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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. The pTau217/Aβ1-42 plasma ratio: The first FDA-cleared blood biomarker test for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Drug discoveries & therapeutics 2025-06-28 Biomarkers

    As the most prevalent form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health challenge.

  2. α-klotho as a biomarker of amyloid β levels in the cerebrospinal fluid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2025-06-23 Biomarkers

    HT was associated with increased CSF α-klotho levels.

  3. Plasma p-tau217 predicting brain-wide tau accumulation in preclinical AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-06-20 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 was associated with concurrent Aβ in most cortical regions and tau in temporo-parietal cortices.

  4. Plasma biomarkers for early detection of alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional study in a Japanese cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-06-07 Biomarkers

    Sixty-nine HC, 13 preclinical AD, 38 AD-MCI, 44 AD-D, and 79 non-AD CI participants were included.

  5. Plasma and MRI biomarkers capture neuronal damage in former professional boxers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Scientific reports 2025-06-06 Biomarkers

    Repetitive Head Impacts (RHI) in boxing may increase the risk for neuronal damage.

  6. Plasma NfL and GFAP for predicting VCI and related brain changes in community and clinical cohorts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-06 Biomarkers

    Plasma NfL and GFAP were associated with vascular brain damage and differed across states (VCI > vascular CU > non-vascular CI > non-vascular CU).

  7. Blood essential trace elements and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in midlife

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2025-05-30 Biomarkers

    In the multivariable linear regression models, a doubling of serum molybdenum level was associated with 9.4% higher Aβ42/40 ratio (95% CI: 0.8, 18.6%; p = 0.03), and a doubling of serum cobalt level with 17.5% higher p-tau181 level (95% CI: 3.1, 33.8%; p = 0.02).

  8. We included 400 middle-aged CU participants, of whom 135 (33.8%) were CSF Aβ-positive.

  9. [Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Profile in Atypical Alzheimer's Disease]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Revista de neurologia 2025-05-22 Tau biomarkers

    The study included 57 patients (54% female, mean age 67 years), of whom 41 met AD diagnostic criteria.

  10. Genetic risk and plasma biomarkers of dementia with Lewy bodies in a Chinese population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. NPJ Parkinson's disease 2025-05-15 Biomarkers

    Genetic investigations and associations with plasma biomarkers of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in East Asian populations are lacking.

  11. The two cut-offs approach for plasma p-tau217 in detecting Alzheimer's disease in subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-05-11 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 was accurate for discriminating between Core1+ and Core1- patients (area under the curve = 0.92) with an optimal cut-off value of 0.274 pg/mL, revealing good accuracy (86.29%), positive predictive value (PPV; 88.18%), and negative predictive value (NPV; 83.09%).

  12. Physical and biopsychosocial frailty, cognitive phenotypes, and plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in Chinese older adults: A population-based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-05 Biomarkers

    PF and BF were significantly associated with increased likelihoods of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), and MCI.

  13. The performance of plasma p-tau217 in Black middle-aged and older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-05 Biomarkers

    Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min/1.73 m2, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and amyloid- and tau-PET-positive status demonstrated higher p-tau217.

  14. Editorial introduction to the special issue on biomarker-based diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: A synthesis of the commentaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neuropsychology 2025-04-23 Biomarkers

    We introduce a special issue of the Journal of Neuropsychology dedicated to a recent paradigm shift in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

  15. A fully automated paper-based smartphone-assisted microfluidic chemiluminescence sample to result immunoassay platform

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Analytica chimica acta 2025-04-10 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In this study, we developed a newly designed μPAD for CL immunoassays, leveraging smartphone-based image capture, valve-regulated reaction process, and app-driven result analysis to enable fully automated detection.

  16. Plasma biomarker trajectories: Impact of AD genetic risk and clinical progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-03-27 Biomarkers

    Compared to non-carriers, APOE ε4 carriers had lower Aβ42/Aβ40 and greater longitudinal increases in p-tau181 and GFAP; in contrast, the AD-PRS (excluding the APOE region) was associated with greater declines in Aβ42/Aβ40 among APOE ε4 non-carriers.

  17. Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics identification of biomarkers for amyloid and tau PET stages

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Cell reports. Medicine 2025-03-20 Brain scans and imaging

    Accurate staging of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is crucial for therapeutic trials and prognosis, but existing fluid biomarkers lack specificity, especially for assessing tau deposition severity, in amyloid-beta (Aβ)-positive patients.

