Amyloid-β-independent regulators of tau pathology in Alzheimer disease

R van der Kant, LSB Goldstein… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The global epidemic of Alzheimer disease (AD) is worsening, and no approved treatment
can revert or arrest progression of this disease. AD pathology is characterized by the …

[HTML][HTML] NIA-AA research framework: toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease

CR Jack Jr, DA Bennett, K Blennow, MC Carrillo… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2011, the National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Association created
separate diagnostic recommendations for the preclinical, mild cognitive impairment, and …

Donanemab in early symptomatic Alzheimer disease: the TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 randomized clinical trial

JR Sims, JA Zimmer, CD Evans, M Lu, P Ardayfio… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are limited efficacious treatments for Alzheimer disease. Objective To
assess efficacy and adverse events of donanemab, an antibody designed to clear brain …

Donanemab in early Alzheimer's disease

MA Mintun, AC Lo, C Duggan Evans… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background A hallmark of Alzheimer's disease is the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ)
peptide. Donanemab, an antibody that targets a modified form of deposited Aβ, is being …

Diagnostic value of plasma phosphorylated tau181 in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration

EH Thijssen, R La Joie, A Wolf, A Strom, P Wang… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
With the potential development of new disease-modifying Alzheimer's disease (AD)
therapies, simple, widely available screening tests are needed to identify which individuals …

Magnetic resonance images implicate that glymphatic alterations mediate cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

JL Hsu, YC Wei, CH Toh, IT Hsiao, KJ Lin… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The glymphatic system cleans amyloid and tau proteins from the brain in animal
studies of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, there is no direct evidence showing this in …

Association of amyloid and tau with cognition in preclinical Alzheimer disease: a longitudinal study

BJ Hanseeuw, RA Betensky, HIL Jacobs… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging now allows in vivo visualization of
both neuropathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD): amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau …

Cerebrospinal fluid p-tau217 performs better than p-tau181 as a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease

S Janelidze, E Stomrud, R Smith, S Palmqvist… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) p-tau181 (tau phosphorylated at threonine 181) is an established
biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD), reflecting abnormal tau metabolism in the brain …

Association of amyloid reduction after donanemab treatment with tau pathology and clinical outcomes: the TRAILBLAZER-ALZ randomized clinical trial

S Shcherbinin, CD Evans, M Lu, SW Andersen… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tau deposits biologically define Alzheimer
disease. Objective To perform post hoc analyses of amyloid reduction after donanemab …

Tau PET imaging in neurodegenerative tauopathies—still a challenge

A Leuzy, K Chiotis, L Lemoine, PG Gillberg… - Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
The accumulation of pathological misfolded tau is a feature common to a collective of
neurodegenerative disorders known as tauopathies, of which Alzheimer's disease (AD) is …