Alzheimer's disease: risk factors and potentially protective measures

MVF Silva, CMG Loures, LCV Alves… - Journal of biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and typically manifests
through a progressive loss of episodic memory and cognitive function, subsequently causing …

Vascular contributions to Alzheimer's disease

LB Eisenmenger, A Peret, BM Famakin, A Spahic… - Translational …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is characterized by
progressive neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Understanding the pathophysiology …

Differential roles of Aβ42/40, p-tau231 and p-tau217 for Alzheimer's trial selection and disease monitoring

NJ Ashton, S Janelidze, N Mattsson-Carlgren… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Blood biomarkers indicative of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology are altered in both
preclinical and symptomatic stages of the disease. Distinctive biomarkers may be optimal for …

Diagnostic accuracy of a plasma phosphorylated tau 217 immunoassay for Alzheimer disease pathology

NJ Ashton, WS Brum, G Di Molfetta, AL Benedet… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Phosphorylated tau (p-tau) is a specific blood biomarker for Alzheimer disease
(AD) pathology, with p-tau217 considered to have the most utility. However, availability of p …

Prediction of longitudinal cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer disease using plasma biomarkers

N Mattsson-Carlgren, G Salvadó, NJ Ashton… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology starts with a prolonged phase of β-amyloid
(Aβ) accumulation without symptoms. The duration of this phase differs greatly among …

APOE4 homozygozity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer's disease

J Fortea, J Pegueroles, D Alcolea, O Belbin… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of APOE4 homozygosity on Alzheimer's disease
(AD) by examining its clinical, pathological and biomarker changes to see whether APOE4 …

The gut microbiota-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide is elevated in Alzheimer's disease

NM Vogt, KA Romano, BF Darst, CD Engelman… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a small molecule produced by the
metaorganismal metabolism of dietary choline, has been implicated in human disease …

Sex-specific association of apolipoprotein E with cerebrospinal fluid levels of tau

TJ Hohman, L Dumitrescu, LL Barnes… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), the apolipoprotein
E (APOE) gene, has a stronger association among women compared with men. Yet limited …

The Brain Chart of Aging: machine‐learning analytics reveals links between brain aging, white matter disease, amyloid burden, and cognition in the iSTAGING …

M Habes, R Pomponio, H Shou, J Doshi… - Alzheimer's & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Relationships between brain atrophy patterns of typical aging and Alzheimer's
disease (AD), white matter disease, cognition, and AD neuropathology were investigated via …

An examination of a novel multipanel of CSF biomarkers in the Alzheimer's disease clinical and pathological continuum

C Van Hulle, EM Jonaitis, TJ Betthauser… - Alzheimer's & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This study examines the utility of a multipanel of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
biomarkers complementing Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers in a clinical research …