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Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for differentiation of frontotemporal lobar degeneration from Alzheimer's disease

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Irwin, David J., Trojanowski, John Q., Grossman, Murray·2013·Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

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Accurate ante mortem diagnosis in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is crucial to the development and implementation of etiology-based therapies. Several neurodegenerative disease-associated proteins, including the major protein constituents of inclusions in Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with amyloid-beta (Aβ(1-42)) plaque and tau neurofibrillary tangle pathology, can be measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for diagnostic applications. Comparative studies using autopsy-confirmed samples suggest that CSF total-tau (t-tau) and Aβ(1-42) levels can accurately distinguish FTLD from AD, with a high t-tau to Aβ(1-42) ratio diagnostic of AD; however, there is also an urgent need for FTLD-specific biomarkers. These analytes will require validation in large autopsy-confirmed cohorts and face challenges of standardization of within- and between-laboratory sources of error. In addition, CSF biomarkers with prognostic utility and longitudinal study of CSF biomarker levels over the course of disease are also needed. Current goals in the field include identification of analytes that are easily and reliably measured and can be used alone or in a multi-modal approach to provide an accurate prediction of underlying neuropathology for use in clinical trials of disease modifying treatments in FTLD. To achieve these goals it will be of the utmost importance to view neurodegenerative disease, including FTLD, as a clinicopathological entity, rather than exclusively a clinical syndrome.

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Authors
Irwin, D. J., Trojanowski, J. Q., & Grossman, M.
Affiliations
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Grossman, Murray
Venue
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Published
2013
Volume
5
Pages
6-6
ISSN
1663-4365 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2106839031
Cited by
96
References
142
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FWCI
7.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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cc-by
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  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Wyncote Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (AG 10 124, AG000255, AG 17586)
  • National Institute on Aging (P30AG010124, P01AG017586, T32AG000255)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P50NS053488, R01NS044266)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, differential diagnosis, tau protein, amyloid-beta, neurodegenerative diseases, disease-modifying therapy, biomarker standardization

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