Plasma p-tau181 associated with structural changes in mild cognitive impairment

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with dementia and is a serious concern for the health of individuals and government health care systems worldwide. Gray matter atrophy and white matter damage are major contributors to cognitive deficits in AD patients, as demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Many of these brain changes associated with AD begin to occur about 15 years before the onset of initial clinical symptoms. Therefore, it is critical to find biomarkers reflective of these brain changes associated with AD to identify this disease and monitor its prognosis and development. The increased plasma level of hyperphosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181) has been recently considered a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of AD, preclinical AD, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In the current study, we examined the association of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma levels of p-tau181 with structural brain changes in cortical thickness, cortical volume, surface area, and subcortical volume in MCI patients. In this cross-sectional study, we included the information of 461 MCI patients from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) cohort. The results of voxel-wise partial correlation analyses showed a significant negative correlation between the increased levels of plasma p-tau181, CSF total tau, and CSF p-tau181 with structural changes in widespread brain regions. These results provide evidence for the use of plasma p-tau181 as a diagnostic marker for structural changes in the brain associated with the early stages of AD and neurodegeneration.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Aging clinical and experimental research - 34(2022), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 2139-2147

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nabizadeh, Fardin [VerfasserIn]
Balabandian, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Rostami, Mohammad Reza [VerfasserIn]
Ward, Richard T [VerfasserIn]
Ahmadi, Niloufar [VerfasserIn]
Pourhamzeh, Mahsa [VerfasserIn]
Alzheimer’s disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrophy
Biomarkers
Blood biomarker
Journal Article
MAPT protein, human
Mild cognitive impairment
P-tau181
Tau Proteins

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Date Completed 13.09.2022

Date Revised 28.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40520-022-02148-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341703699