2021
Locus coeruleus integrity as a proxy of initial tau burden: in vivo versus ex vivo observations
Jacobs H, Becker A, Kwong K, Engels N, Prokopiou P, Papp K, Properzi M, Hampton O, Sanchez J, Rentz D, Fakhri G, Normandin M, Bennett D, Sperling R, Johnson K. Locus coeruleus integrity as a proxy of initial tau burden: in vivo versus ex vivo observations. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2021, 17 DOI: 10.1002/alz.056391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHarvard Aging Brain StudyMini-Mental State ExaminationLC integrityLocus coeruleusMini-Mental State Examination scoreNeuronal densityTangle densityLocus coeruleus integrityAging Brain StudyTau pathologyAlzheimer's diseaseAD-related processesVertex-wiseTemporal regionsBraak stageLC measurementsMini-MentalMCI/AD patientsState ExaminationBrain studiesPiB-PET imagingTau-PETPET measurementsPiB-PETTangle burden
2017
Lessons learned about [F-18]-AV-1451 off-target binding from an autopsy-confirmed Parkinson’s case
Marquié M, Verwer E, Meltzer A, Kim S, Agüero C, Gonzalez J, Makaretz S, Siao Tick Chong M, Ramanan P, Amaral A, Normandin M, Vanderburg C, Gomperts S, Johnson K, Frosch M, Gómez-Isla T. Lessons learned about [F-18]-AV-1451 off-target binding from an autopsy-confirmed Parkinson’s case. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2017, 5: 75. PMID: 29047416, PMCID: PMC5648451, DOI: 10.1186/s40478-017-0482-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyBasal gangliaBinding to neuromelaninPositron emission tomography studiesDementia of AD typeInferior temporal cortexParkinson's diseaseTau pathologyPositron emission tomography scanAlzheimer's diseaseMild cognitive impairmentTemporal cortexAutoradiographic bindingBrain regionsNeurofibrillary tau pathologyOccipital cortexPositron emission tomography signalCognitive impairmentPostmortem materialEntorhinal cortexSubstantia nigraParenchymal hemorrhagePD diagnosisAutoradiography experimentsChoroid plexus[F-18]-AV-1451 binding correlates with postmortem neurofibrillary tangle Braak staging
Marquié M, Siao Tick Chong M, Antón-Fernández A, Verwer E, Sáez-Calveras N, Meltzer A, Ramanan P, Amaral A, Gonzalez J, Normandin M, Frosch M, Gómez-Isla T. [F-18]-AV-1451 binding correlates with postmortem neurofibrillary tangle Braak staging. Acta Neuropathologica 2017, 134: 619-628. PMID: 28612291, PMCID: PMC5772971, DOI: 10.1007/s00401-017-1740-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurofibrillary tanglesNeurofibrillary tau pathologyTau burdenBraak stageStaging of neurofibrillary tanglesBrain regionsAccurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's diseaseTau pathologyPhospho-tauStereotyped spatiotemporal patternBraak NFT stageNeurofibrillary tangle Braak stagePhosphor-screen autoradiographyAlzheimer's diseaseMild cognitive impairmentTau measuresNFT stageCognitively normal controlsObserved patternBraakCognitive impairmentWestern blottingBindingDiagnosis of Alzheimer's diseaseBraak staging of neurofibrillary tangles
2015
Validating novel tau positron emission tomography tracer [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 (T807) on postmortem brain tissue
Marquié M, Normandin M, Vanderburg C, Costantino I, Bien E, Rycyna L, Klunk W, Mathis C, Ikonomovic M, Debnath M, Vasdev N, Dickerson B, Gomperts S, Growdon J, Johnson K, Frosch M, Hyman B, Gómez-Isla T. Validating novel tau positron emission tomography tracer [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 (T807) on postmortem brain tissue. Annals Of Neurology 2015, 78: 787-800. PMID: 26344059, PMCID: PMC4900162, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau filamentsAlzheimer brainsTDP-43Paired helical filamentsDNA-binding proteinsIn vitro binding assaysFrontotemporal lobar degeneration-tauBinding to tau lesionsDNA-binding protein 43Tauopathy brainsHelical filamentsBrain tau pathologyTau pathologyTau lesionsSubstrate-specificBinding proteinPostmortem brain tissueCerebral amyloid angiopathyPhosphor-screen autoradiographyOff-target bindingB-amyloidAlzheimer's diseaseBinding assaysTauProtein 43