Abstract
INTRODUCTION
This study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic performance of a novel plasma phosphorylated tau (p‐tau) 217/amyloid beta (Aβ) 42 ratio test for Alzheimer's disease (AD).
METHODS
The diagnostic performance of the Lumipulse G plasma p‐tau217/Aβ42 ratio was evaluated using Aβ and tau positron emission tomography (PET) as reference standards in a clinic cohort (n = 391) and a community cohort (n = 121).
RESULTS
Plasma p‐tau217/Aβ42 exhibited high performance for abnormal statuses of Aβ PET (area under the curve : 0.963 to 0.966) and tau PET (AUC: 0.947 to 0.974), which were clinically equivalent to those of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) p‐tau181/Aβ42 and Aβ42/Aβ40 and higher than those of blood p‐tau217, Aβ42/Aβ40, p‐tau181, and p‐tau181/Aβ42 in both clinic and community cohorts. Applying a two‐cutoff approach improved the specificity without reducing sensitivity. The p‐tau217/Aβ42 ratio had a lower intermediate percentage than p‐tau217 alone in both clinic (10.6% vs 13.0%) and community (16.5% vs 31.4%) cohorts.
DISCUSSION
Plasma p‐tau217/Aβ42 has high performance in detecting cerebral AD pathologies, thus offering a promising tool for clinical diagnosis and community screening of AD.
Highlights
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Lumipulse G plasma p‐tau217 and the p‐tau217/Aβ42 ratio accurately identified abnormal Aβ and tau PET statuses in both clinical and community cohorts.
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The performance of plasma p‐tau217 and p‐tau217/Aβ42 ratio were equivalent to CSF tests.
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Plasma p‐tau217/Aβ42 ratio outperformed p‐tau217 alone in identifying Aβ PET positivity, and this superiority is more obvious in the community cohort, suggesting an advantage in the early diagnosis of AD.
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Two cut points of p‐tau217/Aβ42 were established in the Chinese population for clinical laboratory and community screening uses.
On this page
- Abstract
- 1. BACKGROUND
- 2. METHODS
- 3. RESULTS
- 4. DISCUSSION
- AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
- Supporting information
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Contributor Information
- REFERENCES
- Associated Data
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFC3605400 to Y.‐J. W.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (92249305 and 81930028 to Y.‐J. W., 82422027 and 82171197 to T.F. G.), joint project of the Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau and the Health Commission (2024GGXM003 to Y.‐J.W.), Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Science Foundation (2023B1515020113 to T.F.G.), and Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (S241101004‐1 to T.F. G.). H.Z. is a Wallenberg Scholar and a Distinguished Professor at the Swedish Research Council supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council (2023‐00356; 2022‐01018, and 2019‐02397), the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement 101053962, and Swedish State Support for Clinical Research (ALFGBG‐71320). We thank all the research volunteers who participated in CADS and GHABS studies from which these data were obtained and their supportive families. We also thank Sen Liu, Hong Zhang, and Zhao‐Xue Zhang from Beijing Pason Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the technical support. PET imaging data used in the preparation of this article were obtained from the Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study database (https://aibl.org.au/collaboration/#data‐access). As such, the investigators within AIBL contributed to the design and implementation of AIBL and/or provided data but did not participate in the analysis or writing of this report. A complete listing of AIBL investigators can be found at: https://aibl.org.au/about/our‐researchers/. The corresponding author had full access to all data in the study, and all authors had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.
Wang J, Huang S, Lan G, et al.,; for the Translational Biomarker Research of AgIng ,; Neurodegeneration (TBRAIN) . Diagnostic accuracy of plasma p‐tau217/Aβ42 for Alzheimer's disease in clinical and community cohorts. Alzheimer's Dement. 2025;21:e70038. 10.1002/alz.70038
Jun Wang, Shan Huang, Guoyu Lan, and Yu‐Jie Lai contributed equally to this study.
Contributor Information
Tengfei Guo, Email: tengfei.guo@pku.edu.cn.
Yan‐Jiang Wang, Email: yanjiang_wang@tmmu.edu.cn.
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