Tau: A biomarker of Huntington's disease

E Lepinay, F Cicchetti - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Developing effective treatments for patients with Huntington's disease (HD)—a
neurodegenerative disorder characterized by severe cognitive, motor and psychiatric …

[HTML][HTML] PET agents in dementia: an overview

A van Waarde, S Marcolini, PP De Deyn… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article presents an overview of imaging agents for PET that have been applied for
research and diagnostic purposes in patients affected by dementia. Classified by the target …

Direct comparison of the tau PET tracers 18F-flortaucipir and 18F-MK-6240 in human subjects

A Gogola, DS Minhas, VL Villemagne… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Soc Nuclear Med
Tau PET tracers exhibit varying levels of specific signal and distinct off-target binding
patterns that are more diverse than amyloid PET tracers. This study compared 2 frequently …

Sex modifies APOE ε4 dose effect on brain tau deposition in cognitively impaired individuals

S Yan, C Zheng, MD Paranjpe, Y Li, W Li, X Wang… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies in cognitively unimpaired elderly individuals suggest that the APOE ε4 allele
exerts a dosage-dependent effect on brain tau deposition. The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Sex modulates the ApoE ε4 effect on brain tau deposition measured by 18F-AV-1451 PET in individuals with mild cognitive impairment

M Liu, MD Paranjpe, X Zhou, PQ Duy, MS Goyal… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the Apolipoprotein E type 4
allele (ApoE ε4). The interaction between sex and ApoE ε4 carrier status on AD risk remains …

Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and longitudinal tau accumulation in older adults

IJ Sible, DA Nation - Hypertension, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Elevated blood pressure variability (BPV) is predictive of dementia,
independent of average blood pressure levels, but neuropathological mechanisms remain …

Influence of gender on tau precipitation in Alzheimer's disease according to ATN research framework

Y Zhang, J Lu, M Wang, C Zuo, J Jiang - Phenomics, 2023 - Springer
Tau proteins accumulation and their spreading pattern were affected by gender in cognitive
impairment patients, especially in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, it …

Protein and gene delivery systems for neurodegenerative disorders: where do we stand today?

PI Siafaka, ME Okur, PD Erim, EŞ Çağlar, E Özgenç… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
It has been estimated that every year, millions of people are affected by neurodegenerative
disorders, which complicate their lives and their caregivers' lives. To date, there has not …

Synthesizing images of tau pathology from cross-modal neuroimaging using deep learning

J Lee, BJ Burkett, HK Min, ML Senjem, E Dicks… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Given the prevalence of dementia and the development of pathology-specific disease-
modifying therapies, high-value biomarker strategies to inform medical decision-making are …

Temporal correlation of CSF and neuroimaging in the amyloid-tau-neurodegeneration model of Alzheimer disease

AH Boerwinkle, JK Wisch, CD Chen, BA Gordon… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To evaluate temporal correlations between CSF and neuroimaging (PET and MRI)
measures of amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration in relation to Alzheimer disease (AD) …