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  1. Metabolic Syndrome and Amyloid Accumulation in the Aging Brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018 Risk factors

    A total of 165 cognitively normal participants of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) Neuroimaging substudy, aged 55-92 years (mean baseline age = 76.4 years, 85 participants were male), received an average of 2.5 PET-PiB scans over an average interval of 2.6 (3.08 SD) years between first and last visits.

  2. Evidence that iron accelerates Alzheimer's pathology: a CSF biomarker study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2017-09-22 Tau biomarkers

    In subjects with biomarker-confirmed Alzheimer's pathology, high CSF ferritin (>6.2 ng/mL) was associated with accelerated depreciation of CSF Aβ1-42 (reporting increased plaque formation; p=0.0001).

  3. Neuropsychological measures that detect early impairment and decline in preclinical Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2017-04-14 Tau biomarkers

    Identifying which neuropsychological measures detect early cognitive changes associated with Alzheimer disease (AD), brain pathology would be helpful clinically for the diagnosis of early AD and for the design of clinical trials.

  4. The Cerebrospinal Fluid Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 Ratio Improves Concordance with Amyloid-PET for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease in a Clinical Setting

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2017-01-01 Biomarkers

    We detected an increased concordance in the visual and quantitative (standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) and total volume of distribution (VT)) [18F]AV45 PET measures when the CSF Aβ1-42/Aβ1-40 was applied compared to Aβ1-42 alone.

  5. Diagnostic Impact of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker (Pre-)Analytical Variability in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016 Tau biomarkers

    Intra- and inter-laboratory variability of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker analyses remains an important issue.

  6. Proinflammatory cytokines, sickness behavior, and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Neurology 2011-07-13 Caregiving

    Increased serum proinflammatory cytokines are associated with the presence of symptoms characteristic of sickness behavior, which are common neuropsychiatric features found in AD.

  7. Plasma homocysteine levels and risk of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Neurology 2004-06-01 Costs and economics

    High homocysteine levels were not associated with AD and were not related to a decrease in memory scores over time.

  8. Autoantibodies to amyloid-beta and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2001-06-01 Treatments

    Immunization against amyloid-beta has been suggested as a possible preventive or therapeutic treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

  9. Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 detects amyloid-β in neuronal synuclein disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. NPJ Parkinson's disease 2026-04-10 Biomarkers

    Multiple proteinopathies commonly coexist in neurodegenerative diseases, making it essential to evaluate plasma biomarker performance in these complex diseases.

  10. Plasma biomarkers of neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in intracranial atherosclerotic disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Brain communications 2026-04-07 Biomarkers

    In multivariable analyses, none of the plasma biomarkers were significantly associated with cognitive impairment.

  11. Plasma p-tau217, quantified by the fully automated LUMIPULSE G platform, outperforms p-tau181 in predicting amyloid pathology in cognitive complaints patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Scientific reports 2026-01-15 Biomarkers

    Plasma phosphorylated tau (p-tau) biomarkers offer a minimally invasive alternative for detecting Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology.

  12. Serum p-tau217 Is a Prognostic Indicator of Cognitive Impairment in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2025-11-28 Biomarkers

    Serum p-tau217 levels were increased in individuals with iRBD and cognitive impairment (CI) on testing defined as Montreal Cognitive Assessment <26 or subthreshold parkinsonism. p-Tau217 differentiated individuals with iRBD who developed PD with CI (PD-CI) or DLB from PD phenoconverters with normal cognition (area under curve [AUC] = 0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.70-0.93) and from iRBD non-phenoconverters with normal cognition (AUC = 0.83; 95% confidence interval, 0.77-0.89).

  13. Tau PET positivity in individuals with and without cognitive impairment varies with age, amyloid-β status, APOE genotype and sex

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2025-07-16 Brain scans and imaging

    Tau positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows in vivo detection of tau proteinopathy in Alzheimer's disease, which is associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive decline.

  14. Plasma p-tau231 in the presenilin 1 E280A autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease kindred: A cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-07 Biomarkers

    E280A carriers had higher p-tau231 levels than non-carriers (9.0 ± 7.4 vs. 5.2 ± 3.4 pg/mL, P < 0.001).

  15. Plasma p-tau217 predicting brain-wide tau accumulation in preclinical AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-06-20 Biomarkers

    Plasma p-tau217 was associated with concurrent Aβ in most cortical regions and tau in temporo-parietal cortices.

  16. Plasma biomarker trajectories: Impact of AD genetic risk and clinical progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-03-27 Biomarkers

    Compared to non-carriers, APOE ε4 carriers had lower Aβ42/Aβ40 and greater longitudinal increases in p-tau181 and GFAP; in contrast, the AD-PRS (excluding the APOE region) was associated with greater declines in Aβ42/Aβ40 among APOE ε4 non-carriers.

  17. Differential roles of Alzheimer's disease plasma biomarkers in stepwise biomarker-guided diagnostics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-02-05 Biomarkers

    NfL demonstrated fair to excellent accuracy in differentiating non-ACS from CU groups (area under the curve [AUC], 0.79 to 0.94). p-tau217 had the highest accuracy for identifying Aβ (AUC 0.94) and tau positron emission tomography status (AUC 0.91).

  18. Relationship between physical activity and biomarkers of pathology and neuroinflammation in preclinical autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2024-11-28 Biomarkers

    There were no associations among steps or TRIMP with plasma biomarkers or cognition.

  19. Diagnostic performance of light reflex pupillometry in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-07-31 Cognitive tests and assessment

    HIGHLIGHTS: We demonstrated the diagnostic performance of qLRP in Alzheimer's disease.

  20. Baseline levels and longitudinal changes in plasma Aβ42/40 among Black and white individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-07-02 Biomarkers

    Blood-based biomarkers of Alzheimer disease (AD) may facilitate testing of historically under-represented groups.

  21. Plasma amyloid beta X-42/X-40 ratio and cognitive decline in suspected early and preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-06-28 Biomarkers

    We detected a significant correlation between AßX-42/X-40 in plasma and CSF (r = 0.473).

  22. Polygenic risk for Alzheimer's disease is associated with neuroaxonal damage before onset of clinical symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-01-09 Genetics

    Nineteen participants developed AD after a median of 60 months (interquartile range 30).

  23. The role of plasma neurofilament light chain and glial fibrillary acidic protein in subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology 2023-09-19 Biomarkers

    GFAP was lower in NB compared to prodromal AD (p = 0.003, d = 1.463) and AD-D (p = 0.002, d = 1.695).

  24. CSF proteome profiling reveals biomarkers to discriminate dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer´s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Nature communications 2023-09-13 Tau biomarkers

    Diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is challenging and specific biofluid biomarkers are highly needed.

  25. Evaluation of Blood-Based Plasma Biomarkers as Potential Markers of Amyloid Burden in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Biomarkers

    Plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 demonstrated the highest association for Aβ accumulation in the brain with an AUC 0.76 (95%CI = 0.69, 0.82) at C2 N and 0.80 (95%CI = 0.75, 0.86) at Shimadzu.

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