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Research

29,780 Alzheimer's and dementia studies in plain English, each scored out of 100.

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Showing 326–350 of 448 studies in Risk genes beyond APOE · free to read (page 14 of 18) · 29,780 in the whole library · How the 0–100 score works

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Each number is how many studies that link shows, with your other filters kept.

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Institutions

From OpenAlex; 15,255 studies have no institution on record and are not counted here.

What “Risk genes beyond APOE” covers

Risk genes beyond APOE — Genome-wide studies and individual genes other than APOE that shift Alzheimer's risk.

A note on reading research. One study is rarely the final word.

We try to note the size of a study, whether it was in humans or animals, and how early-stage the finding is. If a summary here doesn't make that clear, treat it with extra caution and check the original source.

Caloric restriction attenuates amyloid deposition in middle-aged dtg APP/PS1 mice

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Neuroscience letters 2009-08-20

Caloric restriction (CR) mitigates neurological damage arising from aging and a variety of other sources, including neuropathology in young adult mice that express single and double transgenic (tg) mutations associated with Alzheimer disease (AD). 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Secreted beta-amyloid precursor protein stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase and enhances tau phosphorylation

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1994-07-01

Biological effects related to cell growth, as well as a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease, have been ascribed to the beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP). 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid inhibits cancer cell proliferation via down-regulation of the alzheimer amyloid precursor protein

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-02-09

The beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) represents a type I transmembrane glycoprotein that is ubiquitously expressed. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Discovery of AZD3839, a potent and selective BACE1 inhibitor clinical candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer disease

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2012-10-09

β-Site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme1 (BACE1) is one of the key enzymes involved in the processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and formation of amyloid β peptide (Aβ) species. 4 key findings →

Design: clinical trial Evidence: low

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γ-Secretase associated with lipid rafts: multiple interactive pathways in the stepwise processing of β-carboxyl-terminal fragment

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2013-12-28

γ-Secretase generates amyloid β-protein (Aβ), a pathogenic molecule in Alzheimer disease, through the intramembrane cleavage of the β-carboxyl-terminal fragment (βCTF) of β-amyloid precursor protein. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Characterization of alpha 2,6-sialyltransferase cleavage by Alzheimer's beta -secretase (BACE1)

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2002-12-07

BACE1 is a membrane-bound aspartic protease that cleaves the amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the beta-secretase site, a critical step in the Alzheimer disease pathogenesis. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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A G-rich element forms a G-quadruplex and regulates BACE1 mRNA alternative splicing

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2012-03-13

β-Site amyloid precursor protein (APP) cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) is the transmembrane aspartyl protease that catalyzes the first cleavage step in the proteolysis of the APP to the amyloid β-protein (Aβ), a process involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Generation and regulation of beta-amyloid peptide variants by neurons

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 1998-11-01

Studies of processing of the Alzheimer beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP) have been performed to date mostly in continuous cell lines and indicate the existence of two principal metabolic pathways: the "beta-secretase" pathway, which generates beta-amyloid (A beta(1-40/42); approximately 4 kDa), and the "alpha-secretase" pathway, which generates a smaller fragment, the "p3" peptide (A beta(17-40/42); approximately 3 kDa). 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Deposition of beta/A4 immunoreactivity and neuronal pathology in transgenic mice expressing the carboxyl-terminal fragment of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor in the brain

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1992-11-01

The deposition of amyloid in senile plaques and along the walls of the cerebral vasculature is a characteristic feature of Alzheimer disease. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Calpain activation promotes BACE1 expression, amyloid precursor protein processing, and amyloid plaque formation in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer disease

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-07-01

Abnormal activation of calpain is implicated in synaptic dysfunction and participates in neuronal death in Alzheimer disease (AD) and other neurological disorders. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Brain delivery of a neurotrophic peptide derived from secreted amyloid precursor protein APPsα as a therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of Controlled Release 2025-11-02

Whereas neurotoxic Aβ is derived from amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β- and γ-secretase cleavage, APP processing along the non-amyloidogenic pathway results in the secretion of the large neurotrophic ectodomain APPsα. 2 key findings →

Evidence: low

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The ER protein CANX (calnexin)-mediated autophagy protects against alzheimer disease

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Autophagy 2025-01-15

Although the relationship between macroautophagy/autophagy and Alzheimer disease (AD) is widely studied, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood, especially the regulatory role of the initiation signaling of autophagy on AD. 2 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Presenilin-1 Familial Alzheimer Mutations Impair γ-Secretase Cleavage of APP Through Stabilized Enzyme–Substrate Complex Formation

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Biomolecules 2025-07-01

Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) is caused by dominant missense mutations in amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin-1 (PSEN1), the catalytic component of γ-secretase that generates amyloid β-peptides (Aβ) from the APP C-terminal fragment C99. 3 key findings →

