Blood GFAP as an emerging biomarker in brain and spinal cord disorders

A Abdelhak, M Foschi, S Abu-Rumeileh… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Blood-derived biomarkers for brain and spinal cord diseases are urgently needed. The
introduction of highly sensitive immunoassays led to a rapid increase in the number of …

Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease: towards clinical implementation

CE Teunissen, IMW Verberk, EH Thijssen… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
For many years, blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease seemed unattainable, but
recent results have shown that they could become a reality. Convincing data generated with …

Differences between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid glial fibrillary acidic protein levels across the Alzheimer disease continuum

AL Benedet, M Milà-Alomà, A Vrillon, NJ Ashton… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a marker of reactive astrogliosis that
increases in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood of individuals with Alzheimer disease …

Plasma GFAP is an early marker of amyloid-β but not tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease

JB Pereira, S Janelidze, R Smith, N Mattsson-Carlgren… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Although recent clinical trials targeting amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease have shown
promising results, there is increasing evidence suggesting that understanding alternative …

Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is elevated in cognitively normal older adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease

P Chatterjee, S Pedrini, E Stoops, K Goozee… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), an astrocytic cytoskeletal protein, can be measured in
blood samples, and has been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, plasma …

Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease—preparing for a new era of disease-modifying therapies

H Zetterberg, BB Bendlin - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Clinical trial results presented in 2019 suggest that antibody-based removal of cerebral
amyloid β (Aβ) plaques may possibly clear tau tangles and modestly slow cognitive decline …

Plasma proteomic profiles predict future dementia in healthy adults

Y Guo, J You, Y Zhang, WS Liu, YY Huang, YR Zhang… - Nature Aging, 2024 - nature.com
The advent of proteomics offers an unprecedented opportunity to predict dementia onset.
We examined this in data from 52,645 adults without dementia in the UK Biobank, with 1,417 …

Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein detects Alzheimer pathology and predicts future conversion to Alzheimer dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment

C Cicognola, S Janelidze, J Hertze… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a marker of astroglial activation
and astrocytosis. We assessed the ability of plasma GFAP to detect Alzheimer's disease …

Diagnostic and prognostic plasma biomarkers for preclinical Alzheimer's disease

P Chatterjee, S Pedrini, NJ Ashton… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This study involved a parallel comparison of the diagnostic and longitudinal
monitoring potential of plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), total tau (t‐tau) …

PET imaging of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

R Zhou, B Ji, Y Kong, L Qin, W Ren, Y Guan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation play an important role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Advances in
molecular imaging using positron emission tomography have provided insights into the time …