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ArticleNature aging2023

CSF tau phosphorylation occupancies at T217 and T205 represent improved biomarkers of amyloid and tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease.

Nicolas R Barthélemy, Benjamin Saef, Yan Li, Brian A Gordon, Yingxin He, Kanta Horie, Erik Stomrud, Gemma Salvadó, Shorena Janelidze, Chihiro Sato and 9 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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122citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Nicolas R BarthélemyDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. barthelemy.nicolas@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4937-2860
Benjamin SaefDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Yan LiDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Brian A GordonDepartment of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2109-2955
Yingxin HeDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Kanta HorieDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7736-2614
Erik StomrudClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Gemma SalvadóClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Shorena JanelidzeClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Chihiro SatoDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Vitaliy OvodDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Rachel L HensonDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Anne M FaganDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Tammie L S BenzingerDepartment of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8114-0552
Chengjie XiongKnight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
John C MorrisDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Oskar HanssonClinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8467-7286
Randall J BatemanDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7729-1702
Suzanne E SchindlerDepartment of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. schindler.s.e@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1680-1465
Washington University in St. Louis · USLund University · SE

Funding

Project 1U19AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI Paul S. Aisen · 2016 to 2026
$226.7M
Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN MORRIS · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
Imaging CoreU19AG032438 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BATEMAN, RANDALL J · 2010 to 2025
$53.9M
The natural history of AB accumulation in preclinical ADP01AG026276 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 2005 to 2025
$49.5M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066444 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID M. HOLTZMAN · 2020 to 2026
$28.7M
Blood amyloid-beta relationship with amyloid plaques and CSF amyloid-betaRF1AG061900 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BATEMAN, RANDALL J · 2019 to 2020
$6.9M
Staging Alzheimer disease with blood-based biomarkersR01AG070941 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINDLER, SUZANNE ELIZABETH · 2021 to 2025
$4.3M
Blood amyloid-beta relationship with amyloid plaques and CSF amyloid-betaR56AG061900 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BATEMAN, RANDALL J · 2018 to 2018
$1.4M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG003991NIA NIH HHS P01 AG026276NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066444NIA NIH HHS R01 AG070941NIA NIH HHS R56 AG061900NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG061900NIA NIH HHS U19 AG024904NIA NIH HHS U19 AG032438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) amyloid-β peptide (Aβ)42/Aβ40 and the concentration of tau phosphorylated at site 181 (p-tau181) are well-established biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The present study used mass spectrometry to measure concentrations of nine phosphorylated and five nonphosphorylated tau species and phosphorylation occupancies (percentage phosphorylated/nonphosphorylated) at ten sites. In the present study we show that, in 750 individuals with a median age of 71.2 years, CSF pT217/T217 predicted the presence of brain amyloid by positron emission tomography (PET) slightly better than Aβ42/Aβ40 (P = 0.02). Furthermore, for individuals with positive brain amyloid by PET (n = 263), CSF pT217/T217 was more strongly correlated with the amount of amyloid (Spearman's ρ = 0.69) than Aβ42/Aβ40 (ρ = -0.42, P < 0.0001). In two independent cohorts of participants with symptoms of AD dementia (n = 55 and n = 90), CSF pT217/T217 and pT205/T205 were better correlated with tau PET measures than CSF p-tau181 concentration. These findings suggest that CSF pT217/T217 and pT205/T205 represent improved CSF biomarkers of amyloid and tau pathology in AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAgedAmyloidBiomarkersHumansPeptide FragmentsPhosphorylationtau ProteinsAmyloidBiomarkersPeptide Fragmentstau Proteins

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PMID37117788
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