Plasma P-tau181 to Aß42 ratio is associated with brain amyloid burden and hippocampal atrophy in an Asian cohort of Alzheimer's disease patients with concomitant cerebrovascular disease.
Alzheimers Dement
; 17(10): 1649-1662, 2021 10.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33792168
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
There is increasing evidence that phosphorylated tau (P-tau181) is a specific biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology, but its potential utility in non-White patient cohorts and patients with concomitant cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) is unknown.METHODS:
Single molecule array (Simoa) measurements of plasma P-tau181, total tau, amyloid beta (Aß)40 and Aß42, as well as derived ratios were correlated with neuroimaging modalities indicating brain amyloid (Aß+), hippocampal atrophy, and CeVD in a Singapore-based cohort of non-cognitively impaired (NCI; n = 43), cognitively impaired no dementia (CIND; n = 91), AD (n = 44), and vascular dementia (VaD; n = 22) subjects.RESULTS:
P-tau181/Aß42 ratio showed the highest area under the curve (AUC) for Aß+ (AUC = 0.889) and for discriminating between AD Aß+ and VaD Aß- subjects (AUC = 0.903). In addition, P-tau181/Aß42 ratio was associated with hippocampal atrophy. None of the biomarkers was associated with CeVD.DISCUSSION:
Plasma P-tau181/Aß42 ratio may be a noninvasive means of identifying AD with elevated brain amyloid in populations with concomitant CeVD.Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Peptide Fragments
/
Cerebrovascular Disorders
/
Amyloid beta-Peptides
/
Tau Proteins
/
Asian People
/
Alzheimer Disease
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
/
Incidence_studies
/
Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Alzheimers Dement
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Singapore