April 2021 Simoa® Publications:

Neurology: Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease

Plasma P-tau181 to Aβ42 ratio is associated with brain amyloid burden and hippocampal atrophy in an Asian cohort of Alzheimer’s disease patients with concomitant cerebrovascular disease

Chong JR, et al.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Plasma pTau181 predicts cortical brain atrophy in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

Tissot C, et al.
Alzheimers Res Ther. 2021;13:69

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Selective removal of astrocytic APOE4 strongly protects against tau-mediated neurodegeneration and decreases synaptic phagocytosis by microglia

Wang C, et al.
Neuron. 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Plasma levels of phosphorylated tau 181 are associated with cerebral metabolic dysfunction in cognitively impaired and amyloid-positive individuals

Lussier FZ, et al.
Brain Communications. 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Physiological clearance of amyloid-beta by the kidney and its therapeutic potential for Alzheimer’s disease

Tian DY, et al.
Molecular Psychiatry. 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Elevated plasma neurofilament light predicts a faster rate of cognitive decline over 5 years in participants with objectively-defined subtle cognitive decline and MCI

Bangen KJ, et al.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. 2021

Alzheimer’s Disease

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A randomized, double-blind, phase 2b proof-of-concept clinical trial in early Alzheimer’s disease with lecanemab, an anti-Aβ protofibril antibody

Swanson CJ, et al.
Alzheimers Res Ther. 2021;13:80

Alzheimer’s Disease

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Amyloid related cerebral microbleed and plasma Aβ40 are associated with cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease

Tsai HH, et al.
Sci Rep. 2021;11:7115

Parkinson’s Disease

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