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CSF glial markers are elevated in a subset of patients with genetic frontotempo...
Woollacott, Ione O. C.; Swift, Imogen J.; Sogorb‐Esteve, Aitana; Heller, Carolin; Knowles, Kathryn; Bouzigues, Arabella; Russell, Lucy L.Background: Neuroinflammation has been shown to be an important pathophysiological disease mechanism in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). This includes activation of microglia, a process that can be measured in life through assaying different glia-derived biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid. However, only a few studies so far have taken place in FTD, and even fewer focusing on the genetic forms of FTD. Methods: We i...
Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated fron...
Heller, Carolin; Foiani, Martha S.; Moore, Katrina; Convery, Rhian; Bocchetta, Martina; Neason, Mollie; Cash, David M.; Thomas, DavidBackground: There are few validated fluid biomarkers in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a measure of astrogliosis, a known pathological process of FTD, but has yet to be explored as potential biomarker. Methods: Plasma GFAP and neurofilament light chain (NfL) concentration were measured in 469 individuals enrolled in the Genetic FTD Initiative: 114 C9orf72 expansion carr...
White matter hyperintensities in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia...
Sudre, Carole H.; Bocchetta, Martina; Heller, Carolin; Convery, Rhian; Neason, Mollie; Moore, Katrina M.; Cash, David M.; Thomas, David L.Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders with both sporadic and genetic forms. Mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) are a common cause of genetic FTD, causing either a behavioural presentation or, less commonly, language impairment. Presence on T2-weighted images of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) has been previously shown to be more commonly associated with G...
Clinical value of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light chain in semantic dem...
Meeter, Lieke H. H.; Steketee, Rebecca M. E.; Salkovic, Dina; Vos, Maartje E.; Grossman, Murray; McMillan, Corey T.; Irwin, David J.; Boxer, Adam L.Background: Semantic dementia (SD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by progressive language problems falling within the clinicopathological spectrum of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). The development of disease-modifying agents may be facilitated by the relative clinical and pathological homogeneity of SD, but we need robust monitoring biomarkers to measure their efficacy. In different FT...