title: CSF phosphorylated tau is a possible marker for discriminating Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies. Phospho-Tau International Study Group.
abstract: Tau and beta-amyloid (1-42) (Abeta42) are two independent markers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present study, biochemical markers were validated as tools for differential diagnosis between AD and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Tau, Abeta42 and phospho-tau (181P) were measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from controls (n=40) and from patients with AD (n=80) or DLB (n=43) using the HT7-AT270 assay (prototype version). In comparison with AD, in DLB no differences were found for Abeta42 and lower phospho-tau. ROC analysis was used to compare the discriminatory power of total tau with that of phospho-tau. The area under the curve (AUC) amounted to 0.782 +/- 0.048 (mean +/- SE) for tau and to 0.839 +/- 0.042 for phospho-tau (p = 0.039) for differentiation of AD from DLB. The present results indicate that CSF phospho-tau may be a good marker for differentiation between AD and DLB.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Department, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parnetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amici
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gallai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vanmechelen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hulstaert
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D020961:Lewy Body Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D016875:tau Proteins