The validation status of blood biomarkers of amyloid and phospho-tau assessed with the 5-phase development framework for AD biomarkers

NJ Ashton, A Leuzy, TK Karikari… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The development of blood biomarkers that reflect Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathophysiology (phosphorylated tau and amyloid-β) has offered potential as scalable tests …

An update on blood-based biomarkers for non-Alzheimer neurodegenerative disorders

NJ Ashton, A Hye, AP Rajkumar, A Leuzy… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Cerebrospinal fluid analyses and neuroimaging can identify the underlying pathophysiology
at the earliest stage of some neurodegenerative disorders, but do not have the scalability …

Plasma p-tau181 accurately predicts Alzheimer's disease pathology at least 8 years prior to post-mortem and improves the clinical characterisation of cognitive decline

J Lantero Rodriguez, TK Karikari, M Suárez-Calvet… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
The neuropathological confirmation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary
tangles (NFT) remains the gold standard for a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease …

The diagnostic and prognostic capabilities of plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease

J Simrén, A Leuzy, TK Karikari, A Hye… - Alzheimer's & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This study investigated the diagnostic and disease‐monitoring potential of
plasma biomarkers in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

A multicentre validation study of the diagnostic value of plasma neurofilament light

NJ Ashton, S Janelidze, A Al Khleifat, A Leuzy… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Increased cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light (NfL) is a recognized biomarker for
neurodegeneration that can also be assessed in blood. Here, we investigate plasma NfL as …

Renal function is associated with blood neurofilament light chain level in older adults

S Akamine, N Marutani, D Kanayama, S Gotoh… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a novel biomarker of neurodegenerative diseases. It is
detectable in the peripheral blood, allowing low-invasive assessment of early signs of …

ADAMANT: a placebo-controlled randomized phase 2 study of AADvac1, an active immunotherapy against pathological tau in Alzheimer's disease

P Novak, B Kovacech, S Katina, R Schmidt… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is partly characterized by accumulation of aberrant
forms of tau protein. Here we report the results of ADAMANT, a 24-month double-blinded …

Fluid biomarkers for synaptic dysfunction and loss

E Camporesi, J Nilsson, A Brinkmalm… - Biomarker …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Synapses are the site for brain communication where information is transmitted between
neurons and stored for memory formation. Synaptic degeneration is a global and early …

Blood-based high sensitivity measurements of beta-amyloid and phosphorylated tau as biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: a focused review on recent advances

JR Chong, NJ Ashton, TK Karikari, T Tanaka… - Journal of Neurology …, 2021 - jnnp.bmj.com
Discovery and development of clinically useful biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
related dementias have been the focus of recent research efforts. While cerebrospinal fluid …

Stage-specific links between plasma neurofilament light and imaging biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

AL Benedet, A Leuzy, TA Pascoal, NJ Ashton… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neurofilament light (NfL) is a marker of neuroaxonal injury, a prominent feature of
Alzheimer's disease. It remains uncertain, however, how it relates to amyloid and tau …