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Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in plasma, serum and blood - conceptual and practical problems

Overview of attention for article published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, January 2013
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Title
Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in plasma, serum and blood - conceptual and practical problems
Published in
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, January 2013
DOI 10.1186/alzrt164
Pubmed ID
23470193
Authors

Douglas Galasko, Todd E Golde

Abstract

Substances produced throughout the body are detectable in the blood, which is the most common biological fluid used in clinical testing. Biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have long been sought in the blood, but none has become an established or validated diagnostic test. Companion reviews in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy will review specific types of biomarkers or applications; in this overview, we cover key concepts related to AD blood biomarker studies in general. Reasons for the difficulty of detecting markers of a brain-specific disorder, such as AD, in the blood are outlined; these pose conceptual challenges for blood biomarker discovery and development. Applications of blood tests in AD go beyond screening and diagnostic testing; other potential uses are risk assessment, prognostication, and evaluation of treatment target engagement, toxicity, and outcome. Opportunities and questions that may surround these different uses are discussed. A systematic approach to biomarker discovery, detection, assay development and quality control, sample collection, handling and storage, and design and analysis of clinical studies needs to be implemented at every step of discovery and translation to identify an interpretable and useful biomarker.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 93 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 21%
Student > Master 17 18%
Student > Bachelor 11 12%
Researcher 11 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 18 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 16%
Neuroscience 11 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 10%
Chemistry 4 4%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 25 27%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 September 2021.
All research outputs
#6,228,374
of 20,543,859 outputs
Outputs from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#877
of 1,065 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#50,493
of 171,581 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
#2
of 2 outputs
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