title: CSF Abeta42 and tau or phosphorylated tau and prediction of progressive mild cognitive impairment.
abstract: Baseline CSF amyloid beta-peptide-42 (Abeta42), tau, and phosphorylated tau (P-tau) levels from 46 control subjects and 78 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were measured. Twenty-three patients with MCI developed dementia during the study. Abnormal biomarkers were found early in the course of Alzheimer disease (AD). The most predictive assay for AD among the patients with MCI was the combination of Abeta42 and P-tau.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology,University of Kuopio, Finland. .
authors.forename: Sanna-Kaisa
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Herukka
authors.forename: Merja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hallikainen
authors.forename: Hilkka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soininen
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pirttilä
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016874:Neurofibrillary Tangles / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D058225:Plaque, Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D015415:Biomarkers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42); D016875:tau Proteins