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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. Plasma markers of neurodegeneration, latent cognitive abilities and physical activity in healthy aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Scientific reports 2024-09-17 Biomarkers

    Blood-based biomarkers of neurodegeneration demonstrate great promise for the diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease.

  2. Combining cerebrospinal fluid and PI-2620 tau-PET for biomarker-based stratification of Alzheimer's disease and 4R-tauopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-09-12 Brain scans and imaging

    Elevated CSF p-tau181 and cortical 18F-PI-2620 binding was characteristic for AD while normal CSF p-tau181 with elevated subcortical 18F-PI-2620 binding was characteristic for 4RTs. 18F-PI-2620-assessed posterior cortical hypoperfusion could be used as an additional neuronal injury biomarker in AD.

  3. Associations between misfolded alpha-synuclein aggregates and Alzheimer's disease pathology in vivo

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-09-11 Brain tissue and pathology

    Across cohorts, the main biomarker associated with α-synuclein positivity at baseline was higher levels of Aβ pathology (all p values ≤ 0.02), but not tau.

  4. Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and their current use in clinical research and practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2024-09-04 Biomarkers

    While blood-based tests are readily available for various conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and common cancers, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases lack an early blood-based screening test that can be used in primary care.

  5. Highly sensitive blood-based biomarkers detection of beta-amyloid and phosphorylated-tau181 for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2024-09-02 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau181 level showed certain discrepancies between NC and MCI (p < 0.05), AD (p < 0.01) groups.

  6. [Blood Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease: Current Status and Prospects]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo 2024-09 Biomarkers

    Blood biomarkers are minimally invasive, are available at a relatively low cost, and are easily accessible; therefore, they are expected to play a pivotal role in the diagnosis of dementia.

  7. Diagnostic accuracy of automated Lumipulse plasma pTau-217 in Alzheimer's disease: a real-world study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2024-08-22 Biomarkers

    The CSF A/T profiles included 49 A+/T+, 8 A+/T-, and 41 A-/T-.

  8. Tau pathology mediated the plasma biomarkers and cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Experimental gerontology 2024-08-15 Biomarkers

    Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light (NfL) are putative non-amyloid biomarkers indicative of ongoing inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease processes.

  9. P-tau217 as a Reliable Blood-Based Marker of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Biomedicines 2024-08-13 Biomarkers

    Amyloid plaques and tau tangles are the hallmark pathologic features of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  10. Astrocyte reactivity is associated with tau tangle load and cortical thinning in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2024-07-30 Biomarkers

    Plasma A+/T + individuals showed the highest levels of astrocyte reactivity, Aβ plaque, tau tangle, and axonal degeneration, and the lowest hippocampal volume and temporal-metaROI cortical thickness.

  11. Plasma neurofilament light, glial fibrillary acid protein, and phosphorylated tau 181 as biomarkers for neuropsychiatric symptoms and related clinical disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2024-07-25 Biomarkers

    None of the three plasma biomarker was associated with NPS at baseline.

  12. Optimizing cutpoints for clinical interpretation of brain amyloid status using plasma p-tau217 immunoassays

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-07-19 Biomarkers

    This study provides a systematic framework for selection of assay-specific cutpoints for clinical use of plasma p-tau217 for determination of amyloid status.

  13. The Inflammasome Adaptor Protein ASC in Plasma as a Biomarker of Early Cognitive Changes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2024-07-16 Biomarkers

    Dementia is a group of symptoms including memory loss, language difficulties, and other types of cognitive and functional impairments that affects 57 million people worldwide, with the incidence expected to double by 2040.

  14. CSF proteomic profiles of neurodegeneration biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-07-06 Tau biomarkers

    Only a few individuals were A+T+Ng-. A+T+Ng+ and A+T+NfL+ showed different proteomic profiles compared to A+T+Ng- and A+T+NfL-, respectively.

  15. Unexpected Low Rate of Amyloid-β Pathology in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2024-07-04 Biomarkers

    The life expectancy of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has increased, yet we have noted that development of a typical Alzheimer disease dementia syndrome is uncommon.

