Department of Neurology, Hope Center for Neuological Disorder, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Biomark Med. 2010 Feb;4(1):51-63. doi: 10.2217/BMM.09.83.
Alzheimer's disease will reach epidemic proportions within the next 20-30 years if left unchecked. Currently, there are no treatments that prevent or slow Alzheimer's disease but many are being developed. Parallel efforts to develop biomarkers to aid in disease diagnosis and prognosis, and assess disease risk are currently underway. Clinicopathological and biomarker studies have demonstrated that Alzheimer's disease pathology can be detected preclinically. Using biomarkers to identify affected individuals prior to the onset of clinical symptoms and associated synaptic/neuronal loss should enable novel clinical trial design and early mechanism-based therapeutic intervention. This article summarizes the most promising cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, highlights novel applications and current challenges, and provides a prediction on how the field may evolve in 5-10 years.
如果不加以控制,阿尔茨海默病在未来 20-30 年内将达到流行程度。目前,尚无预防或减缓阿尔茨海默病的治疗方法,但正在开发许多方法。目前正在并行努力开发生物标志物,以帮助诊断和预后疾病,并评估疾病风险。临床病理和生物标志物研究表明,阿尔茨海默病的病理学可以在临床前阶段检测到。使用生物标志物在出现临床症状和相关的突触/神经元丧失之前识别受影响的个体,应该能够实现新的临床试验设计和早期基于机制的治疗干预。本文总结了最有前途的脑脊液生物标志物,强调了新的应用和当前的挑战,并对该领域在 5-10 年内可能如何发展进行了预测。