Absstract of: WO2022186486A1

The present invention relates to a composition and a diagnostic kit for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, and a method for providing information needed for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease by using the composition and the kit. TPM4, GP1BB, or a combination thereof, which are biomarkers in plasma that were newly developed by the inventors of the present invention, is expressed at a low level in the plasma of an Alzheimer's disease patient group as compared to normal individuals, and thus, through measurement of the expression levels of the biomarkers, whether or not a patient has Alzheimer's disease can be accurately diagnosed early.

Absstract of: WO2022187670A1

The present disclosure relates to a method of treating a subject having a proinflammatory endophenotype profile with celecoxib or naproxen to improve cognition or to prevent cognitive decline or dysfunction in the subject. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method of screening a subject for inclusion an NSAID or a PPAR-γ agonist clinical trial. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method of determining a surrogate outcome of an NSAID or a PPAR-γ agonist clinical trial. In yet another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method of treating an Alzheimer's disease patient having both a proinflammatory endophenotype profile and a metabolic endophenotype profile with a PPAR-γ agonist to improve cognition or to prevent cognitive decline or dysfunction in the patient.

Absstract of: US2022283185A1

A highly sensitive immunoassay has been developed and validated. In various embodiments, the assay comprises an immunoassay usable to measure soluble PDGFRβ (sPDGFR-β) in a human biofluid sample such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In various embodiments, elevated sPDGFR-β in a human biofluid sample reflects pericyte and blood-brain barrier (BBB) injury, and is therefore an early biomarker of human cognitive dysfunction, dementia, and/or Alzheimer's disease.

Absstract of: US2022283184A1

The present invention relates to method of diagnosis of diseases associated with synaptic degeneration, in particular of Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease or Alzheimer's Disease, and to the use of β-synuclein as a biomarker for diagnosing or assessing the status of diseases associated with synaptic degeneration, in particular of Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Disease or Alzheimer's Disease.

Absstract of: US2022283180A1

Chimeric proteins comprising an N-terminal domain derived from an N-terminal nucleotide binding domain of TDP-43 and a C-terminal domain derived from a splicing repressor are described. These proteins may be administered to a subject to treat or prevent disease manifesting TDP-43 proteinopathy such as inclusion body myocytosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Absstract of: US2022283187A1

Methods and compositions for detecting tau pathology are described. The compositions for detecting tau pathology comprise a targeting ligand that specifically binds to a cell surface marker of tau pathology, wherein the targeting ligand is linked to a liposome that includes an imaging agent. The compositions can be used in a method for imaging tau pathology in a subject that comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of the composition to a subject and imaging at least a portion of the subject to determine if that portion of the subject exhibits tau pathology. The compositions can also be used to detect tau pathology in biological samples obtained from a subject.

Absstract of: US2022280541A1

The present invention relates to identification of a carbohydrate drug-sensitive patient in patients having Alzheimer's disease. The present invention provides a method for identifying a carbohydrate drug-sensitive patient in patients having Alzheimer's disease.

Absstract of: WO2021007110A1

Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and/or treatment of certain neurodegenerative diseases, for example those diseases associated with repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) translation proteins, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to identifying a subject having a RAN protein- associated disease by detecting expression or activity of repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) translation proteins (e.g., RAN proteins). In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating a RAN protein-associated disease by administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that reduces expression or activity of RAN proteins.

Absstract of: WO2021003403A1

As disclosed herein, the skin can dispatch signals to the brain in the form of exosomes, referred to herein as a "skin-brain axis." Therefore, disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a brain disease, disorder, or injury in a subject that involves isolating exosomes from the subject and assaying the exosomes for the presence of one or more biomarkers of the disease, disorder, or injury. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject with a brain disease, disorder, or injury that involves engineering the skin of the subject to produce therapeutic exosomes. Also disclosed are methods of collecting skin-produced exosomes and loading them with therapeutic cargo that can treat one or more diseases, disorders, or injuries of the brain. Also disclosed herein is a method to reduce exosomal release from the skin to reducing trafficking to the brain.

Absstract of: US2022275037A1

The invention discloses a β-amyloid cyclic ribonucleic acid, a polypeptide and an application thereof. The present invention finds that the APP gene can generate a variety of circular RNAs from the AP coding region through reverse splicing, which is named β-amyloid circular ribonucleic acid circAβ. With the help of the newly established circular RNA research method, a variety of peptides produced by circAβ were identified, and such peptides could be further processed to form Aβ, which in turn formed β-amyloid plaques in primary neuronal cultures, reflecting key hallmarks of AD neuropathology. circAβ and its translated proteins represent novel targets in AD therapy.

Absstract of: WO2018015549A1

The present invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (II) that can be employed in the selective Tau detection of disorders and abnormalities associated with Tau aggregates such as Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging.

Absstract of: US2022275038A1

[Problem] Provided is a calmodulin-like skin protein (CLSP) derivative, which has an activity to suppress neuronal cell dysfunction or cell death associated with e.g., Alzheitner's disease stronger than of humanin, and which is insensitive to an inhibitory action by an inhibitor of the activity; a polypeptide which has an action/activity to potentiate or protect the Alzheimer's disease-suppressing activity by CLSP; and the like.[Solution] A derivative (mutant) of calmodulin-like skin protein (CLSP), characterized by including an endogenous humanin-homogenous region (EHR), which is the core of the activity to suppress the neuronal cell dysfunction or neuronal cell death associated with Alzheimer's disease (CLSP activity), and not including a region to which an inhibitor of the CLSP activity binds; a pharmaceutical composition to suppress the neuronal cell dysfunction or neuronal cell death associated with Alzheimer's disease, the composition including the mutant as an active ingredient; and the like.

