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  1. Csf p-tau181/tau ratio as biomarker for TDP pathology in frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration 2014-10-29 Biomarkers

    Our objective was to evaluate the CSF phospho-Tau181/total-Tau (p/t-Tau) ratio to distinguish between the two main forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD): FTLD with TDP-43 (FTLD-TDP) and FTLD with Tau inclusions (FTLD-Tau).

  2. Prospective flutemetamol positron emission tomography and histopathology in normal pressure hydrocephalus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neuro-degenerative diseases 2013-11-27 Brain scans and imaging

    Four of the 17 patients (23.5%) had amyloid-β pathology based on the overall pathology read and also showed increased [(18)F]flutemetamol uptake. [(18)F]Flutemetamol standardized uptake values from the biopsy site were significantly associated with biopsy specimen amyloid-β levels (Pearson's r = 0.67; p = 0.006).

  3. Classification and pathology of primary progressive aphasia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurology 2013-10-19 Digital health tools

    The final cohort comprised 52 patients, 30 of whom met basic PPA criteria.

  4. Evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell layer thickness in Alzheimer's disease using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2013-09-05 Brain scans and imaging

    These results indicate that RNFL and RNFL+GCL thickness measurements are reduced in AD patients compared with healthy subjects.

  5. Risk Factors for β-Amyloid Deposition in Healthy Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. JAMA Neurology 2013-03-18 Brain scans and imaging

    Participants in the hypertension group with at least 1 ε4 allele showed significantly greater amyloid burden than those with only 1 risk factor or no risk factors.

  6. Plasma amyloid beta measurements - a desired but elusive Alzheimer's disease biomarker

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2013-03-08 Biomarkers

    Cerebrospinal fluid and positron emission tomography biomarkers accurately predict an underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology; however, they represent either invasive or expensive diagnostic tools.

  7. Using PET with 18F-AV-45 (florbetapir) to quantify brain amyloid load in a clinical environment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2012-01-17 Brain scans and imaging

    The mean values of SUVr were higher in AD patients (median 1.20, Q1-Q3 1.16-1.30) than in HC subjects (median 1.05, Q1-Q3 1.04-1.08; p = 0.0001) in the overall cortex and all cortical regions (precuneus, anterior and posterior cingulate, and frontal median, temporal, parietal and occipital cortex).

  8. A novel blood test for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2011-01-01 Biomarkers

    Despite a variety of testing approaches, it is often difficult to make an accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially at an early stage of the disease.

  9. Amyloid-beta42 plasma levels are elevated in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2009 Biomarkers

    Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is considered a prodromal stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  10. Diagnostic impact of [18F]flutemetamol PET in early-onset dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2017-01-17 Brain scans and imaging

    [18F]flutemetamol PET scans were positive in 133 out of 211 (63%) patients, of whom 110 out of 144 (76%) patients had a pre-PET Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis and 23 out of 67 (34%) patients had a non-AD diagnosis.

  11. Mapping CSF biomarker profiles onto NIA-AA guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 2015-08-08 Tau biomarkers

    The National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) guidelines for Alzheimer's disease (AD) propose the categorization of individuals according to their biomarker constellation.

  12. Brain-derived plasma p-tau217 shows enhanced dynamic range for Alzheimer's disease neuropathological change

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026-09 Biomarkers

    All markers tracked neuropathological severity, with BD p-tau217 having larger fold-changes than p-tau217 but BD p-tau217/Aβ42 enhancing this further.

  13. Relationships of CSF biomarkers to cortical atrophy in early-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026-07 Biomarkers

    The levels of four CSF biomarkers correlated to EOAD signature atrophy.

  14. Analytical and clinical validation of the Lumipulse G plasma p-tau217 assay for clinical implementation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026-04 Biomarkers

    The assay demonstrated strong analytical performance, with repeatability and intermediate precision (%CV < 7%) and an LLoQ of 0.12 pg/mL.

  15. Plasma p-tau217 and APOE genotype: Prodromal Alzheimer's disease staging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2026-03-09 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 was 57% higher in subjects with at least one APOE ε4 allele, increased with age, was higher in males, and negatively correlated with brain volume measures by magnetic resonance imaging.

  16. Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in cerebral amyloid angiopathy: insights from a clinical case series

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2025-11-28 Tau biomarkers

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a small vessel disease characterized by the deposition of amyloid-beta in small cerebral vessels, which can lead to intracerebral hemorrhages and cognitive impairment.

  17. Localized Intense Uptake in the Skull on 18 F-Flortaucipir PET/CT

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Clinical nuclear medicine 2025-04-23 Brain scans and imaging

    18 F-Flortaucipir, as a classical Tau protein visualizer, has been widely used in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer disease.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. Amyloid-beta antibody binding to cerebral amyloid angiopathy fibrils and risk for amyloid-related imaging abnormalities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Scientific reports 2024-05-13 Treatments

    Therapeutic antibodies have been developed to target amyloid-beta (Aβ), and some of these slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  23. 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).

  24. A Blood Screening Test for Dementia with Lewy Bodies for Primary Care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease & Parkinsonism 2023-12-04 Biomarkers

    The proteomic profile discriminated DLB and PD from NC with an AUC (Area Under the Curve) of 0.96 with demographics of age, sex and education.

  25. [18F]PI-2620 Binding Patterns in Patients with Suspected Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2023-12-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Patients with suspected AD neuropathology (Aβ-positive patients with mild cognitive impairment or AD dementia) showed high-intensity temporoparietal cortex-predominant [18F]PI-2620 binding.

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