Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
Volume
14
Issue
1
Publisher
Wiley
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
54178
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council Enigma Australia
Grant Number
NHMRC Number: APP1132604, APP1140853, APP1152623
Grant Link
https://researchdata.edu.au/big-nhmrc-adnet-app1152623-rowe/1607739/?refer_q=rows=15/sort=score%20desc/class=activity/p=1/q=APP1152623/
Abstract
Introduction: We evaluated a new Simoa plasma assay for phosphorylated tau (P-tau) at aa217 enhanced by additional p-tau sites (p217+tau). Methods: Plasma p217+tau levels were compared to 18F-NAV4694 amyloid beta (Aβ) positron emission tomography (PET) and 18F-MK6240 tau PET in 174 cognitively impaired (CI) and 223 cognitively unimpaired (CU) participants. Results: Compared to Aβ− CU, the plasma levels of p217+tau increased 2-fold in Aβ+ CU and 3.5-fold in Aβ+ CI. In Aβ− the p217+tau levels did not differ significantly between CU and CI. P217+tau correlated with Aβ centiloids P =.67 (CI, P =.64; CU, P =.45) and tau SUVRMT P =.63 (CI, P =.69; CU, P =.34). Area under curve (AUC) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia versus Aβ− CU was 0.94, for AD dementia versus other dementia was 0.93, for Aβ+ versus Aβ− PET was 0.89, and for tau+ versus tau− PET was 0.89. Discussion: Plasma p217+tau levels elevate early in the AD continuum and correlate well with Aβ and tau PET.
DOI
10.1002/dad2.12307
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Comments
Doré, V., Doecke, J. D., Saad, Z. S., Triana-Baltzer, G., Slemmon, R., Krishnadas, N., . . . Rowe, C. C. (2022). Plasma p217+tau versus NAV4694 amyloid and MK6240 tau PET across the Alzheimer's continuum. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 14(1), article e12307. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12307