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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2025

Sex differences on tau, astrocytic, and neurodegenerative plasma biomarkers.

Jacob Labonte, Michael A Sugarman, Erika Pettway, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Nicholas J Ashton, Thomas K Karikari, Hugo J Aparicio, Brandon Frank, Yorghos Tripodis and 18 more

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Sex differences inFrontiers in dementia · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Jacob LabonteBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-6172-2248
Michael A SugarmanBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Erika PettwayBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Kaj BlennowClinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Nicholas J AshtonDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Thomas K KarikariClinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Hugo J AparicioBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Brandon FrankBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Yorghos TripodisBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Brett MartinBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-9158-7190
Joseph N PalmisanoBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Eric G SteinbergBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0829-8166
Irene SimkinDepartment of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-0591-7372
Lindsay A FarrerBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Gyungah R JunDepartment of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine W TurkBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6833-5494
Andrew E BudsonBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Maureen K O'ConnorBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Rhoda AuBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Lee E GoldsteinBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Robert A SternBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Thor D SteinBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Ann C McKeeBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Wei Qiao QiuBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Jesse MezBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Sarah J BanksDepartments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Michael L AloscoBoston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and BU CTE Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8113-8428

Funding

Project-005UL1TR001430 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BAIR-MERRITT, MEGAN H, CENTER, DAVID M. · 2015 to 2024
$52.3M
RL5: Research Education CoreP30AG072978 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI Ann C. McKee · 2021 to 2026
$25.6M
Plasma brain-derived tau: a novel Alzheimer’s disease-type neurodegeneration biomarker with potential to complete the AT(N) scheme in bloodR01AG083874 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Thomas K Karikari · 2023 to 2026
$14.5M
CSRD VA IK2 CX002065CSRD VA IK2 CX002625NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001430NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072978NIA NIH HHS R01 AG083874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundSex differences have consistently been identified on autopsy, neuroimaging, and cerebrospinal fluid outcomes related to Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the exact mechanisms for these associations are unclear. Blood-based biomarkers are practical alternatives for the investigation of mechanisms of AD, in addition to accurate disease detection and monitoring.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to examine sex differences across a panel of blood-based plasma biomarkers in participants with and without cognitive impairment due to AD.MethodsPlasma samples were collected from 567 participants from across the AD diagnostic continuum (i.e., normal cognition (NC), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia) and analyzed for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), neurofilament light (NfL), phosphorylated tau at threonine 181 (p-tau

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Alzheimer DiseaseAstrocytesCognitive DysfunctionGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinNeurofilament ProteinsSex Characteristicstau ProteinsAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkersGFAP protein, humanGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinMAPT protein, humanneurofilament protein LNeurofilament Proteinstau ProteinsAlzheimer's diseaseblood-based plasma biomarkersfemaleglial fibrillary acidic proteinneurofilament lightp-tau181sext-tau

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PMID40151917
PMCPMC12450407

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