Longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid biomarker trajectories along the Alzheimer's disease continuum in the BIOMARKAPD study.
Title | Longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid biomarker trajectories along the Alzheimer's disease continuum in the BIOMARKAPD study. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Lleó A, Alcolea D, Martínez-Lage P, Scheltens P, Parnetti L, Poirier J, Simonsen AH, Verbeek MM, Rosa-Neto P, Slot RER, Tainta M, Izaguirre A, Reijs BLR, Farotti L, Tsolaki M, Vandenbergue R, Freund-Levi Y, Verhey FRJ, Clarimón J, Fortea J, Frölich L, Santana I, Molinuevo JLuis, Lehmann S, Visser PJ, Teunissen CE, Zetterberg H, Blennow K |
Journal | Alzheimers Dement |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 6 |
Pagination | 742-753 |
Date Published | 2019 Jun |
ISSN | 1552-5279 |
Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Within-person trajectories of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are not well defined.METHODS: We included 467 subjects from the BIOMARKAPD study with at least two serial CSF samples. Diagnoses were subjective cognitive decline (n = 75), mild cognitive impairment (n = 128), and AD dementia (n = 110), and a group of cognitively unimpaired subjects (n = 154) were also included. We measured baseline and follow-up CSF levels of total tau (t-tau), phosphorylated tau (p-tau), YKL-40, and neurofilament light (NfL). Median CSF sampling interval was 2.1 years.RESULTS: CSF levels of t-tau, p-tau, NfL, and YKL-40 were 2% higher per each year of baseline age in controls (P <.001). In AD, t-tau levels were 1% lower (P <.001) and p-tau levels did not change per each year of baseline age. Longitudinally, only NfL (P <.001) and YKL-40 (P <.02) increased during the study period.DISCUSSION: All four CSF biomarkers increase with age, but this effect deviates in AD for t-tau and p-tau. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.01.015 |
Alternate Journal | Alzheimers Dement |
PubMed ID | 30967340 |