  16. Changes in Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers in kidney failure before and after kidney transplant

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-07-03 Biomarkers

    CKD patients showed elevated levels of neurofilament light (117 ± 72 vs. 11 ± 5 pg/mL), phosphorylated tau 181 (75 ± 42 vs. 13 ± 8 pg/mL), glial fibrillary acidic protein (193 ± 127 vs. 94 ± 39 pg/mL), amyloid β 42 (17 ± 5 vs. 5 ± 1 pg/mL), and amyloid β 40 (259 ± 96 vs. 72 ± 17 pg/mL) compared to controls.

  17. Baseline levels and longitudinal changes in plasma Aβ42/40 among Black and white individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-07-02 Biomarkers

    Blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer disease (AD) may facilitate testing of historically under-represented groups.

  18. Plasma amyloid beta X-42/X-40 ratio and cognitive decline in suspected early and preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-06-28 Biomarkers

    We detected a significant correlation between AßX-42/X-40 in plasma and CSF (r = 0.473).

  19. Benchmarking of a multi-biomarker low-volume panel for Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia research

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-06-14 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) biomarker measurement is key to aid in the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease.

  20. Tau, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, and Neurofilament Light Chain as Brain Protein Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood for Diagnosis of Neurobiological Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2024-06-07 Biomarkers

    Neurological damage is the pathological substrate of permanent disability in various neurodegenerative disorders.

  21. SIMOA Diagnostics on Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Biomedicines 2024-06-04 Biomarkers

    CSF exhibited increased levels of all SIMOA biomarkers in AD compared to Controls (AUCs: 0.71, 0.86, 0.92, and 0.94, respectively).

  22. APOE ε4 carrier status modifies plasma p-tau181 concentrations in cognitively healthy super-seniors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-05-16 Biomarkers

    Eighty (22%) participants were APOE ε4 carriers and 290 (73%) were non-carriers.

  23. Novel Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Neurofilament Light and Cerebrospinal Fluid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of Alzheimer's disease 2024-05-15 Biomarkers

    Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) represent an increasingly significant public health concern.

  24. Data-driven decomposition and staging of flortaucipir uptake in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-04-29 Brain scans and imaging

    We found eight flortaucipir covariance patterns which were reproducible and overlapped with relevant gene expression maps.

  25. Quantification of neurofilament light and glial fibrillary acidic protein in finger-prick blood

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain communications 2024-04-29 Biomarkers

    An accurate diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and traumatic brain injury is important for prognostication and treatment.

  26. Plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's and related dementias: A review and outlook for clinical neuropsychology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2024-04-24 Biomarkers

    Recent technological advances have improved the sensitivity and specificity of blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

  27. Pathologic and cognitive correlates of plasma biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-04-21 Biomarkers

    Multivariable models (p-tau+GFAP+NfL) had the best performance to detect Aβ+ in NormCog (ROCAUC = 0.87) and ImpCog (ROCAUC = 0.87).

  28. Cognitive and functional performance and plasma biomarkers of early Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-04-14 Biomarkers

    In general linear models lower plasma Aβ42/40 was related to lower visuospatial ability, higher total tau was related to lower episodic memory, and higher NfL was related to lower visuospatial ability and lower episodic memory.

  29. Relationship of plasma biomarkers to digital cognitive tests in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-04-14 Cognitive tests and assessment

    These findings show how online testing can now be deployed in patients with AD to measure cognitive function effectively and related to blood biomarkers of the disease.

  30. Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and kidney function in normal and cognitively impaired older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-04-12 Tau biomarkers

    Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was associated with lower amyloid beta (Aβ)42/tau ratio (p < 0.0001) and Aβ42 (p = 0.002) and higher tau (p < 0.0001) and p-tau (p = 0.0002).

  31. Plasma biomarkers for predicting the development of dementia in a community-dwelling older Japanese population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2024-04-12 Biomarkers

    During the follow-up, 151 participants developed dementia, of whom 108 had Alzheimer disease (AD) and 43 non-Alzheimer dementia (non-AD).

