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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2022

Biofluid-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease-related pathologies: An update and synthesis of the literature.

Henrik Zetterberg

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In one paragraph

Review in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.3field-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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Testing effects of paced breathing on plasma Aβ and brain perivascular spaces.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2026
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  6. Physical activity across the life course and neural biomarkers.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026
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  10. Anticipating the Future in an Uncertain Present: How Individuals Living With Medically Unexplained Cognitive Complaints Value Biomarker-Based Prognostics.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  14. Plasma p-tau immunoassays in clinical research for Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  18. Head-to-head comparison of tau PET tracers [Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2024
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
UK Dementia Research Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The past few years have seen an explosion in sensitive and specific assays for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders, as well as some novel assays based on pathological seed-induced protein misfolding in patient samples. Here, I review this exciting field that promises to transform dementia diagnostics and disease monitoring. I discuss data on biomarkers for amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and glial activation, mention the most promising biomarkers for α-synuclein and TDP-43 pathology, and highlight the need for further research into common co-pathologies. Finally, I consider practical aspects of blood-based biomarker-supported AD diagnostics and emphasize the importance of biomarker interpretation in a full clinical context.

Indexed as

Alzheimer Diseasealpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersDNA-Binding ProteinsHumanstau Proteinsalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersDNA-Binding Proteinstau ProteinsAlzheimer's diseaseamyloidbiomarkersbloodcerebrospinal fluidglial fibrillary acidic proteinneurofilament lightplasmasynucleintauTDP-43

Identifiers

PMID35213777
PMCPMC9514308
OpenAlexW4214755754

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