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ReviewBiosensors2025

Electrochemical Technology for the Detection of Tau Proteins as a Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease in Blood.

Jianman Wang, Xing Lu, Yao He

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Review in Biosensors, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jianman WangMacao Translational Medicine Center, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa 999078, Macau SAR, China.
Xing LuMacao Translational Medicine Center, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa 999078, Macau SAR, China.
Yao HeMacao Translational Medicine Center, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa 999078, Macau SAR, China.

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2024M762281National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFB3208200National Natural Science Foundation of China T2321005, 22393932, 21825402Science and Technology Development Fund, Macau SAR 0002/2022/AKP, 0115/2023/RIA2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder and a significant cause of dementia in elderly individuals, with a growing prevalence in our aging population. Extracellular amyloid-β peptides (Aβ), intracellular tau proteins, and their phosphorylated forms have gained prominence as critical biomarkers for early and precise diagnosis of AD, correlating with disease progression and response to therapy. The high costs and invasiveness of conventional diagnostic methods, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), limit their suitability for large-scale or routine screening. However, electrochemical (EC) analysis methods have made significant progress in disease detection due to their high sensitivity, excellent specificity, portability, and cost-effectiveness. This article reviews the progress in EC biosensing technologies, focusing on the detection of tau protein biomarkers in the blood (a low-invasive, accessible diagnostic medium). The article then discusses various EC sensing platforms, including their fabrication processes, limit of detection (LOD), sensitivity, and clinical potential to show the role of these sensors as transformers changing the face of AD diagnostics.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseBiosensing TechniquesElectrochemical Techniquestau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersHumansAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkerstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s disease (AD)biosensorselectrochemical detectionpoint-of-care diagnosticstau proteins

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PMID39996987
PMCPMC11853436

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