Han-Na Cho
Yonsei University · Medicine
About the Lab
Professor Han-Na Cho's research lab specializes in neurodegenerative disease imaging, focusing on the in vivo visualization and staging of tau and amyloid pathology using PET tracers such as 18F-AV-1451 and 18F-florbetaben. The lab investigates the topographical spread of tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, including mild cognitive impairment and progressive supranuclear palsy, linking neuroimaging findings to structural, functional, and cognitive changes. A key focus is developing image-based staging systems and improving diagnostic accuracy through quantitative neuroimaging biomarkers.
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15OBJECTIVE: To determine the in vivo cortical spreading pattern of tau and amyloid and to establish positron emission tomography (PET) image-based tau staging in the Alzheimer disease (AD) spectrum. METHODS: We included 195 participants (53 AD, 52 amnestic mild cognitive impairment [MCI], 23 nonamnestic MCI, and 67 healthy controls) who underwent 2 PET scans ((18) F-florbetaben for amyloid-β and (18) F-AV-1451 for tau). We assumed that regions with earlier appearances of pathology may show increa
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the topographical distribution of tau pathology and its effect on functional and structural changes in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by using (18)F-AV-1451 PET. METHODS: We included 20 patients with AD, 15 patients with MCI, and 20 healthy controls, and performed neuropsychological function tests, MRI, as well as (18)F-florbetaben (for amyloid) and (18)F-AV-1451 (for tau) PET scans. By using the regional volume-of-interest mask
ABSTRACT Background Accumulation of cortical and subcortical tau pathology is the primary pathological substrate for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). 18 F‐AV‐1451, a radiotracer that binds to the pathological tau protein, may be helpful for in vivo visualization and quantitation of tau pathology in PSP. Objectives The objectives of this study were to investigate cortical and subcortical 18 F‐AV‐1451 binding patterns in patients with PSP. Methods We recruited 14 PSP patients and compared the
Previously developed histological age-estimating methods have been based on samples lacking interpopulation variability. A comparison of age-associated rib histomorphometrics between an European-American sample and an African-American sample indicates that ethnicity can have a significant effect on osteon population density (OPD), osteon cross-sectional area (On.Ar), and relative cortical area (Ct.Ar/Tt.Ar). Based upon these findings, new histological age-predicting formulae are presented that a
Our findings suggest that shape changes of the basal ganglia occurred regardless of whole brain atrophy as AD progressed and were also responsible for cognitive decline that was observed from the frontal function tests.
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Tau PET enables in vivo visualization and quantitation of tau accumulation in Alzheimer disease (AD). In cross-sectional tau PET studies, tau burden reflects disease severity and phenotypic variation. We investigated longitudinal changes in cortical tau accumulation and their association with cognitive decline in patients with AD. <b>Methods:</b> We enrolled 107 participants (45 amyloid-β-negative cognitively unimpaired [CU-], 7 amyloid-β-positive cognitively unimpaired [CU+], 31 with prodromal
INTRODUCTION: We aimed to describe baseline amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau-positron emission tomograrphy (PET) from Longitudinal Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADS), a prospective multi-site observational study of sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD). METHODS: We analyzed baseline [18F]Florbetaben (Aβ) and [18F]Flortaucipir (tau)-PET from cognitively impaired participants with a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD dementia aged < 65 years. Florbetaben scan
BACKGROUND: Patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) may differ from those with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) in cognitive impairment profiles and clinical course. Postmortem studies also reported that EOAD has a greater pathologic burden than LOAD. We examined the effects of age at onset on the burden and distribution of amyloid plaques in patients with AD, using a statistical parametric mapping (SPM) and regions of interest (ROIs) analyses of the Pittsburgh compound B (PiB)
<h3>Objective:</h3> To investigate tau distribution in patients with corticobasal syndrome (CBS) using <sup>18</sup>F-AV-1451 PET. <h3>Methods:</h3> Six consecutively recruited patients with CBS and 20 age-matched healthy controls underwent 2 PET scans with <sup>18</sup>F-AV-1451 (for tau) and <sup>18</sup>F-florbetaben (for β-amyloid). We compared standardized uptake value ratio maps of the <sup>18</sup>F-AV-1451 PET images between the patients with CBS and controls. <h3>Results:</h3> Compared
Abstract Accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in its earliest stage can prevent the disease and delay the symptoms. Therefore, more sensitive, non-invasive, and simple screening tools are required for the early diagnosis and monitoring of AD. Here, we design a self-assembled nanoparticle-mediated amplified fluorogenic immunoassay (SNAFIA) consisting of magnetic and fluorophore-loaded polymeric nanoparticles. Using a discovery cohort of 21 subjects, proteomic analysis identifies adenyly
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