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Fully synthetic phosphorylated Tau181, Tau217, and Tau231 calibrators for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis

BackgroundThe calibrator in immunoassay plays an essential role in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Presently, the most well-studied biomarkers for AD diagnosis are three phosphorylated Tau (p-Tau): p-Tau231, p-Tau217, and p-Tau181. Glycogen synthase-3beta (GSK3β)-phosphorated Tau-441 is the most commonly used calibrator for p-Tau immunoassays. However, the batch-to-batch inconsistency issue of the commonly used GSK3β-phosphorylated Tau-441 limits […]

Published on January 15, 2024

Association between inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease: a prospective cohort study of 468,556 UK biobank participants

IntroductionInflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are both chronic, progressive disorders. As such, given the inconclusive results of extensive research on the association between IBD and PD, our study intends to examine this relationship further using the UK Biobank database.MethodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study using the Cox proportional hazards model, analyzing data […]

Published on January 15, 2024

From theory to practice: translating the concept of cognitive resilience to novel therapeutic targets that maintain cognition in aging adults

While the concept of cognitive resilience is well-established it has not been defined in a way that can be measured. This has been an impediment to studying its underlying biology and to developing instruments for its clinical assessment. This perspective highlights recent work that has quantified the expression of cortical proteins associated with cognitive resilience, […]

Published on January 12, 2024