Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging of Brain Amyloid Compared to Post-Mortem Levels

Summary

To determine the level of association between quantitative regional estimates of brain uptake of \[18F\]flutemetamol and quantitative immunohistochemical regional estimates of brain levels of amyloid estimated from post-mortem analysis of corresponding brain tissue samples.

Timeline

Start

2010-05

Primary completion

2011-11

Completion

2011-11

Publications

• Kim SJ, Jang H, Yoo H, Na DL, Ham H, Kim HJ, Kim JP, Farrar G, Moon SH, Seo SW. Clinical and Pathological Validation of CT-Based Regional Harmonization Methods of Amyloid PET. Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Jan 1;49(1):1-8. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004937. Epub 2023 Nov 29.
• Tome SO, Tsaka G, Ronisz A, Ospitalieri S, Gawor K, Gomes LA, Otto M, von Arnim CAF, Van Damme P, Van Den Bosch L, Ghebremedhin E, Laureyssen C, Sleegers K, Vandenberghe R, Rousseau F, Schymkowitz J, Thal DR. TDP-43 pathology is associated with increased tau burdens and seeding. Mol Neurodegener. 2023 Sep 30;18(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s13024-023-00653-0.
• Thal DR, Ronisz A, Tousseyn T, Rijal Upadhaya A, Balakrishnan K, Vandenberghe R, Vandenbulcke M, von Arnim CAF, Otto M, Beach TG, Lilja J, Heurling K, Chakrabarty A, Ismail A, Buckley C, Smith APL, Kumar S, Farrar G, Walter J. Different aspects of Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid beta-peptide pathology and their relationship to amyloid positron emission tomography imaging and dementia. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019 Nov 14;7(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s40478-019-0837-9.
• Thal DR, Beach TG, Zanette M, Lilja J, Heurling K, Chakrabarty A, Ismail A, Farrar G, Buckley C, Smith APL. Estimation of amyloid distribution by [18F]flutemetamol PET predicts the neuropathological phase of amyloid beta-protein deposition. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 Oct;136(4):557-567. doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1897-9. Epub 2018 Aug 19.
• Ikonomovic MD, Buckley CJ, Heurling K, Sherwin P, Jones PA, Zanette M, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, Chakrabarty A, Ironside J, Ismail A, Smith C, Thal DR, Beach TG, Farrar G, Smith AP. Post-mortem histopathology underlying beta-amyloid PET imaging following flutemetamol F 18 injection. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2016 Dec 12;4(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s40478-016-0399-z.

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Indications

No indication recorded.