Diagnostic Value of CSF Biomarker Profile in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders
- Vol. 22 (1), 47-53
- https://doi.org/10.1097/wad.0b013e3181610fea
Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers have been increasingly studied in dementia clinical and differential diagnosis. We assessed levels of total tau protein (tauT), tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (tau P-181), and beta-amyloid1-42 (A beta 42) in 34 patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), 76 Alzheimer disease (AD) cases, and 93 controls (CTRL). Double sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Innogenetics) were used for measurements. Total tau was significantly increased and A beta 42 decreased in FTLD and AD patients as compared with CTRL. CSF tau P-181 levels were significantly increased only in AD. The tauT/A beta 42 ratio successfully discriminated FTLD from CTRL with a 86.7% specificity and 80.6% sensitivity, whereas the tauT alone was more specific (95.7%) but less sensitive (64.75%). For the discrimination of FTLD from AD, tauT/A beta 42 ratio was better (90.3% sensitivity and 64.5% specificity) compared with the other biomarkers alone or in combination, whereas tau P-181 was less sensitive but more specific (68.4% and 85.7%, respectively). Subtype analysis revealed that the most AD-like profile of biomarkers were observed in FTLD with motor neuron signs, whereas the most non-AD profile were observed in patients with primary progressive aphasia. Combined analysis of CSF biomarkers may be useful for the best possible antemortem discrimination of FTLD from AD.Keywords
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