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  1. 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).

  2. Phosphorylated tau in cerebrospinal fluid-derived extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Scientific reports 2024-10-25 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by brain aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides and phosphorylated tau (P-tau) proteins.

  3. [18F]PI-2620 Tau PET signal across the aging and Alzheimer's disease clinical spectrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) 2024-10-24 Brain scans and imaging

    [18F]PI-2620 is a second generation tracer that has shown high binding affinity for tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. 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.

  5. Relationships between PET and blood plasma biomarkers in corticobasal syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-06-17 Biomarkers

    CBS Aβ+ group showed a reduced Aβ42/40 ratio, with elevated phosphorylated tau (p-tau)181, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and neurofilament light (NfL) concentrations, while CBS Aβ- group only showed elevated NfL concentration compared to CU.

  6. Associations of CSF BACE1 with amyloid pathology, neurodegeneration, and cognition in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2024-06-10 Biomarkers

    Β-site amyloid precursor protein (APP) cleaving enzyme (BACE1) is a crucial protease in the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.

  7. 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.

  8. Serum amyloid beta 42 levels correlated with metabolic syndrome and its components

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in endocrinology 2024-02-08 Risk factors

    The results showed that log-transformed serum Aβ42 level was positively correlated with BMI (R = 0.29; p < 0.001), log-transformed triglyceride (R = 0.14; p < 0.001), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (R = 0.12; p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL-c) (R = -0.18; p < 0.001).

  9. [Use of modern classification systems for complex diagnostics of Alzheimer's disease]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova 2024 Biomarkers

    The preliminary diagnosis of AD was made in 3 patients (5%).

  10. Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Aβ42/40 Ratio Dose-Dependent Modulation with the ApoE Genotype within the ATN Framework

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-07-29 Biomarkers

    The definition of Alzheimer's disease (AD) now considers the presence of the markers of amyloid (A), tau deposition (T), and neurodegeneration (N) essential for diagnosis.

  11. Ubiquitin Is Not a Blood Biomarker of an Early Cognitive Decline in the Polish Elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Current issues in molecular biology 2023-03-16 Biomarkers

    No significant disparities in plasma ubiquitin levels for various levels of cognitive functioning were identified.

  12. Cerebral small-vessel disease at high altitude: A comparison of patients from plateau and plain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2023-03-09 Vascular contributions

    A total of 169 patients in Tibet (high altitude) and 310 patients in Beijing (low altitude) were enrolled.

  13. Quantitative comparative analysis of amyloid PET images using three radiopharmaceuticals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Annals of nuclear medicine 2023-02-07 Brain scans and imaging

    In the negative images of the HS group, the contrast between the white matter and the gray matter was high in the FMM PET images, while striatal uptake was relatively higher in the FPN PET images.

  14. APOE differentially moderates cerebrospinal fluid and plasma phosphorylated tau181 associations with multi-domain cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2023-01-18 Genetics

    Biofluid markers of phosphorylated tau181 (p-tau181) are increasingly popular for the detection of early Alzheimer's pathologic changes.

  15. Plasma phosphorylated tau181 predicts cognitive and functional decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 2022-12-14 Biomarkers

    Plasma p‐tau181 differentiated pathology‐confirmed AD from NC with negative amyloid PET scans with an AUC of 0.93.

  16. Multi-platform proteomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid and plasma reveals network biomarkers associated with proteostasis and the matrisome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2022-11-17 Genetics

    Robust and accessible biomarkers that can capture the heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease and its diverse pathological processes are urgently needed.

  17. Cerebrospinal Fluid Cortisol and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Alzheimer's Disease Pathology, and Cognitive Decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2022-07-07 Tau biomarkers

    Higher CSF cortisol was associated with poorer global cognitive performance and higher disease severity at baseline.

  18. Principal components from untargeted cerebrospinal fluid metabolomics associated with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2022-05-03 Biomarkers

    Studying the correlation between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) metabolites and the Alzheimer's Disease (AD) biomarkers may offer a window to the alterations of the brain metabolome and unveil potential biological mechanisms underlying AD.

  19. Non-linear Character of Plasma Amyloid Beta Over the Course of Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Continuum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2022-03-23 Biomarkers

    Plasma amyloid-β (Aβ) was associated with brain Aβ deposition and Alzheimer's disease (AD) development.

  20. Practical application of Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative plasma P‐tau181 reference data to support diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2022-01-08 Biomarkers

    There were significant differences in plasma p‐tau181 values between Controls and those with AD at all ages up to 85 years.

  21. Inflammation Disrupts Cognitive Integrity via Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain Coupling Brain Networks in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Biomarkers

    Discrimination of disease-related interactions of the core subsystem and FPN was found in AD-spectrum patients, which was the neural circuit fundamental to plasma NFL disrupting cognitive integrity.

  22. Distinct Patterns Link the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism to Alzheimer's Disease Pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Tau biomarkers

    The brain-derived neurotropic growth factor (BDNF) gene has been linked to dementia, inflammation, and Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 status.

  23. Perivascular spaces are associated with tau pathophysiology and synaptic dysfunction in early Alzheimer's continuum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2021-08-05 Biomarkers

    The degree of PVS significantly increased with age in both, BG and CS regions independently of cardiovascular risk factors.

  24. Serum BDNF as a Potential Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease: Verification Through Assessment of Serum, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2021-04-23 Biomarkers

    There is an urgent need to establish blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  25. Application of the ATN classification scheme in a population without dementia: Findings from the EPAD cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2021-04-03 Biomarkers

    In non-demented individuals along the AD continuum, p-tau drives cognitive dysfunction.

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