Tau imaging in neurodegenerative diseases using positron emission tomography

YT Wang, P Edison - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Abnormal accumulation of tau protein is the main hallmark of
tauopathies and is closely associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment …

Cross-interaction of tau PET tracers with monoamine oxidase B: evidence from in silico modelling and in vivo imaging

NA Murugan, K Chiotis, E Rodriguez-Vieitez… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Several tracers have been designed for tracking the abnormal accumulation of tau
pathology in vivo. Recently, concerns have been raised about the sources of off-target …

[18F]THK-5351 PET imaging in early-stage semantic variant primary progressive aphasia: a report of two cases and a literature review

R Kobayashi, H Hayashi, S Kawakatsu, A Ishiki… - BMC neurology, 2018 - Springer
Background Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) is a subtype of primary
progressive aphasia characterized by two-way anomia and disturbance in word …

Early-phase [18F]PI-2620 tau-PET imaging as a surrogate marker of neuronal injury

L Beyer, A Nitschmann, H Barthel… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Second-generation tau radiotracers for use with positron emission tomography
(PET) have been developed for visualization of tau deposits in vivo. For several β-amyloid …

Comparison of regional flortaucipir PET with quantitative tau immunohistochemistry in three subjects with Alzheimer's disease pathology: a clinicopathological study

MJ Pontecorvo, CD Keene, TG Beach, TJ Montine… - Ejnmmi Research, 2020 - Springer
Background The objective of this study was to make a quantitative comparison of flortaucipir
PET retention with pathological tau and β-amyloid across a range of brain regions at …

Dual tracer tau PET imaging reveals different molecular targets for 11C-THK5351 and 11C-PBB3 in the Alzheimer brain

K Chiotis, P Stenkrona, O Almkvist, V Stepanov… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Several tau PET tracers have been developed, but it remains unclear whether they
bind to the same molecular target on the heterogeneous tau pathology. In this study we …

Longitudinal tau and metabolic PET imaging in relation to novel CSF tau measures in Alzheimer's disease

A Leuzy, C Cicognola, K Chiotis, L Saint-Aubert… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Studies comparing CSF and PET tau biomarkers have included only commercial
CSF assays examining specific phosphorylation sites (eg threonine 181, P-tau 181p) and …

PET molecular imaging for pathophysiological visualization in Alzheimer's disease

J Wang, C Jin, J Zhou, R Zhou, M Tian, HJ Lee… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common dementia worldwide. The exact etiology of AD
is unclear as yet, and no effective treatments are currently available, making AD a …

Monoamine oxidase binding not expected to significantly affect [18F]flortaucipir PET interpretation

JP Wright, JR Goodman, YG Lin, BP Lieberman… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose [18F]-labeled positron emission tomography (PET) radioligands permit in
vivo assessment of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers, including aggregated neurofibrillary tau …

Differences in gray and white matter 18F-THK5351 uptake between behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia and other dementias

HJ Son, JS Oh, JH Roh, SW Seo, M Oh, SJ Lee… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose We investigated the regional distribution of 18 F-THK5351 uptake in gray (GM) and
white matter (WM) in patients with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and …