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  1. Optimized dual-time-window protocols for quantitative [18F]flutemetamol and [18F]florbetaben PET studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. EJNMMI research 2019-03-27 Brain scans and imaging

    [18F]Flutemetamol and [18F]florbetaben data demonstrated an increased bias in amyloid estimate for larger intervals and higher noise levels.

  2. Association of Preclinical Alzheimer Disease With Optical Coherence Tomographic Angiography Findings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA ophthalmology 2018-11-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Fifty-eight eyes from 30 participants (53% female; mean [SD] age, 74.5 [5.6] years; age range, 62-92 years) were included in the analysis.

  3. Longitudinal brain structural changes in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016-09-28 Tau biomarkers

    At follow-up, stage 1 subjects showed reduced atrophy rates in medial frontal areas and precuneus compared to stage 0 subjects, whereas stage 2/3 subjects presented accelerated atrophy in medial temporal structures.

  4. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related atraumatic convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an ARIA before the tsunami

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2015-03-04 Treatments

    Atraumatic convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage (cSAH) in elderly patients is a rare entity that has been associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and intracerebral hematomas (ICH).

  5. A panel of nine cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers may identify patients with atypical parkinsonian syndromes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2015-01-14 Biomarkers

    A panel of nine CSF biomarkers was able to differentiate APS from patients with PD and dementia.

  6. Synergistic effect of β-amyloid and neurodegeneration on cognitive decline in clinically normal individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2014-11-01 Brain scans and imaging

    The co-occurrence of Aβ and ND accelerates cognitive decline in CN individuals.

  7. Comparing positron emission tomography imaging and cerebrospinal fluid measurements of β-amyloid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2013-12-01 Brain scans and imaging

    CSF and amyloid PET measurements of Aβ were consistent in the majority of subjects in the cross-sectional and longitudinal populations.

  8. Correlation between elevated levels of amyloid beta-peptide in the brain and cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA 2000-03-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    In this study, levels of total A(beta)x-40 and A(beta)x-42 were elevated early in dementia and levels of both peptides were strongly correlated with cognitive decline.

  9. 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.

  10. Health-related factors and their impact on blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Aging brain 2026-09-03 Biomarkers

    The study included CSF-characterized individuals with AD (mild cognitive impairment due to AD and AD dementia) and cognitively healthy controls (n = 116; mean age 71.2 years).

  11. Plasma p-tau217 detects Alzheimer's disease co-pathology in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: Comparison to CSF biomarkers in the ANGMAR cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026-08 Brain tissue and pathology

    Among CAA participants, 29 met CSF criteria for AD co-pathology.

  12. Alzheimer's Disease Co-Pathology and Cognitive Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2026-05-11 Brain tissue and pathology

    Compared with healthy controls, patients with ALS - particularly those with cognitive impairment (ALSci) or ALS-FTD - showed elevated AD-related biomarkers.

  13. Comparison of three plasma p-tau217 assays to detect PET-confirmed Alzheimer's pathologies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2026-03-04 Biomarkers

    All assays distinguished amyloid-positive from -negative individuals with high accuracy (89%-95%).

  14. Plasma p-tau217 for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: a memory clinic implementation approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2026-02-24 Biomarkers

    Among 163 patients (mean age 69.3 ± 7.4 years, 52% female), plasma p-tau217 distinguished A+ from A- individuals (area under the curve [AUC] 0.90, 81% sensitivity, 91% specificity).

  15. Plasma p-tau species are elevated in presymptomatic and symptomatic neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. EBioMedicine 2026-01-14 Biomarkers

    P-tau217, p-tau231, p-tau181, α-syn, NfL, and GFAP levels were elevated in patients with NIID compared with HCs; p-tau species and GFAP were also upregulated in preNIID.

  16. Defining patient-centered amyloid PET thresholds for the onset of tauopathy in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026-01 Brain scans and imaging

    We found a consistent amyloid PET × age interaction on global tau PET increase in men (ADNI/A05: p = 0.0078/0.018), with younger men showing faster amyloid-associated tau accumulation.

  17. 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.

  18. 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).

  19. 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.

  20. Limbic Alzheimer's co-pathology in multiple system atrophy is associated with cognitive impairment and diagnostic inaccuracy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2025-09-18 Brain tissue and pathology

    The clinical heterogeneity of multiple system atrophy (MSA) may, along with the primary aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn), partly be shaped by co-pathologies, such as amyloid-beta (Aβ), phosphorylated (p)-tau, and pTDP-43, though their relevance remains unclear.

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. Effects of obesity on plasma biomarker and amyloid PET trajectories in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-07-03 Biomarkers

    Higher body mass index at baseline was correlated with lower levels of plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau)217, p-tau217 ratio, neurofilament light chain (NfL), glial fibrillary acidic protein, and CLs.

  25. 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.

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