Absstract of: JP2025029000A
To provide a method for detecting a neurodegenerative disease of a subject, and a method for treating the subject.SOLUTION: A method includes a step of detecting a level of exosome-associated coagulation biomarkers in a specimen collected from a subject. In the method, an increased level of exosome-associated coagulation biomarkers compared to a reference level indicates that the subject is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Absstract of: AU2024235526A1
Provided herein are compositions and methods relating to improved assays for establishing a condition of a neurodegenerative disease and providing treatment. Further provided herein are compositions and methods comprising improved antibodies for assays including immunoassays used for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and providing treatment.
Absstract of: AU2024284125A1
Disclosed herein are methods for detecting the presence of at least one misfolded form of human Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD1) in a biological sample obtained from a human subject. In some aspects, the subject is suspected of having, or has, one or more neurodegenerative diseases, such as, for example, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or Alzheimer's disease.
Absstract of: US2025334594A1
Provided herein are methods and kits for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Kennedy's Disease, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Also provided are methods of predicting or measuring a response to a treatment by measuring biomarker levels in a sample, and methods of modulating biomarker levels.
Absstract of: US2025334585A1
Antigen-binding molecules (ABMs) that bind to Porphyromonas gingivalis are described. The ABMs may be human or humanized ABMs. The ABMs find use in treating infections involving P. gingivalis, such as periodontal disease. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing a disorder or disease by administering the ABM.
Absstract of: US2025334583A1
Provided is a method for analyzing a neurogranin-related peptide capable of suppressing variations in analysis results, and a method for preparing a biological sample containing a neurogranin-related peptide used therein. The method includes mixing a biological sample containing a neurogranin-related peptide with an organic solvent having a relative polarity of 0.200 or more and 0.700 or less to prepare a sample solution having a final concentration of the organic solvent of 5.0 (v/v) % or more.
Absstract of: CN120129834A
A protein marker Nell-1 is provided that is present in a blood sample of a human in an amount associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Parkinson's disease (PD). Also provided are corresponding diagnostic and therapeutic methods for these neurodegenerative diseases, as well as kits for diagnosing or treating neurodegenerative diseases.
Absstract of: US2025329454A1
A method to evaluate individuals with certain neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson's Disease) in relation to etiologic diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy involving the noninvasive collection of a biologic sample (e.g., venous blood), isolation of small, neuronally-derived, extracellular vesicles (e.g., exosomes), assay of their external and/or internal contents for quantities of informative biomarkers (e.g., signaling kinases, catalytic proteins and miRNA species) for the construction of a diagnostic/prognostic/response algorithms of clinical utility.
Absstract of: US2025327081A1
The invention relates to a short single-stranded DNA or RNA aptamer that is capable of binding the TDP-43 protein and of detecting all of the different TDP-43 structures individually, from the soluble monomer to the TDP-43 larger aggregates. The aptamer of the invention is also capable of inhibiting aggregation of TDP-43. Because of these properties, the RNA aptamer of the invention is suitable for use in both the diagnosis and therapeutic treatment and prevention of TDP-43-related proteinopathies, such as ALS and FTD.
Absstract of: AU2024249796A1
The present invention relates to protein markers relevant to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially those detectable in blood samples. Thus, methods and compositions are provided for risk assessment and early diagnosis of MCI and AD based on the analysis of these protein markers. Further provided are methods and compositions useful for evaluating the efficacy of a therapy for MCI or AD.
Absstract of: US2025325682A1
The invention is directed to peptide fragments of FKBP52 that inhibit Tau protein aggregation and ameliorate tauopathies like Alzheimer's Disease (AD). It also involves modifications to these peptides to improve their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties.
Absstract of: US2025325551A1
A method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in a patient comprising obtaining a plasma sample from the patient; determining a level of a biochemical sulfide in the plasma sample from the subject by trapping volatilized H2S in the plasma sample using alkaline buffer with monobromobiamine, and detecting the level of biochemical sulfide in the plasma sample, the biochemical sulfide being one of acid-labile sulfide, bound sulfide, and total sulfide; and diagnosing the patient with ADRD when the level of the biochemical sulfide is at least an elevated threshold level for the biochemical sulfide.
Absstract of: MX2025003197A
The disclosure relates to lemborexant, a dual orexin receptor antagonist, and compositions and methods for use in treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), e.g., in a subject who has AD or who is at risk for developing AD.