  18. Alzheimer's disease neuropathology and its estimation with fluid and imaging biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2025-03-14 Biomarkers

    In summary, specific biomarkers for AD-related pathologies allow accurate clinical diagnosis of AD based on pathobiological parameters.

  19. Lifestyle factors and plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: A narrative review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-03-12 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by amyloid-β (Aβ), tau hyperphosphorylation and neurodegeneration.

  20. Blood Biomarkers Reflect Dementia Symptoms and Are Influenced by Cerebrovascular Lesions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2025-03-05 Biomarkers

    Dementia blood biomarkers are becoming increasingly important.

  21. Phosphorylated tau 181 and 217 are elevated in serum and muscle of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Nature communications 2025-03-05 Biomarkers

    Blood phosphorylated (p)-tau 181 and p-tau 217 have been proposed as accurate biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology.

  22. The impact of kidney function on Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers: implications for predicting amyloid-β positivity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-02-19 Biomarkers

    We found that kidney function seems to be associated with AD blood biomarker concentrations.

  23. ALS plasma biomarkers reveal neurofilament and pTau correlate with disease onset and progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2025-02-06 Biomarkers

    ALS plasma showed elevation of the established biomarkers, neurofilament light chain (NEFL) and neurofilament heavy chain (NEFH).

  24. Differential roles of Alzheimer's disease plasma biomarkers in stepwise biomarker-guided diagnostics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-02-05 Biomarkers

    NfL demonstrated fair to excellent accuracy in differentiating non-ACS from CU groups (area under the curve [AUC], 0.79 to 0.94). p-tau217 had the highest accuracy for identifying Aβ (AUC 0.94) and tau positron emission tomography status (AUC 0.91).

  25. The Alzheimer's Association Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium (GBSC) plasma phospho-tau Round Robin study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-02-05 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 showed larger fold-changes and better accuracy for detecting AD pathology in symptomatic individuals, with greater cross-platform agreement than other p-tau variants.

  26. Plasma p-tau217 in Alzheimer's disease: Lumipulse and ALZpath SIMOA head-to-head comparison

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-02-03 Biomarkers

    Plasma phosphorylated-tau217 (p-tau217) has been shown to be one of the most accurate diagnostic markers for Alzheimer's disease.

  27. Which plasma pTau217 assay should I use in clinical practice? Pandora's box demystified

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-02-03 Biomarkers

    This scientific commentary refers to ‘A comprehensive head-to-head comparison of key plasma phosphorylated tau 217 biomarker tests’ by Warmenhoven et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae346) and ‘Plasma p-tau217 in Alzheimer’s disease: Lumipulse and ALZpath SIMOA head-to-head comparison’ by Pilotto et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae368).

  28. A head-to-head comparison of plasma biomarkers to detect Alzheimer's disease in a memory clinic

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-02 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau biomarkers had a greater diagnostic performance and larger effect sizes compared to t-tau and Aβ42/40 assays in detecting Aβ pathology.

  29. Novel plasma biomarkers of amyloid plaque pathology and cortical thickness: Evaluation of the NULISA targeted proteomic platform in an ethnically diverse cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-02 Biomarkers

    On NULISA, phosphorylated tau (p-tau217, p-tau231, and p-tau181), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT-tau) showed the top significant association with amyloid beta (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) status, followed by the neuroinflammation markers C-C motif ligand 2 (CCL2), chitotriosidase 1 (CHIT1) and interleukin-8 (CXCL8), and the synaptic marker neurogranin (NRGN).

  30. Plasma p-tau217 and p-tau217/Aβ1-42 are effective biomarkers for identifying CSF- and PET imaging-diagnosed Alzheimer's disease: Insights for research and clinical practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-01-30 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 and p-tau217/Aβ1-42 are effective diagnostic tools.

  31. Blood-based biomarkers and plasma Aβ assays in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2024-12-30 Biomarkers

    The novel IP-MS assay measuring the Aβ42/40 ratio demonstrated an AUC of 0.82 for differentiating AD from control subjects.

  32. Clinical and demographic factors modify the association between plasma phosphorylated tau-181 and cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-12-20 Biomarkers

    Higher plasma p-tau181 level was associated with worse memory, executive functioning, and language abilities, and greater informant-reported SCD.

  33. Using cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer's disease: an Australian perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in psychiatry 2024-12-05 Tau biomarkers

    Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers are currently the only clinically validated biofluid diagnostic test for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) available in Australia.