  32. Plasma GFAP, NfL and pTau 181 detect preclinical stages of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Frontiers in endocrinology 2024-04-09 Biomarkers

    GFAP, NfL and pTau 181 levels in plasma were lower in SCD and MCI than in AD patients.

  33. Evaluating p-tau217 and p-tau231 as Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis and Differentiation of Alzheimer's Disease: A Narrative Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomedicines 2024-04-03 Biomarkers

    The escalating prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) highlights the urgent need to develop reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis and intervention.

  34. Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein in the visual and language variants of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-03-25 Biomarkers

    GFAP did not correlate with Aβ- or tau-PET cross-sectionally.

  35. Comparison of two plasma p-tau217 assays to detect and monitor Alzheimer's pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. EBioMedicine 2024-03-11 Biomarkers

    Both plasma p-tau217 assays were strongly associated with amyloid and tau PET.

  36. The Bio-Hermes Study: Biomarker database developed to investigate blood-based and digital biomarkers in community-based, diverse populations clinically screened for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-02-28 Biomarkers

    Blood-based biomarkers are highly associated with amyloid PET/CSF results in diverse populations enrolled at clinical trial sites.

  37. Prognostic and Predictive Factors in Early Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports 2024-02-16 Treatments

    Age was the strongest risk factor for progression.

  38. Plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease in the continuum of dementia with Lewy bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-02-08 Biomarkers

    Abnormal levels of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) were found at the prodromal stage of MCI-LB in association with increased amyloid PET.

  39. Considerations for Use of Blood-Based Biomarkers in Epidemiologic Dementia Research

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. American journal of epidemiology 2024-02-05 Biomarkers

    Dementia represents a growing public health burden with large social, racial, and ethnic disparities.

  40. Evaluation of serum neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2024-01-30 Biomarkers

    Pairwise comparisons among the three groups showed that compared with the health checkup (HC) group, serum NfL and GFAP were increased in both AD and MCI (PNfL < 0.05, PGFAP < 0.01).

  41. Biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and neurodegeneration in dried blood spots-A new collection method for remote settings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-01-29 Biomarkers

    Our data suggest that measuring blood biomarkers related to AD pathology and neurodegeneration from DPS venous extends the utility of blood-based biomarkers to remote settings with simplified sampling conditions, storage, and logistics.

  42. Blood-based biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease - moving towards a new era of diagnostics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine 2024-01-23 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), a primary cause of dementia globally, is traditionally diagnosed via cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) measures and positron emission tomography (PET).

  43. Combining Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Neurofilament Light Chain for the Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Analytical chemistry 2024-01-17 Biomarkers

    Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent brain disorder affecting more than 2% of the world's population.

  44. Scalable plasma and digital cognitive markers for diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-01-15 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Combinations of plasma and digital cognitive markers show promise for scalable diagnosis and prognosis of ADRD.

  45. Blood Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease and Cognition: A Literature Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Biomolecules 2024-01-11 Biomarkers

    Recent advances in blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) show great promise for clinical applications, offering a less invasive alternative to current cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) measures.

  46. Head-to-head study of diagnostic accuracy of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid p-tau217 versus p-tau181 and p-tau231 in a memory clinic cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2024-01-09 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 demonstrated better performance in the identification of AD pathology and clinical phenotypes in comparison with other variants of p-tau in a memory clinic cohort.

  47. Polygenic risk for Alzheimer's disease is associated with neuroaxonal damage before onset of clinical symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-01-09 Genetics

    Nineteen participants developed AD after a median of 60 months (interquartile range 30).

  48. A Decade of Protecting Progress: Ethics Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Biomarkers

    Ethics Review began a decade ago with a mission to identify ethical concerns that hold back innovation and to promote solutions that would move the field forward.

  49. A genome-wide association study of longitudinal change in CSF tau among non-demented elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Bratislavske lekarske listy 2024 Genetics

    The GWAS identified a significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs17149074, within the C9orf171 (CFAP77) gene region that showed significant association with changes in CSF t-tau over time.

  50. Anti-CMV IgG Seropositivity is Associated with Plasma Biomarker Evidence of Amyloid-β Accumulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Biomarkers

    53% of participants were CMV seropositive.

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