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Advances in progressive supranuclear palsy: new diagnostic criteria, biomarkers, and therapeutic approaches

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Boxer, Adam L, Yu, Jin-Tai, Golbe, Lawrence I, Litvan, Irene, Lang, Anthony E, Höglinger, Günter U·2017·The Lancet Neurology

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Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), previously believed to be a common cause of atypical parkinsonism, is now recognised as a range of motor and behavioural syndromes that are associated with a characteristic 4-repeat tau neuropathology. New research criteria that recognise early presentations of PSP and operationalise diagnosis of the full spectrum of clinical phenotypes have been reported. The Movement Disorders Society PSP diagnostic criteria include syndromes with few or mild symptoms that are suggestive of underlying PSP pathology and could provide an opportunity for earlier therapeutic interventions in the future. These criteria also include definitions for variant PSP syndromes with different patterns of movement, language, or behavioural features than have been conclusively associated with PSP pathology. Data from new diagnostic biomarkers can be combined with the clinical features of disease to increase the specificity of the new criteria for underlying PSP pathology. Because PSP is associated with tau protein abnormalities, there is growing interest in clinical trials of new tau-directed therapies. These therapies are hypothesised to have disease-modifying effects by reducing the concentration of toxic forms of tau in the brain or by compensating for loss of tau function. Since tau pathology is also central to Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a successful tau therapeutic for PSP might inform treatment of other neurodegenerative diseases.

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  • Although the presence of an overt frontotemporal dementia syndrome can be defined on the basis of established criteria, there are no such criteria for the prodromal forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration, except for progressive supranuclear palsy.

    “Although the presence of an overt frontotemporal dementia syndrome can be defined on the basis of established criteria, there are no such criteria for the prodromal forms of fronto temporal lobar degeneration, except for progressive supranuclear See Online for appendix Review palsy.31”
  • Neuropathologically, PSP is defined by accumulation of pTau in both neurons and glial cells.

    “Neuropathologically, PSP is defined by the accumulation of pTau in both neurons and glial cells.369”

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Authors
Boxer, A. L., Yu, J.-T., Golbe, L. I., Litvan, I., Lang, A. E., & Höglinger, G. U.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Qingdao University (CN)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
Corresponding author
Boxer, Adam L
Venue
The Lancet Neurology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-07
Volume
16
Issue
7
Pages
552-563
ISSN
1474-4422 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2625168757
Cited by
485
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 45 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 7
FWCI
6.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
  • DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HO2402/6‐2)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (P50AG005131, U01AG045390, R01AG038791, P01AG019724)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T35HL007491)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U01NS086659, U54NS092089)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
progressive supranuclear palsy, diagnostic criteria, tau pathology, 4-repeat tau, biomarkers, atypical parkinsonism, disease-modifying therapy, neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy
MeSH terms
Humans, Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive, Biomarkers

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