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ReviewMolecular and cellular neurosciences2019

Biomarkers for tau pathology.

Michael Schöll, Anne Maass, Niklas Mattsson, Nicholas J Ashton, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, William Jagust

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Review in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 142 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
142citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
13.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

142 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 225 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Twenty years of therapeutic development in tauopathy mouse models: a scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Michael SchöllWallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Clinical Memory Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK. Electronic address: michael.scholl@neuro.gu.se.
Anne MaassGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, Germany; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Niklas MattssonClinical Memory Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Neurology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Nicholas J AshtonWallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, London, UK.
Kaj BlennowDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK.
William JagustHelen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, USA; Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Lund University · SESahlgrenska University Hospital · SEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEKing's College London · GBLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of fibrils of hyperphosphorylated and C-terminally truncated microtubule-associated tau protein characterizes 80% of all dementia disorders, the most common neurodegenerative disorders. These so-called tauopathies are hitherto not curable and their diagnosis, especially at early disease stages, has traditionally proven difficult. A keystone in the diagnosis of tauopathies was the development of methods to assess levels of tau protein in vivo in cerebrospinal fluid, which has significantly improved our knowledge about these conditions. Tau proteins have also been measured in blood, but the importance of tau-related changes in blood is still unclear. The recent addition of positron emission tomography ligands to visualize, map and quantify tau pathology has further contributed with information about the temporal and spatial characteristics of tau accumulation in the living brain. Together, the measurement of tau with fluid biomarkers and positron emission tomography constitutes the basis for a highly active field of research. This review describes the current state of biomarkers for tau biomarkers derived from neuroimaging and from the analysis of bodily fluids and their roles in the detection, diagnosis and prognosis of tau-associated neurodegenerative disorders, as well as their associations with neuropathological findings, and aims to provide a perspective on how these biomarkers might be employed prospectively in research and clinical settings.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBiomarkersBrainHumansPositron-Emission TomographyTauopathiestau ProteinsBiomarkerstau Proteins

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PMCPMC6584358
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