Absstract of: US2022273598A1

Provided is the use of a reagent for inhibiting the uptake of amino acids by naive T cells in the preparation of a drug for treating Alzheimer's disease in a subject.

Absstract of: US2022276264A1

Disclosed are diagnostics kits and compositions for neurodegenerative diseases, and in particular to design ankyrin repeat protein (DARPins) reagents that distinguish Alzheimer's disease (AD) from Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods of diagnosing, monitoring treatment efficacy and developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as AD and PD are disclosed based upon the use of the AD or PD specific DARPins.

Absstract of: WO2021077176A1

This invention relates generally to systems and methods for diagnosing a neurodegenerative disorder in a subject. In particular embodiments, the methods of the disclosure can be used to for the diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Early Mild Cognitive Impairment (EMCI), Late Mild Cognitive Impairment (LMCI), Parkinson's Disease (PD), Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease. In other embodiments, the methods involve treatment of a subject diagnosed with such diseases.

Absstract of: WO2020252206A1

Methods to determine risk of Alzheimer's disease and applications thereof are described. Generally, systems and methods utilize analyte measurements, such as dicarboxylic acid levels, to determine a risk of Alzheimer's disease. Based on Alzheimer disease risk, diagnostics or treatments can be performed.

Absstract of: WO2021083977A1

The present invention relates to a molecular signature of the silent phase of Alzheimer's disease; and to methods using the same, for diagnosing a silent stage of Alzheimer's disease in a subject, stratifying a silent phase of Alzheimer's disease in a subject into different grades of the silent phase, prognosticating the progress of a silent phase of Alzheimer's disease in a subject, and determining a personalized course of treatment in a subject affected with a silent phase of Alzheimer's disease. It also relates to a computer system comprising a machine learning algorithm trained for diagnosing a silent phase of Alzheimer's disease in a subject.

Absstract of: EP3757125A1

The disclosure relates to an antibody or antigen binding portion thereof, which binds to a neo-epitope of a C-terminal fragment of apolipoprotein E, to methods of producing such an antibody or antigen binding portion thereof, and to therapeutic and diagnostic uses thereof.

Absstract of: US2022267776A1

Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and/or treatment of certain neurodegenerative diseases, for example those diseases associated with repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) translation proteins, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to identifying a subject having a RAN protein-associated disease by detecting expression or activity of repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) translation proteins (e.g., RAN proteins). In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating a RAN protein-associated disease by administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that reduces expression or activity of RAN proteins.

Absstract of: US2022267413A1

The invention encompasses the discovery that Fc-containing polypeptides that include branched glycans and that are sialylated on the branched glycan (e.g., on an α 1,3 and/or a 1,6 arm in the Fc region's N-linked glycosylation site), with, e.g., a NeuAc-α 2,6-Gal or NeuAc-α 2,3-Gal terminal linkage, are useful in treating neurodegeneration, e.g., in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease. The present disclosure provides, in part, methods for treating neurodegeneration or neurodegenerative diseases by administering compositions containing such Fc-containing polypeptides as well as methods for evaluating, identifying, and/or producing (e.g., manufacturing) such polypeptides for the treatment of neurodegeneration.

Absstract of: WO2022175672A1

The invention relates to molecular biomarkers and particular methods for assessing the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease, determining Alzheimer's disease and/or monitoring the progression of Alzheimer's disease in a subject.

Absstract of: US2022268789A1

The present invention provides a novel anti-Aβ antibody capable of detecting an Aβ related peptide, a method for measuring an Aβ related peptide in a biological sample by immunochemically using the above-mentioned novel anti-Aβ antibody, and a kit. A monoclonal antibody that recognizes an Aβ related peptide, and is produced by a hybridoma deposited under the accession number NITE BP-02998 at the NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary of the National Institute ofTechnology and Evaluation. An antibody-immobilized carrier that includes a carrier and the monoclonal antibody defined in claim 1 bound to the carrier. A kit for measuring an Aβ related peptide, comprising the antibody-immobilized carrier.

Absstract of: US2022265819A1

The invention relates to isolated synthetic or recombinant peptides comprising an epitope of human tau 2N4R, wherein the tau peptide sequence comprising the epitope is not phosphorylated. The invention also relates to use of such peptides to generate binding molecules, such as antibodies, specific for the non-phosphorylated tau epitopes and to such peptides and binding molecules, such as antibodies, for use in investigation, diagnosis and treatment of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Absstract of: EP4046657A1

Provided is use of thiamine pyrophosphokinase TPK as a target in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and AD symptoms due to the inhibited TPK can be prevented by promoting the kinase activity and/or expression level of TPK protein in brain with TPK as a target.

Absstract of: WO2021050733A1

The present disclosure provides methods to quantify tau phosphorylation at specific amino acid residues, using blood samples, to predict time to onset of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease, stage Alzheimer's disease, guide treatment decisions, select subjects for clinical trials, and evaluate the clinical efficacy of certain therapeutic interventions.