's Disease Plasma Biomarker Levels

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2025-08-08 Biomarkers

    Epigenetic clocks can predict pathological aging associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk, albeit findings are mixed regarding if clocks are predictive in blood and in non-European populations.

  41. Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 and amyloid‑β 42/40 for amyloid risk in subgroups

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-08-07 Biomarkers

    In CU individuals from the development cohort, the combination of p-tau217 and Aβ42/40 significantly improved diagnostic accuracy (AUC: ALZpath 0.937 vs. 0.905, MSD 0.901 vs. 0.861; p < 0.05, DeLong test; 95% CIs) and model fit (AIC /BIC, p < 0.001) compared to p-tau217 alone.

  42. Cognitive impairment and p-tau217 are high in a vascular patient cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-08 Biomarkers

    Twenty-nine percent of the cohort had Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores indicative of cognitive impairment or dementia after adjusting for age, sex, and education based on National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center normative data.

  43. From Amyloid to Synaptic Dysfunction: Biomarker-Driven Insights into Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Current issues in molecular biology 2025-07-22 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder and represents a major public health challenge.

  44. Tailoring thresholds for interpreting plasma p-tau217 levels

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2025-07-16 Biomarkers

    The optimal cut-offs differed between CU and CI groups.

  45. Performance of Plasma Phosphorylated tau-217 in Patients on the Continuum of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2025-07-15 Biomarkers

    Recent studies have demonstrated the high analytical and diagnostic performance of plasma p-tau217 using well-defined cohorts.

  46. Plasma phosphorylated tau217 strongly associates with memory deficits in the Alzheimer's disease spectrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-07-07 Biomarkers

    We found that plasma p-tau217 was more associated with cognitive performance than p-tau181 and p-tau231 and that this relationship was particularly strong for memory scores (TRIAD: βp-tau217 = -0.53, βp-tau181 = -0.35 and βp-tau231 = -0.24; BioFINDER-2: βp-tau217 = -0.52, βp-tau181 = -0.24 and βp-tau231 = -0.29).

  47. Evaluation of Blood-Based Diagnostic Biomarkers for Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 2025-07-04 Biomarkers

    Canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in aging dogs and serves as a natural model for Alzheimer's disease in humans.

  48. Impact of racialization on neuroimaging and plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-07 Biomarkers

    Both Mann-Whitney tests and ANCOVA found significant differences between groups racialized as AA or NWH with respect to global 11[C]-Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR), cortical thickness values, p-tau181, and p-tau231 values (p < 0.05).

  49. Plasma p-tau231 in the presenilin 1 E280A autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease kindred: A cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-07 Biomarkers

    E280A carriers had higher p-tau231 levels than non-carriers (9.0 ± 7.4 vs. 5.2 ± 3.4 pg/mL, P < 0.001).

  50. Comparison of plasma ALZpath p-Tau217 with Lilly p-Tau217 and p-Tau181 in a neuropathological cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2025-06-30 Biomarkers

    Plasma biomarkers were compared with densities of post-mortem-assessed amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary changes.

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