TDP-43 protein is an RNA-binding protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, and Alzheimer disease. 1 key finding →
Evidence: low
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Research
27,780 Alzheimer's and dementia studies in plain English, each scored out of 100.
The proteinopathy of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43, characterized by nuclear clearance and cytoplasmic inclusion, is a hallmark of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). 2 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Chitinase-3-like-1 (CHI3L1) is an evolutionarily conserved protein involved in key biological processes, including tissue remodeling, angiogenesis, and neuroinflammation. 1 key finding →
Evidence: low
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SnRNA-seq analysis revealed elevated microglial proportions across all dementia subtypes compared to NCI. 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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The study population demonstrated limited PET-based amyloid-β and tau pathology, which did not associate with any of the investigated plasma biomarkers. 5 key findings →
Design: cross-sectional Participants: 49 Evidence: low
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HIV infects tissue macrophages and brain microglia, which express lower levels of CD4 and CCR5 than CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood. 3 key findings →
Participants: 330 Evidence: low
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In the healthy adult brain synapses are continuously remodelled through a process of elimination and formation known as structural plasticity. 1 key finding →
Evidence: low
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous disorder with multiple etiologies. 2 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Although multiple CHCHD10 mutations are associated with the spectrum of familial and sporadic frontotemporal dementia-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FTD-ALS) diseases, neither the normal function of endogenous CHCHD10 nor its role in the pathological milieu (that is, TDP-43 pathology) of FTD/ALS have been investigated. 2 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Thalamic atrophy is a common feature across all forms of FTD but little is known about specific nuclei involvement. 1 key finding →
Evidence: moderate
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Synaptic dysfunction plays a central role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), since it drives the cognitive decline. 1 key finding →
Evidence: low
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44/100
Imbalance in production and clearance of amyloid beta (Aβ) is the primary reason for its deposition in Alzheimer disease. 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Here, we observed significant compromise in macroautophagy/autophagy in the brains of mlkl knockout (KO) mice, as evidenced by the downregulation of BECN1/Beclin1 and ULK1 (unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1). 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Abnormal processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and beta-amyloid (Abeta) plaque accumulation are defining features of Alzheimer disease (AD), a genetically complex neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by progressive synapse loss and neuronal cell death. 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by the extracellular accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ), which is accompanied by a robust inflammatory response in the brain. 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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44/100
Our results suggest that IF induces adaptive responses in the brain and periphery that can suppress inflammation and preserve cognitive function in an animal model of systemic bacterial infection. 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Insulin resistance associates with increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia; however, the underpinning mechanisms for this increased risk remain to be fully defined. 2 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Lewy bodies (LBs) are pathological hallmarks of Parkinson disease (PD) but also occur in Alzheimer disease (AD) and dementia of LBs. 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Our current studies indicate that thrombin and HMGB1 are causal proximate proinflammatory mediators of BBB dysfunction, while sTM levels may indicate BBB endothelial damage; HMGB1 and sRAGE might serve as clinical biomarkers for progression and/or therapeutic efficacy along the AD spectrum. 5 key findings →
Evidence: low
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The presenilin (PS) genes associated with Alzheimer disease encode polytopic transmembrane proteins which undergo physiologic endoproteolytic cleavage to generate stable NH2- and COOH-terminal fragments (NTF or CTF) which co-localize in intracellular membranes, but are tightly regulated in their stoichiometry and abundance. 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Few diseases are characterized by high homocysteine (HCY) and low folate and vitamin B12 blood levels. 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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The amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its proteolytic product amyloid beta (Abeta) are associated with both familial and sporadic forms of Alzheimer disease (AD). 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Memapsin 2 (BACE, beta-secretase) is a membrane-associated aspartic protease that initiates the hydrolysis of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) leading to the production of amyloid-beta (A beta) and the progression of Alzheimer disease. 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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Elucidation of Abeta-lowering agents that inhibit processing of the wild-type (WT) beta-secretase amyloid precursor protein (APP) site, present in most Alzheimer disease (AD) patients, is a logical approach for improving memory deficit in AD. 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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SorLA has been recognized as a novel sorting receptor that regulates trafficking and processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and that represents a significant risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer disease. 4 key findings →
Evidence: low
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From across this tag
10 of the 1,159 studies in this tag, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 10. The same 10 appear here every time.
- The low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) is a novel beta-secretase (BACE1) substrate
- Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate restores TDP-43 pathology-driven genome repair deficiency in motor neuron diseases
- Activated microglial exosomes enhance α-Synuclein internalization and accelerate neurodegeneration in lewy body dementia
- From Evasion to Collapse: The Kinetic Cascade of TDP-43 and the Failure of Proteostasis
- Cytoplasmic expression of trans-active response DNA-binding protein-43 in aged mice display hippocampal sclerosis-like degeneration and neuronal loss with reduced lifespan
- CREB-activity and nmnat2 transcription are down-regulated prior to neurodegeneration, while NMNAT2 over-expression is neuroprotective, in a mouse model of human tauopathy
- Astrocytes phenomics as new druggable targets in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease progression
- Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis
- Microglia constitute a barrier that prevents neurotoxic protofibrillar Aβ42 hotspots around plaques
- Tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol, two main components of olive oil, protect N2a cells against amyloid-β-induced toxicity. Involvement of the NF-κB signaling
Where “Free full text” comes from
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. Show only studies that are free to read
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 27,780 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 27,780 records, built mostly from automated pulls of Europe PMC (61.1% of the library) and OpenAlex (18.3%), 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.
1,034 records (3.7% of the library) are not peer-reviewed — 962 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.
See the full, machine-readable breakdown of this library's coverage →