2024
Head-to-head comparison of [18F]-Flortaucipir, [18F]-MK-6240 and [18F]-PI-2620 postmortem binding across the spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases
Aguero C, Dhaynaut M, Amaral A, Moon S, Neelamegam R, Scapellato M, Carazo-Casas C, Kumar S, El Fakhri G, Johnson K, Frosch M, Normandin M, Gómez-Isla T. Head-to-head comparison of [18F]-Flortaucipir, [18F]-MK-6240 and [18F]-PI-2620 postmortem binding across the spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. Acta Neuropathologica 2024, 147: 25. PMID: 38280071, PMCID: PMC10822013, DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02672-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-AD tauopathiesTau aggregationTau PET tracersDNA-binding proteinsBinds to neurofibrillary tanglesSecond-generation tau tracersTransactive response DNA-binding proteinSpectrum of neurodegenerative diseasesNeurofibrillary tanglesTau lesionsMelanin-containing cellsTDP-43Binding signalTauopathiesBinding targetsCerebral amyloid angiopathyOff-target bindingB-amyloidBinding patternsNeurodegenerative diseasesTau tracersTauBinding to areasBinding profilesBinding
2023
TauPETGen: Text-Conditional Tau PET Image Synthesis Based on Latent Diffusion Models
Jang S, Gomez C, Thibault E, Becker J, Dong Y, Normandin M, Price J, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Gong K. TauPETGen: Text-Conditional Tau PET Image Synthesis Based on Latent Diffusion Models. 2023, 00: 1-1. DOI: 10.1109/nssmicrtsd49126.2023.10338710.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Network Tau spreading is vulnerable to the expression gradients of APOE and glutamatergic-related genes
Montal V, Diez I, Kim C, Orwig W, Bueichekú E, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga R, Bejanin A, Pegueroles J, Dols-Icardo O, Vannini P, El-Fakhri G, Johnson K, Sperling R, Fortea J, Sepulcre J. Network Tau spreading is vulnerable to the expression gradients of APOE and glutamatergic-related genes. Science Translational Medicine 2022, 14: eabn7273. PMID: 35895837, PMCID: PMC9942690, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abn7273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau spreadingIntracellular accumulation of tau proteinAccumulation of tau proteinAlzheimer's diseasePathological tau accumulationGenetic gradientGenetic dataTau proteinNeurofibrillary tanglesSynaptic genesTau accumulationGenetic traitsGenesDrug development strategiesExpression gradientIntracellular accumulationTauExpressionCognitively normal older participantsHuman brain cortexTanglesProteinApoTraitsAlzheimer
2019
Autoradiography validation of novel tau PET tracer [F-18]-MK-6240 on human postmortem brain tissue
Aguero C, Dhaynaut M, Normandin M, Amaral A, Guehl N, Neelamegam R, Marquie M, Johnson K, El Fakhri G, Frosch M, Gomez-Isla T. Autoradiography validation of novel tau PET tracer [F-18]-MK-6240 on human postmortem brain tissue. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2019, 7: 37. PMID: 30857558, PMCID: PMC6410510, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-019-0686-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIn vivo detection of neurofibrillary tanglesNeurofibrillary tanglesDetection of neurofibrillary tanglesAlzheimer's diseaseTDP-43Binds to neurofibrillary tanglesFrontotemporal lobar degeneration-tauOff-target bindingDNA-binding protein 43Binding patternsNon-Alzheimer tauopathiesHuman postmortem brain tissueTau aggregationPostmortem brain tissueBinding signalBinding targetsCerebral amyloid angiopathyIn vivo detectionB-amyloidNeurodegenerative diseasesHuman brain tissueTauTau positron emission tomographyBindingMK-6240
2018
Neurogenetic contributions to amyloid beta and tau spreading in the human cortex
Sepulcre J, Grothe M, d’Oleire Uquillas F, Ortiz-Terán L, Diez I, Yang H, Jacobs H, Hanseeuw B, Li Q, El-Fakhri G, Sperling R, Johnson K. Neurogenetic contributions to amyloid beta and tau spreading in the human cortex. Nature Medicine 2018, 24: 1910-1918. PMID: 30374196, PMCID: PMC6518398, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-018-0206-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmyloid-betaGenetic profileIdentified distinct pathwaysTau positron emission tomography imagingTau propagationTau pathwayTau spreadingGenetic backgroundAllen Human Brain AtlasDistinct pathwaysAlzheimer's diseaseTauLipid metabolismAb accumulationAdult individualsPathwayHuman Brain AtlasPathological progressionTranscriptomeMechanisms of pathological progressionBetaAmyloidProteinopathiesNeuronal circuitsApo
2017
Tau and amyloid β proteins distinctively associate to functional network changes in the aging brain
Sepulcre J, Sabuncu M, Li Q, Fakhri G, Sperling R, Johnson K. Tau and amyloid β proteins distinctively associate to functional network changes in the aging brain. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2017, 13: 1261-1269. PMID: 28366797, PMCID: PMC5623176, DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.02.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAging brainFunctional connectivityAlzheimer's disease-related pathologyCognitively normal individualsPositron emission tomography scanHyperconnected regionsFunctional network changesMisfolded tauDisease-related pathologyBrain areasEmission tomography scanAmyloid-bFunctional reorganizationB proteinHuman brainNeuronal circuitsTauBrainNeuronal functionNegative associationAmyloidCortical patternsNetwork changesElderly subjectsPositive association