Ultrasensitive Detection of Plasma Amyloid-β as a Biomarker for Cognitively Normal Elderly Individuals at Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Autor: Kevin Taddei, Hugo Vanderstichele, Ralph N. Martins, Preeti Dave, Mitra Elmi, Kaj Blennow, Pratishtha Chatterjee, Cintia B. Dias, Steve Pedrini, Tejal M. Shah, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Kathryn Goozee, Prita R. Asih, Kaikai Shen, Henrik Zetterberg
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD. 71(3)
ISSN: 1875-8908
Popis: Background: Aberrant amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition in the brain occurs two decades prior to the manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical symptoms and therefore brain Aβ load measured using PET serves as a gold standard biomarker for the early diagnosis of AD. However, the uneconomical nature of PET makes blood markers, that reflect brain Aβ deposition, attractive candidates for investigation as surrogate markers. Objective:Investigation of plasma Aβ as a surrogate marker for brain Aβ deposition in cognitively normal elderly individuals. Methods: Plasma Aβ40 and Aβ42 concentrations were measured using the ultrasensitive Single Molecule Array (Simoa) assay in 95 cognitively normal elderly individuals, who have all undergone PET to assess brain Aβ deposition. Based on the standard uptake value ratios (SUVR) obtained from PET imaging, using the tracer 18F-Florbetaben, plasma Aβ was compared between 32 participants assessed to have low brain Aβ load (Aβ–, SUVR
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