Biomarker-based staging of Alzheimer disease: rationale and clinical applications

J Therriault, SE Schindler, G Salvadó… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Disease staging, whereby the spatial extent and load of brain pathology are used to
estimate the severity of Alzheimer disease (AD), is pivotal to the gold-standard …

Clinical correlates of the PET-based Braak staging framework in Alzheimer's disease

AC Macedo, D Durço, C Tissot, J Therriault… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
In vivo Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and staging is traditionally based on clinical features.
However, the agreement between clinical and pathological Alzheimer's disease diagnosis …

Cryo-EM structure of Alzheimer's disease tau filaments with PET ligand MK-6240

P Kunach, J Vaquer-Alicea, MS Smith… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Positron Emission Tomography (PET) ligands have advanced Alzheimer's disease
(AD) diagnosis and treatment. Using autoradiography and cryo-EM, we identify AD brain …

Brain inflammation co-localizes highly with tau in mild cognitive impairment due to early-onset Alzheimer's disease

J Appleton, Q Finn, P Zanotti-Fregonara, M Yu… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Brain inflammation, with an increased density of microglia and macrophages, is an important
component of Alzheimer's disease and a potential therapeutic target. However, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted examination of amyloid beta and tau protein accumulation via positron emission tomography for the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease …

Y Wang, Y Zhang, E Yu - Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases among
the older population. Its main pathological features include the abnormal deposition of …

Beyond the usual suspects: multi-factorial computational models in the search for neurodegenerative disease mechanisms

AF Khan, Y Iturria-Medina - Translational Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
From Alzheimer's disease to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the molecular cascades
underlying neurodegenerative disorders remain poorly understood. The clinical view of …

Drosophila appear resistant to trans-synaptic tau propagation

JH Catterson, EN Mouofo… - Brain …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, prompting
extensive efforts to pinpoint novel therapeutic targets for effective intervention. Among the …

Identification of late-stage tau accumulation using plasma phospho-tau217

MS Woo, J Therriault, EM Jonaitis, R Wilson… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Blood-based disease staging across the Alzheimer's disease (AD) continuum
holds the promise to identify individuals that profit from disease-modifying therapies. We set …

PET/MRI multimodality imaging to evaluate changes in glymphatic system function and biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

H Okazawa, M Nogami, S Ishida, A Makino, T Mori… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The glymphatic system is considered to play a pivotal role in the clearance of disease-
causing proteins in neurodegenerative diseases. This study employed MR diffusion tensor …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the progression of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease with PET-based Braak staging

AC Macedo, J Therriault, C Tissot, É Aumont… - Neurobiology of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) correlate with tau deposition
in the brain. Here, we investigated the association of PET-based Braak stages with NPS and …