Why have biomarkers for distinguishing FTLD pathological subtypes in sporadic disease remained elusive?

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The abstract explicitly states that biomarkers definitively identifying specific pathological entities in sporadic FTLD have been elusive, which has impeded treatment development. This represents a critical diagnostic gap that limits precision medicine approaches for FTLD patients. Gap type: open_question Source paper: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration. (None, None, PMID:37563165)

Priority: 0.82 Domain: neurodegeneration Hypotheses: 0
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Landscape Summary: Why have biomarkers for distinguishing FTLD pathological subtypes in sporadic disease remained elusive? is a 0.82 priority gap in neurodegeneration. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.

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Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)

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Why have biomarkers for distinguishing FTLD pathological subtypes in sporadic disease remained elusive? — INVOKE-2 (completed)

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activates (1)

FTLDAging

associated with (21)

FTLDAlsTDP-43FTLDALSFTLDFTLDAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisFTLDneurodegeneration
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biomarker for (3)

FTLDNeurodegenerationFTLDfrontotemporal dementiaFTLDNEURODEGENERATION

causes (1)

FTLDfrontotemporal dementia

expressed in (3)

FTLDneuronsFTLDcortexFTLDAlzheimer

implicated in (3)

GRNFTLDUBQLN2FTLDMAPTFTLD

interacts with (9)

FTLDfrontotemporal dementiaDNAFTLDFTLDneurodegenerationFTLDALSALSFTLD
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participates in (2)

FTLDoxidative stress responseFTLDubiquitin-proteasome

phosphorylates (1)

FTLDAls

regulates (5)

FTLDfrontotemporal dementiaFTLDRNAFTLDGRNALSFTLDFTLDneurodegeneration

therapeutic target (1)

FTLDAging
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