Absstract of: US2025320293A1
Provided is an anti-TREM2 single-domain antibody, consisting of heavy chains including CDR1 represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 34-40, CDR2 represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 41-45, and CDR3 represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 46-50. The single-domain antibody has good affinity with TREM2.
Absstract of: US2025320495A1
Provided herein are methods for modulating follistatin, such as inhibiting follistatin, suppressing the production of follistatin, reducing the level of follistatin, inhibiting the function of follistatin, or a combination thereof. The method can include administration of a compound that acts to modulate follistatin. In one embodiment, the compound is administered to a patient having or at risk or having a disease or condition selected from diabetes, pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, dementia, and obesity, and optionally the disease or condition is prevented, treated, ameliorated, or a combination thereof.
Absstract of: EP4632384A1
An object is to determine a cognitive dysfunction stage of a subject early. The present disclosure provides a method for determining a cognitive dysfunction stage of a subject comprising: a step of measuring a level or amount of at least one of drebrin A or drebrin A-derived molecules in a biological sample collected from the subject; and a step of determining a cognitive dysfunction stage of the subject based on the level or amount.
Absstract of: WO2024213092A1
The present invention relates to protein markers relevant to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially those detectable in blood samples. Thus, methods and compositions are provided for risk assessment and early diagnosis of MCI and AD based on the analysis of these protein markers. Further provided are methods and compositions useful for evaluating the efficacy of a therapy for MCI or AD.
Absstract of: WO2025210040A1
The present invention provides a cell model to study Tau protein related diseases.
Absstract of: WO2025212713A1
Methods described herein provide procedures that can be used to rapidly screen drugs for high probability of effectiveness as therapy for amyloid associated neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and prion-associated diseases by detecting size and/or aggregation of phage incubated with a target compound. The data generated indicate that bacteriophage or phage capsid subunits can switch conformation to a conformation that mimics the neurodegenerative disease-causing conformation of amyloid proteins. This switch has been observed by incubation of bacteriophage T4 with methylene blue, a compound for which literature data indicates has anti-AD activity.
Absstract of: MX2025005880A
Disclosed herein are methods of diagnosing, selecting, monitoring, and treating subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or suspected of having AD or another disorder associated with amyloid accumulation in the brain using a tau PET level.
Absstract of: WO2024061128A1
Disclosed in the present invention is a use of a reagent for measuring the expression level of discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) in the preparation of a kit for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases of a subject. If the level of DDR2 in a sample from the subject is higher than the level of a control subject not suffering from the diseases, it indicates that the subject suffers from neurodegenerative diseases. Also disclosed in the present invention are a kit and method for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases, and a computer readable medium. According to the present invention, neurodegenerative diseases are efficiently and accurately diagnosed by measuring DDR2.
Absstract of: AU2023351193A1
Provided herein are methods and compositions that block Integrin Subunit beta 8 (ITGB8, also known as integrin αvβ8) to treat neurodegenerative diseases associated with microglial impairment including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Absstract of: US2025306037A1
The present disclosure relates to methods useful to identify subjects having an increased risk for conversion to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and/or stage a subject prior to the onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and/or identify subjects with Aβ amyloidosis and/or to identify subjects who should or should not undergo further testing or treatment for Aβ amyloidosis, as well as methods for treating subjects diagnosed with Aβ amyloidosis by the methods disclosed herein.
Absstract of: US2025306040A1
Methods for detecting or quantifying amylin-beta amyloid (Aβ) hetero-oligomers (amylin-Aβ aggregate) are provided. Anti-amylin and anti-Aβ antibodies which recognize epitopes that are distinct from high affinity binding sites between amylin peptide and Aβ peptide can be utilized as capture and detection antibodies, respectively, in a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to provide detection and quantification of amylin-Aβ aggregate present in a biological sample, such as blood or brain tissue. Kits useful for the detection and the quantification of amylin-Aβ aggregate are also provided.
Nº publicación: WO2025208162A1 02/10/2025
Applicant:
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST LOUIS [US]
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Absstract of: WO2025208162A1
Methods of differentiating and quantifying modifications in the tau protein in bio-fluids to detect, classify, and treat a plurality of tauopathies are disclosed. The disclosed methods include liquid chromatographic mass spectrometric analyses on isolated tau protein fragments to identify and quantify deamidated or isomerized asparagines or aspartic acids indicative of a neuropathology associated with a tauopathy.