Evidence: low

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The roles of amyloid precursor protein (APP) in neurogenesis: Implications to pathogenesis and therapy of Alzheimer disease

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell adhesion & migration 2011-07-01

The amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide is the derivative of amyloid precursor protein (APP) generated through sequential proteolytic processing by β- and γ-secretases. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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RAC1 inhibition targets amyloid precursor protein processing by gamma-secretase and decreases Abeta production in vitro and in vivo

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-09-08

beta-Amyloid peptides (Abeta) that form the senile plaques of Alzheimer disease consist mainly of 40- and 42-amino acid (Abeta 40 and Abeta 42) peptides generated from the cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Retinal amyloid peptides and complement factor H in transgenic models of Alzheimer's disease

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuroreport 2011-08-01

Murine transgenic models of Alzheimer's disease (Tg-AD) have been useful to analyze the contribution of β-amyloid precursor protein (βAPP), Aβ42 peptide deposition, and the proinflammatory mechanisms that characterize Alzheimer-type neuropathology. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Amyloid beta peptide potentiates cytokine secretion by interleukin-1 beta-activated human astrocytoma cells

✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1995-11-01

Neurodegenerative processes in Alzheimer disease (AD) are thought to be driven in part by the deposition of amyloid beta (A beta), a 39- to 43-amino acid peptide product resulting from an alternative cleavage of amyloid precursor protein. 4 key findings →

Evidence: low

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Free full text links and the Full text may need a subscription label come from Unpaywall, Europe PMC and OpenAlex records of free copies, checked 10 Oct 2026. A study with neither is unknown, not paywalled.

How the 0–100 score works — and why some entries are capped

This is alzhub's own score. It is not an official metric, not an impact factor, and no journal, publisher or ranking body endorses it. We built it so that a reader who is not a scientist can tell a landmark trial from a conference abstract without having to already know the difference. Every point comes from one of 20 components, all of them printed on the study itself, so you can disagree with our arithmetic rather than having to trust the total.

  • Journal tier up to 10 pts
  • Journal's citation record up to 4 pts
  • Study design up to 12 pts
  • Strength of evidence up to 5 pts
  • Peer-review validation up to 10 pts
  • How recent up to 5 pts
  • Sample size up to 4 pts
  • Effect reported up to 3 pts
  • Studied in people up to 3 pts
  • Randomised / blinded up to 2 pts
  • Times cited up to 7 pts
  • Citations per year up to 5 pts
  • Impact for its field and year up to 6 pts
  • Cited by studies here up to 6 pts
  • Still being cited up to 4 pts
  • Senior author's track record up to 4 pts
  • Institution's track record up to 3 pts
  • Multi-centre collaboration up to 3 pts
  • Indexed in PubMed up to 2 pts
  • Free to read up to 2 pts

Journals are placed in ordered tiers, never given a numeric impact factor — we could not verify current impact factors from a source we control, and an invented one would be worse than none. Tier 1 is the top-tier general journals (NEJM, The Lancet, JAMA, Nature, Science, Nature Medicine); tier 2 is the leading specialty journals; tier 3 is every other peer-reviewed journal. A separate part scores how much the journal's own papers are cited, which tells the tier-3 journals apart.

Two rules we don't bend. First, we never fill in a missing value: if a record does not state a sample size or a design, that component scores zero, and if we simply have no data for a part, such as a citation count, that part is left out and the study is scored on the parts we could check. The study card says which. Second, anything that is not a peer-reviewed article is capped at 16/100 and carries a warning chip — so a conference abstract or a company press release can never outrank a peer-reviewed paper, no matter how good it looks.

We rank a rigorous null result — a good trial showing that something does not work — above an early positive finding. Someone deciding whether to buy a supplement is served by that, and the rigour is already counted by the design and journal components.

The score is computed from the published data alone and is reproducible: the same file always yields the same numbers.

See the whole rubric drawn out → — four charts covering all 29,780 studies: how the scores are spread and where the cap bites, which of the 20 components the library is strong and weak on, which subjects rest on stronger evidence, and what kinds of study each subject is actually built from.

What this library is — and isn't

This is a large sample of the Alzheimer's literature, not an exhaustive index of it. It holds 29,780 records, built mostly from automated pulls of Europe PMC (63.8% of the library) and OpenAlex (17.1%), plus smaller pulls from PubMed, Crossref and medRxiv. If a study, a drug, or a finding isn't here, that is not evidence it doesn't exist in the literature — it may simply not have been pulled in yet.

1,037 records (3.5% of the library) are not peer-reviewed — 964 of those are preprints posted before any journal review, and the rest are conference abstracts, regulatory notices and reports. Every study card on this page states its status plainly, and the score above is capped for anything that isn't a peer-reviewed article.

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