Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein and Phosphorated Tau 181 Association with Presynaptic Density-Dependent Tau Pathology at 18F-SynVesT-1 Brain PET Imaging.
Wu J, Li B, Wang J, Huang Q, Chen X, You Z, He K, Guo Q, Li S, Huang Y, Guo T, Dai W, Xiang W, Chen W, Yang D, Zhao J, Guan Y, Xie F, Wolfe S. Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein and Phosphorated Tau 181 Association with Presynaptic Density-Dependent Tau Pathology at 18F-SynVesT-1 Brain PET Imaging. Radiology 2024, 313: e233019. PMID: 39560478, PMCID: PMC11605102, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.233019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP-tau-181Alzheimer's diseaseAD-related pathologyAmyloid-bPhosphor-tauTau pathologySynaptic densityTau accumulationSynaptic lossTauTau-PETDecreased synaptic densityGlial fibrillary acidic proteinPlasma glial fibrillary acidic proteinCortical thicknessAcidic proteinFibrillary acidic proteinRuijin HospitalProspective studyRelationship of plasmaBlood assayBlood markersPET/MRIBrain PET imagingPET imagingA pilot study to evaluate the effect of CT1812 treatment on synaptic density and other biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease
van Dyck C, Mecca A, O’Dell R, Bartlett H, Diepenbrock N, Huang Y, Hamby M, Grundman M, Catalano S, Caggiano A, Carson R. A pilot study to evaluate the effect of CT1812 treatment on synaptic density and other biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2024, 16: 20. PMID: 38273408, PMCID: PMC10809445, DOI: 10.1186/s13195-024-01382-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMild to moderate dementiaPositron emission tomographyAlzheimer's diseaseVolumetric MRIModerate dementiaClinical rating scalesSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2ACerebrospinal fluidMouse model of ADPharmacodynamic effectsPlacebo-controlled phase 1 clinical trialBiomarkers of AD pathologyClinical trialsCognitive measuresNominally significant differencesPhase 1 clinical trialModel of ADHippocampal cortexPhase 1/2 studyRating ScaleParallel-group trialSynaptic densityTrial registrationThe clinical trialPlacebo-controlledSigma-2 receptor ligands