Abstract
Reliable blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are missing. We measured astroglial GFAP in patients with AD (n = 28), frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD, n = 35), Parkinson's disease (n = 11), Lewy body dementias (n = 19), and controls (n = 34). Serum GFAP was increased in AD (p < 0.001) and DLB/PDD (p < 0.01), and cerebrospinal fluid GFAP was increased in all neurodegenerative diseases (p < 0.001). Serum GFAP correlated with the Mini-Mental State Examination score (r = -0.42, p < 0.001) and might be a follow-up marker in clinical trials. Sensitivity and specificity of serum GFAP for AD versus bvFTD was 89% and 79% and might be the first blood biomarker in the differential diagnosis of AD and bvFTD.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Medicine |
Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health |
ISSN: | 1387-2877 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 80873 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Dec 2021, 14:55 |
Last Modified: | 15. Dec 2021, 14:55 |