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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

Cross-cohort NULISAseq identifies tau-anchored CSF and plasma-specific signatures across the amyloid-positive Alzheimer's disease.

Lan Ding, Menghan Zheng, Simiao Wang, Wenying Liu, Yumei Liang, Siqi Xie, Ting Yang, Dandan Sheng, Shuheng Wang, Jianpeng Sheng and 2 more

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Lan DingChinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing (CIMR), Capital Medical University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Menghan ZhengInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Simiao WangInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Wenying LiuInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Yumei LiangInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Siqi XieInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Ting YangInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Dandan ShengInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Shuheng WangInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, P. R. China.
Jianpeng ShengChinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing (CIMR), Capital Medical University, Beijing, P. R. China.
Jianping JiaChinese Institutes for Medical Research, Beijing (CIMR), Capital Medical University, Beijing, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-0336
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Funding

Project 1U19AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI Duygu Tosun-Turgut · 2016 to 2026
$226.7M
Chinese Institutes for Medical Research CX23YZ15National Key Research and Development Program of China STI2030-Major Projects - 2021ZD0201802National Natural Science Foundation of China U20A20354NIA NIH HHS U19 AG024904U.S. Department of Defense (DOD ADNI) W81XWH-12-2-0012
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Abstract

introductionATN-stratified cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteomic signals may partly reflect classifier tau immunoassays; reproducible non-tau signals and CSF-plasma differences remain unclear.

methodsWe profiled CSF from 60 A

resultsEight CSF proteins met the cross-cohort criterion within at least one matched contrast: pTau-217, pTau-181, pTau-231, MAPT, SMOC1, MDH1, VSNL1, and FABP3. NULISA tau correlated with INNOTEST (ρ = 0.75-0.85) and Elecsys (ρ = 0.65-0.68). T and N classifications agreed for 94.6% of ADNI participants (κ = 0.880); after adjustment for CSF pTau-217, all 12 associations involving the four non-tau proteins retained their direction and FDR support. In CSF, Elecsys p-tau181 and NULISA tau-family analytes had the strongest cognitive correlations (mean |ρ| = 0.35 and 0.29-0.34, respectively), followed by FABP3 (0.24). Adding the four-protein block after tau increased cross-validated R DISCUSSION: CSF NULISAseq identified a reproducible tau-associated signature across A

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Alzheimer Diseasetau ProteinsAgedAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleProteomicsAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkerstau ProteinsAlzheimer's diseaseATN frameworkcerebrospinal fluid proteomicsNULISAseqplasma biomarkerstau

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