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Thomas K. Karikari

University of Pittsburgh
Verified email at pitt.edu
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Blood phosphorylated tau 181 as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: a diagnostic performance and prediction modelling study using data from four prospective …

TK Karikari, TA Pascoal, NJ Ashton… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background CSF and PET biomarkers of amyloid β and tau accurately detect Alzheimer's
disease pathology, but the invasiveness, high cost, and poor availability of these detection …

Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages

…, M Savard, FZ Lussier, C Tissot, TK Karikari… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Compelling experimental evidence suggests that microglial activation is involved in the spread
of tau tangles over the neocortex in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We tested the hypothesis …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma p-tau231 and p-tau217 as state markers of amyloid-β pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

…, L Montoliu-Gaya, AL Benedet, TK Karikari… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Blood biomarkers indicating elevated amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s
disease are needed to facilitate the initial screening process of participants in disease-…

[HTML][HTML] Differential roles of Aβ42/40, p-tau231 and p-tau217 for Alzheimer's trial selection and disease monitoring

…, AP Binette, O Strandberg, WS Brum, TK Karikari… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Blood biomarkers indicative of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology are altered in both
preclinical and symptomatic stages of the disease. Distinctive biomarkers may be optimal for the …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma p-tau231: a new biomarker for incipient Alzheimer's disease pathology

NJ Ashton, TA Pascoal, TK Karikari, AL Benedet… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
The quantification of phosphorylated tau in biofluids, either cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or
plasma, has shown great promise in detecting Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology. Tau …

Differences between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid glial fibrillary acidic protein levels across the Alzheimer disease continuum

…, NJ Ashton, TA Pascoal, F Lussier, TK Karikari… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a marker of reactive astrogliosis that
increases in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood of individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD). …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocyte reactivity influences amyloid-β effects on tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

…, RC Thurston, AD Cohen, M Ganguli, TK Karikari… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
An unresolved question for the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology
is why a significant percentage of amyloid-β (Aβ)-positive cognitively unimpaired (CU) …

Novel tau biomarkers phosphorylated at T181, T217 or T231 rise in the initial stages of the preclinical Alzheimer's continuum when only subtle changes in Aβ …

M Suárez‐Calvet, TK Karikari, NJ Ashton… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), tau phosphorylation in the brain and its subsequent release
into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood is a dynamic process that changes during disease …

Blood phospho-tau in Alzheimer disease: analysis, interpretation, and clinical utility

TK Karikari, NJ Ashton, G Brinkmalm… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Well-authenticated biomarkers can provide critical insights into the biological basis of
Alzheimer disease (AD) to enable timely and accurate diagnosis, estimate future burden and …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma p-tau181 accurately predicts Alzheimer's disease pathology at least 8 years prior to post-mortem and improves the clinical characterisation of …

J Lantero Rodriguez, TK Karikari, M Suárez-Calvet… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
The neuropathological confirmation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary
tangles (NFT) remains the gold standard for a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …