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  1. Serum sphingomyelins and ceramides are early predictors of memory impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2008-05-05 Biomarkers

    A blood-based biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression could be instrumental in targeting asymptomatic individuals for treatment early in the disease process.

  2. 11C-PIB PET imaging in Alzheimer disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurology 2007-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    PET imaging with (11)C-labeled Pittsburgh Compound-B ((11)C-PIB) helps discriminate Alzheimer disease (AD) from frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD).

  3. Cerebrospinal fluid proteomic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2007-02-01 Digital health tools

    A panel of possible CSF biomarkers for AD has been identified using proteomic methods.

  4. Cytoskeleton proteins in CSF distinguish frontotemporal dementia from AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurology 2000-05-23 Biomarkers

    Mean +/- SD CSF NFL levels were increased in patients with FTD (1442 +/- 1183 pg/mL; p < 0.05) and LAD (1006 +/- 727 pg/mL; p < 0.001) compared with control subjects (241 +/- 166 pg/mL) and in LAD compared with EAD (498 +/- 236 pg/mL; p < 0.05), and tended to be increased in FTD compared with EAD.

  5. Decreased Melatonin Levels in Postmortem Cerebrospinal Fluid in Relation to Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Apolipoprotein E-ε4/4 Genotype1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1999-01-01 Risk factors

    Sleep disruption, nightly restlessness, sundowning, and other circadian disturbances are frequently seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.

  6. The predictive value of conductance to outflow of CSF in normal pressure hydrocephalus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 1982-03-01 Digital health tools

    Conductance to outflow of CSF was measured in a prospective study of 80 patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus.

  7. False positive plasma p-tau217 results associated with heterophilic antibody interference: A potential clinical pitfall

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    In 14 of the 15 suspected HAb cases, HBT treatment greatly reduced measured p-tau217 concentrations. and in one of three specimens selected for further investigation, reduced Aβ42 concentrations PEG precipitation in the three selected samples also reduced p-tau217 concentrations, while serial dilution yielded mixed effects.

  8. Enhancing diagnostic precision in Alzheimer's disease: Impact of comorbidities on blood biomarkers for clinical integration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    Plasma biomarkers were associated with comorbidities and metabolites such as estimated glomerular filtration rate, homocysteine, and high-density lipoprotein.

  9. Developing educational materials to aid in Alzheimer's blood biomarker disclosure

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2025-11-17 Biomarkers

    Participants rated the materials highly regarding value and comprehension.

  10. Amygdalar and hippocampal volume loss in limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-11-04 Brain tissue and pathology

    Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathological change (LATE-NC) refers to the aberrant accumulation of TDP-43 in the brains of ageing individuals either in isolation or in combination with neurodegenerative disease.

  11. Putaminal hypermetabolism identifies Lewy body co-pathology in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-11 Brain tissue and pathology

    Compared to ADSAA-, ADSAA+ showed putamen SRP hypermetabolism and middle occipital gyrus (MOG) SUVR hypometabolism.

  12. Alpha-synuclein deposition patterns in Alzheimer's disease: association with cortical amyloid beta and variable tau load

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2025-10-30 Brain tissue and pathology

    Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) deposits are common in around half of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases.

  13. Tau biology, biomarkers, and therapeutics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2025-10-21 Drug development

    As Alzheimer's disease (AD) research advances, tau has emerged as both a critical biomarker and a promising therapeutic target, central to understanding disease mechanisms, tracking progression, and guiding treatment development.

  14. Simulation of Alzheimer's diagnostic flows with blood biomarker test options in Japan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2025-10-07 Biomarkers

    The maximum mean wait time under the current workflow was projected at 6.4 months, decreasing with BBM integration.

  15. Body mass index and blood volume influence plasma biomarkers and positron emission tomography classification in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 Biomarkers

    Elevated BMI/BV associated with lower BBM concentrations, especially for p-Tau217 and NfL, independent of brain amyloid burden.

  16. Reversible tau hyperphosphorylation in hibernation: a blood biomarker and brain tissue study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2025-09-29 Biomarkers

    Tau hyperphosphorylation, a key neuropathological feature of tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), also occurs physiologically during mammalian hibernation and is fully reversed upon arousal, offering a unique translational model to study tau metabolism.

  17. Comparison of amyloid PET acquired through standardized and unstandardized protocols

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-09 Brain scans and imaging

    Within each tracer, GMM-derived amyloid negative (A-) CL distributions were similar across cohorts.

  18. Neurovascular coupling and functional connectivity changes through the Alzheimer's disease spectrum: Effects of simvastatin treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-08 Brain scans and imaging

    AD mice showed early decreases in NVC and bilateral connectivity (BC) in motor and cingulate cortex, and hypoconnectivity within the sensory-motor network.

  19. 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.

  20. 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).

  21. Machine learning prediction of tau-PET in Alzheimer's disease using plasma, MRI, and clinical data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-02 Biomarkers

    Models including plasma biomarkers yielded the most accurate predictions of tau-PET burden (best model: R-squared = 0.66-0.69), with especially high contribution from plasma phosphorylated tau-217 (p-tau217).

  22. Biomarker treatment effects in two phase 3 trials of gantenerumab

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-01-30 Biomarkers

    Gantenerumab reduced amyloid PET load, CSF biomarkers of amyloid beta (Aβ)40, total tau (t-tau), phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181), neurogranin, S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B), neurofilament light (NfL), alpha-synuclein (α-syn), neuronal pentraxin-2 (NPTX2), and plasma biomarkers of t-tau, p-tau181, p-tau217, and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) while increasing plasma Aβ40, Aβ42. vMRI showed increased reduction in whole brain volume and increased ventricular expansion, while hippocampal volume was unaffected.

  23. Overview of Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative and future clinical trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-12-22 Treatments

    The overall goal of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is to optimize and validate biomarkers for clinical trials while sharing all data and biofluid samples with the global scientific community.

  24. Clinical and diagnostic implications of Alzheimer's disease copathology in Lewy body disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2024-10-03 Brain tissue and pathology

    Concomitant Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is a frequent event in the context of Lewy body disease (LBD), occurring in approximately half of all cases.

  25. Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Using Hybrid Meta-ROI of MRI Structural Images

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 2024-10-02 Brain scans and imaging

    An AD diagnostic accuracy of 91.9% was achieved by using a hybrid meta-ROI consisting of thicknesses of entorhinal and middle temporal cortices, and the volumes of the hippocampus and inferior lateral ventricles.

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