2017
[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
2016
Discovery of a Highly Selective Glycogen Synthase Kinase‐3 Inhibitor (PF‐04802367) That Modulates Tau Phosphorylation in the Brain: Translation for PET Neuroimaging
Liang S, Chen J, Normandin M, Chang J, Chang G, Taylor C, Trapa P, Plummer M, Para K, Conn E, Lopresti‐Morrow L, Lanyon L, Cook J, Richter K, Nolan C, Schachter J, Janat F, Che Y, Shanmugasundaram V, Lefker B, Enerson B, Livni E, Wang L, Guehl N, Patnaik D, Wagner F, Perlis R, Holson E, Haggarty S, Fakhri G, Kurumbail R, Vasdev N. Discovery of a Highly Selective Glycogen Synthase Kinase‐3 Inhibitor (PF‐04802367) That Modulates Tau Phosphorylation in the Brain: Translation for PET Neuroimaging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55: 9601-9605. PMID: 27355874, PMCID: PMC4983481, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlycogen synthase kinase-3Tau phosphorylationPET neuroimagingPET imaging studiesModulation of tau phosphorylationNon-human primatesRegulate multiple cellular processesModulates tau phosphorylationMultiple cellular processesBrainBrain permeabilityImaging studiesCellular processesDisplaceable bindingKinase-3