  34. Plasma p-tau immunoassays in clinical research for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-12-03 Biomarkers

    HIGHLIGHTS: Different plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau) species reflect different pathological processes of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with p-tau231 showing the greatest association with the earliest increases in brain amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation, while p-tau217 shows greater association with both brain Aβ and early tau pathology, and other p-tau and tau fragment species show greater association with later stages of brain tau pathology.

  35. Peripheral risk factors and their role in biomarker-based screening for dementia in the community

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-12 Biomarkers

    Besides age and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), significant associations were found between plasma biomarkers and clusters related to hemoglobin, red blood cell distribution, and inflammation.

  36. Heritability of Alzheimer's disease plasma biomarkers: A nuclear twin family design

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-11-26 Biomarkers

    Heritability estimates were 16% for Aβ42/40, 42% for NfL, and 60% for GFAP.

  37. Performance of plasma p-tau217 and NfL in an unselected memory clinic setting

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-11-23 Biomarkers

    p-Tau217 levels were highest in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia, whereas NfL levels were highest in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  38. Plasma Alzheimer's disease biomarker variability: Amyloid-independent and amyloid-dependent factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-11-13 Biomarkers

    Aβ-independent factors included hemoglobin and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for p-tau217 and hemoglobin, eGFR, and triiodothyronine (T3) for GFAP and NfL.

  39. Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using plasma biomarkers adjusted to clinical probability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Nature aging 2024-11-12 Biomarkers

    Recently approved anti-amyloid immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) require evidence of amyloid-β pathology from positron emission tomography (PET) or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) before initiating treatment.

  40. Pharmacodynamic effects of semorinemab on plasma and CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-11-08 Drug development

    Plasma phosphorylated Tau 181 (pTau181) and CSF chitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40) increased following semorinemab treatment in both studies.

  41. Plasma Neurodegenerative Biomarkers in Cognitively Preserved Nonagenarians

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Aging and disease 2024-10-30 Biomarkers

    Plasma biomarkers represent promising tools for the screening and diagnosis of patients with neurodegenerative conditions.

  42. Neuronal plasma biomarkers in acute ischemic stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2024-10-25 Biomarkers

    Early imaging-based detection of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has improved in the era of reperfusion therapy.

  43. Association of CSF α-synuclein seed amplification assay positivity with disease progression and cognitive decline: A longitudinal Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-10-20 Brain tissue and pathology

    SAA+ individuals had faster cognitive decline than SAA-, notably in mild cognitive impairment, and presented with earlier symptom onset.

  44. Head-to-head comparison of leading blood tests for Alzheimer's disease pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-10-12 Biomarkers

    This study identified the plasma biomarker analytes and assays that most accurately classified amyloid pathology and other AD-related outcomes.

  45. Advances in Blood Biomarkers and Diagnosis Approaches for Neurodegenerative Dementias and Related Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of integrative neuroscience 2024-10-10 Biomarkers

    Neurodegenerative dementias and related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and Parkinson's disease have no fundamental cure yet.

  46. Multi-analyte proteomic analysis identifies blood-based neuroinflammation, cerebrovascular and synaptic biomarkers in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2024-10-10 Biomarkers

    Our results demonstrate the feasibility and potential of immunoassay-based multiplexing to provide a comprehensive view of AD-associated proteomic changes, consistent with the recently revised biological and diagnostic framework.

  47. CSF complement proteins are elevated in prodromal to moderate Alzheimer's disease patients and are not altered by the anti-tau antibody semorinemab

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-10-06 Drug development

    All measured CSF complement proteins were increased in AD versus CU subjects, with C4a displaying the most robust increase.

  48. Plasma and CSF neurofilament light chain distinguish neurodegenerative from primary psychiatric conditions in a clinical setting

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-10-06 Biomarkers

    A total of 337 participants were included: 136 ND, 77 PPD, and 124 Controls.

  49. Challenges in the practical implementation of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The lancet. Healthy longevity 2024-10-03 Biomarkers

    Blood biomarkers have emerged as accessible, cost-effective, and highly promising tools for advancing the diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease.

  50. Cerebrovascular disease is associated with Alzheimer's plasma biomarker concentrations in adults with Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Brain communications 2024-09-25 Biomarkers

    There was a direct and indirect bidirectional effect through the glial fibrillary acidic protein of WMH on phosphorylated tau 217 concentration, which was associated with neurofilament light chain concentration in the entire sample.

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