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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2025

Modernizing diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: A review of global trends and Asia-specific perspectives.

Takeshi Iwatsubo, Reisa A Sperling, Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, Hidenori Arai, Anna M Barron, Tammie L S Benzinger, Maria C Carrillo, Christopher Chen, Seong Hye Choi, Igor C Fontana and 34 more

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Review in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

44 authors.

Takeshi IwatsuboDepartment of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Reisa A SperlingCenter for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Alicia Algeciras-SchimnichDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Hidenori AraiNational Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan.
Anna M BarronLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Tammie L S BenzingerMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Maria C CarrilloMedical & Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Christopher ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, Memory Aging and Cognition Centre, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Seong Hye ChoiDepartment of Neurology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Igor C FontanaMedical & Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jonathan Graff-RadfordDepartment of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Joshua D GrillDepartments of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior, Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Judith HeidebrinkMichigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Chaur-Jong HuDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ryoko IharaDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeshi IkeuchiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Brain Research Institute, Niigata, Japan.
Atsushi IwataDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Fanny C F IpState Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Neuroscience Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & Hong Kong Center For Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Fasihah Irfani FitriDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.
Clifford R JackDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Jee Hyang JeongDepartment of Neurology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jianping JiaInnovation Center for Neurological Disorders and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Nagaendran KandiahDementia Research Centre (Singapore) & Neuroscience and Mental Health Programme, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
SangYun KimDepartment of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine & Clinical Neuroscience Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
Hisatomo KowaDepartment of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan.
Renaud La JoieDepartment of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California, USA.
Yoshiki NiimiUnit for Early and Exploratory Clinical Development, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryoji NoritakeHealth and Global Policy Institute, Otemachi, Tokyo, Japan.
Ozioma C OkonkwoDepartment of Medicine and the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Sebastian PalmqvistMemory Clinic, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
Michael S RafiiAlzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, San Diego, California, USA.
Rema RamanAlzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, San Diego, California, USA.
Yong ShenNeurodegenerative Disorder Research Center and Brain Bank, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Tanya SimuniDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Heather M SnyderMedical & Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Orapitchaya SriwannopasDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
Luke E StoeckelDivision of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Wiesje M van der FlierAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Huali WangDementia Care and Research Center, Peking University Institute of Mental Health (Sixth Hospital), Beijing Municipal Key Lab for Translational Research on Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, NHC Key Laboratory for Mental Health, Beijing, China.
Donna M WilcockDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, IUSM/IUH Neuroscience Institute and Stark Neuroscience Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Henrik ZetterbergDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
Jin ZhouClinical Development Neurology, Eisai Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, USA.
Simin MahinradMedical & Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5927-7130
Claire E SextonMedical & Scientific Relations, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Funding

Project 1U19AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI MICHAEL W WEINER · 2016 to 2026
$226.7M
The Health & Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities (HABS-HD)U19AG078109 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI LEIGH A JOHNSON · 2022 to 2026
$181.1M
Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN MORRIS, Suzanne Elizabeth Schindler · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
Imaging CoreU19AG032438 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BATEMAN, RANDALL J · 2010 to 2025
$53.9M
Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention: Sex Differences in DNA MethylationR01AG027161 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Nathaniel Ark Chin, Sterling C Johnson · 2007 to 2026
$35.6M
Research Education ComponentP30AG072931 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Henry L Paulson · 2021 to 2026
$26.5M
Vascular and Behavioral Determinants of Superior Memory Performance from Continuous Monitoring of Everyday ActivitiesU19AG073153 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GEULA, CHANGIZ, MESULAM, MAREK-MARSEL M · 2021 to 2025
$19.1M
Clinical trials to prevent Alzheimer's Disease in Down SyndromeR61AG066543 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI RAFII, MICHAEL S · 2019 to 2020
$5.6M
Lifestyle Risk and Resiliency Factors and Alzheimer’s Disease in Down syndromeR01AG070028 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sigan L Hartley, Christy Hom · 2020 to 2026
$4.6M
Longitudinal Investigation of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and AD Biomarkers in an At-Risk CohortR01AG062167 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI OKONKWO, OZIOMA C · 2019 to 2023
$4.5M
Role of estradiol and related hormones on inflammation, sleep, and risks for Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG066203 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HU, WILLIAM TZU-LUNG, WHARTON, WHITNEY LEE · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
KLOTHO and Resilience to Synaptic Dysfunction in Preclinical ADR01AG077507 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Ira Frahmand, Ozioma C Okonkwo · 2023 to 2026
$3.1M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD) diagnosis is evolving rapidly, driven by advances in disease understanding, biomarker tools, and disease-modifying therapies. Modern diagnostic approaches emphasize biological precision, early detection, and dynamic frameworks that adapt to treatment-induced changes in disease biology. These frameworks enable opportunities for personalized interventions-encompassing pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies-and for enhanced clinical trial design. However, implementing these advancements globally is influenced by diverse cultural, infrastructural, and regulatory factors. The 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference Advancements: Modernizing Diagnosis, held in Japan, provided a unique platform to explore these global dynamics, particularly from an Asian perspective. This article highlights key discussions from the conference, exploring the role of biomarker-based diagnostic frameworks in shaping the future of AD/ADRD research, diagnosis, and treatment. We highlight regional challenges and successes and emphasize ethical considerations and practical strategies needed to ensure equitable access to diagnostic and therapeutic innovations. HIGHLIGHTS: Advances in biomarkers are reshaping Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and treatment. Modern diagnostic frameworks highlight biological precision, early detection, and dynamic frameworks. The 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference Advancements: Modernizing Diagnosis explored challenges and opportunities in global biomarker implementation. The conference explored geographic-specific impacts, focusing on Asia.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAsiaBiomarkersEarly DiagnosisHumansBiomarkersAlzheimer's diseaseAsiabiomarkerdementiadiagnosis

Identifiers

PMID40760693
PMCPMC12321508

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