Table 4.
Dementia Type | GFAP | p-Tau181 | NfL | T-Tau | Correlating Features |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AD | Elevated early | Elevated | Elevated | No significant alteration | Correlates with Aβ, tau pathology |
FTD | Elevated | Mildly elevated | Elevated | Elevated | p-Tau181 demonstrates higher diagnostic accuracy in distinguishing FTD from AD |
LBD | Elevated | Mildly elevated | Elevated | Elevated | All biomarkers overlap with AD pathology |
VaD | No significant alteration | No significant alteration | Elevated | No significant alteration | Correlates with the extent of neurovascular damage |
GFAP: glial fibrillary acidic protein; p-Tau181: phosphorylated tau 181; NfL: neurofilament light chain; T-tau: total tau; AD: Alzheimer’s disease; FTD: frontotemporal dementia; LBD: Lewy body dementia; VaD: vascular dementia.