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 …

Strategic roadmap for an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on biomarkers

GB Frisoni, M Boccardi, F Barkhof, K Blennow… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can be improved by the use of biological measures.
Biomarkers of functional impairment, neuronal loss, and protein deposition that can be …

Tau PET imaging: present and future directions

L Saint-Aubert, L Lemoine, K Chiotis, A Leuzy… - Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Abnormal aggregation of tau in the brain is a major contributing factor in various
neurodegenerative diseases. The role of tau phosphorylation in the pathophysiology of …

Discriminative binding of tau PET tracers PI2620, MK6240 and RO948 in Alzheimer's disease, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy brains

ML Malarte, PG Gillberg, A Kumar, N Bogdanovic… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent mechanistic and structural studies have challenged the classical tauopathy
classification approach and revealed the complexity and heterogeneity of tau pathology in …

In vivo characterization and quantification of neurofibrillary tau PET radioligand 18F-MK-6240 in humans from Alzheimer disease dementia to young controls

TJ Betthauser, KA Cody, MD Zammit… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Tau PET imaging has potential for elucidating changes in the deposition of
neuropathological tau aggregates that are occurring during the progression of Alzheimer …

Preclinical characterization of 18F-MK-6240, a promising PET tracer for in vivo quantification of human neurofibrillary tangles

ED Hostetler, AM Walji, Z Zeng, P Miller… - Journal of nuclear …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
A PET tracer is desired to help guide the discovery and development of disease-modifying
therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) …

SPECT and PET imaging in Alzheimer's disease

V Valotassiou, J Malamitsi, J Papatriantafyllou… - Annals of nuclear …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most
common cause of dementia. Beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers for the early detection and progression of Alzheimer's disease

SE Counts, MD Ikonomovic, N Mercado, IE Vega… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
The recent failures of potential disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) may
reflect the fact that the enrolled participants in clinical trials are already too advanced to …

A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates

TS Chisholm, CA Hunter - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The accumulation of amyloid fibrils is characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases such as
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease. Detecting these fibrils with fluorescent or …

In vivo tau PET imaging in dementia: pathophysiology, radiotracer quantification, and a systematic review of clinical findings

B Hall, E Mak, S Cervenka, FI Aigbirhio, JB Rowe… - Ageing research …, 2017 - Elsevier
In addition to the deposition of β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles composed of
aggregated hyperphosphorylated tau are one of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's …