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  1. Plasma-derived biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease and neuropsychiatric symptoms: A community-based study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2023-07-30 Biomarkers

    P-tau181 (odds ratio [OR] 2.06, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.41-3.00, p < 0.001), p-tau217 (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.10-2.61, p = 0.016), and t-tau (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.08-1.92, p = 0.012) were associated with appetite change.

  2. Enlarged perivascular spaces and plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio in older adults without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2023-04-14 Biomarkers

    Dilation of perivascular spaces (PVS) in the brain may indicate poor fluid drainage due to the accumulation of perivascular cell debris, waste, and proteins, including amyloid-beta (Aβ).

  3. Polygenic Effect on Tau Pathology Progression in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2023-01-04 Genetics

    We found that a higher PGS was associated with higher rates of tau-PET accumulation, in particular at elevated amyloid-PET levels.

  4. CSF Aβ40 and P-Tau181 Might Differentiate Atypical from Typical AD Phenotypes: Preliminary Evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Neuro-degenerative diseases 2022-09-15 Biomarkers

    Atypical and typical AD patients were comparable for Aβ42/40 values.

  5. Lack of association between acute stroke, post-stroke dementia, race, and β-amyloid status

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. NeuroImage. Clinical 2021-01-05 Disparities

    A total of 243 participants were enrolled, 81 of which had a recent ischemic stroke.

  6. Clinical significance of focal ß-amyloid deposition measured by 18F-flutemetamol PET

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2020-01-04 Brain scans and imaging

    53/310 (17.1%) subjects were classified as Focal-FMM.

  7. White matter hyperintensities in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia: A longitudinal GENFI study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. NeuroImage. Clinical 2019-11-06 Biomarkers

    Presence on T2-weighted images of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) has been previously shown to be more commonly associated with GRN mutations rather than other forms of FTD.

  8. Multi-analyte proteomic analysis identifies blood-based neuroinflammation, cerebrovascular and synaptic biomarkers in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2024-10-10 Biomarkers

    Our results demonstrate the feasibility and potential of immunoassay-based multiplexing to provide a comprehensive view of AD-associated proteomic changes, consistent with the recently revised biological and diagnostic framework.

  9. Alzheimer's polygenic risk scores, APOE, Alzheimer's disease risk, and dementia-related blood biomarker levels in a population-based cohort study followed over 17 years

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2023-07-29 Biomarkers

    The use of PRSs may be beneficial for increased precision in risk estimates among APOE4 carriers.

  10. Longitudinal blood biomarker trajectories in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-06-09 Biomarkers

    Plasma markers can track biological change over time, with plasma pTau181 and GFAP markers showing longitudinal change in individuals with preclinical AD.

  11. Longitudinal changes in Alzheimer's-related plasma biomarkers and brain amyloid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-05-22 Biomarkers

    Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40${{\rm A}\beta }_{42}/{{\rm A}\beta }_{40}$ may begin declining decades prior to brain amyloid accumulation, whereas p-tau ratios, GFAP, and NfL increase closer in time.

  12. Specific associations between plasma biomarkers and postmortem amyloid plaque and tau tangle loads

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2023-03-13 Biomarkers

    Several promising plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease have been recently developed, but their neuropathological correlates have not yet been fully determined.

  13. Serum glial fibrillary acidic protein is a body fluid biomarker: A valuable prognostic for neurological disease - A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. International immunopharmacology 2022-03-04 Biomarkers

    Astrocytes are the most abundant cell type in the human central nervous system, and they play an important role in the regulation of neuronal physiology.

  14. Differential levels of plasma biomarkers of neurodegeneration in Lewy body dementia, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and progressive supranuclear palsy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2022-01-25 Biomarkers

    This large study shows the role of plasma biomarkers in differentiating patients with different dementias, and at monitoring longitudinal change.

  15. Blood biomarkers for the diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2021-07-07 Biomarkers

    The development of blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology as tools for screening the general population is essential, but persists controversies.

  16. Longitudinal neuroimaging biomarkers differ across Alzheimer’s disease phenotypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Brain 2020-04-29 Brain scans and imaging

    Principal component analysis identified patterns of variation in baseline and longitudinal measures of tau uptake and volume that were significantly different across phenotypes.

  17. Racial Disparity in Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid and Tau Biomarkers and Associated Cutoffs for Mild Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA network open 2019-12-02 Biomarkers

    Data from 362 study participants were analyzed (mean [SD] age, 65.6 [7.9] years), of whom 152 (42.0%) were African American, 230 (63.5%) were women, and 189 (52.2%) had MCI.

  18. Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Neurofilament Light Chain Levels in Definite Subtypes of Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2017-05-01 Biomarkers

    This study confirms the role of NFL as a biomarker in ALS.

  19. Cerebrospinal fluid tau, neurogranin, and neurofilament light in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2016-10-04 Biomarkers

    Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau (total tau, T-tau), neurofilament light (NFL), and neurogranin (Ng) are potential biomarkers for neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  20. Blood-Based Protein Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Archives of Neurology 2012-07-17 Long-term cohort studies

    A biomarker panel was identified that included markers significantly increased (cortisol, pancreatic polypeptide, insulinlike growth factor binding protein 2, β(2) microglobulin, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, carcinoembryonic antigen, matrix metalloprotein 2, CD40, macrophage inflammatory protein 1α, superoxide dismutase, and homocysteine) and decreased (apolipoprotein E, epidermal growth factor receptor, hemoglobin, calcium, zinc, interleukin 17, and albumin) in AD.

  21. CSF and plasma tau biomarkers in the Down syndrome-Alzheimer's disease continuum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. EBioMedicine 2026-07-11 Biomarkers

    We analysed 461 participants from the DABNI and SPIN cohorts.

  22. Cerebrospinal fluid NPTX2/p-tau ratio as a biomarker for cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2026-06-18 Tau biomarkers

    The NPTX2/p-tau ratio enhanced diagnostic performance of standalone NPTX2 and p-tau, particularly for DLB and FTLDrs (area under the curve [AUC]NPTX2/p-tau = 0.78-0.79 vs. AUCNPTX2 = 0.63-0.70 and AUCp-tau = 0.59-0.75), and was more strongly associated with cognition.

  23. Evaluation of plasma p-tau217 biomarkers in detecting amyloid pathology and predicting cognitive outcomes: Observations from Japanese Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2026-02-07 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 levels measured using Lumipulse and Simoa assays were highly correlated (p < 0.001).

  24. Plasma Aβ42/40 predicts progression from Aβ-amyloid negative to positive PET scans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2026-01-01 Biomarkers

    At baseline, 283 were Plasma-/PET-, 97 Plasma+/PET-, 76 Plasma-/PETLow, and 51 Plasma+/PETLow.

  25. Plasma phosphorylated tau217 strongly associates with memory deficits in the Alzheimer's disease spectrum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-07-07 Biomarkers

    We found that plasma p-tau217 was more associated with cognitive performance than p-tau181 and p-tau231 and that this relationship was particularly strong for memory scores (TRIAD: βp-tau217 = -0.53, βp-tau181 = -0.35 and βp-tau231 = -0.24; BioFINDER-2: βp-tau217 = -0.52, βp-tau181 = -0.24 and βp-tau231 = -0.29).

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