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  1. Evidence for Reduced Somatic T-Cell Receptor Sequence Diversity Profiles Among Midwestern Amish in an Aging Cohort Study 2026-10-18
  2. Gantenerumab reduces brain amyloid-β proteoforms: Biochemical evaluation in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease 2026-09-29
  3. Genetic Insights Into Protective Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Stroke and Alzheimer Disease Across Ancestries 2026-09-25

Studies

1,365 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1982 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 92
  • The Journal of biological chemistry 68
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 47
  • Archives of neurology 43
  • JAMA neurology 36

375 journals in all.

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  1. Clinical features and APOE genotype of pathologically proven early-onset Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2011-05-01 Genetics

    One third of patients with pathologic confirmed EOAD presented with atypical symptoms.

  2. Predictive value of APOE-ε4 allele for progression from MCI to AD-type dementia: a meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2011-04-14 Mild cognitive impairment

    The APOE-ε4 allele is associated with a moderately increased risk for progression from MCI to AD-type dementia.

  3. Neuronal dysfunction and disconnection of cortical hubs in non-demented subjects with elevated amyloid burden

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2011-04-13 Caregiving

    Disruption of functional connectivity between brain regions may represent an early functional consequence of β-amyloid pathology prior to clinical Alzheimer's disease.

  4. Endogenous amyloid-β is necessary for hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2011-04-06 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The goal of this study was to investigate the role of endogenous amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) in healthy brain.

  5. Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Nature Genetics 2011-04-03 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The authors sought to identify new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease through a staged association study and by testing suggestive loci reported by the Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Consortium in a companion paper.

  6. Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 82 out of 100. Nature genetics 2011-04-03 Genetics

    The Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) performed a genome-wide association study of late-onset Alzheimer disease using a three-stage design consisting of a discovery stage (stage 1) and two replication stages (stages 2 and 3).

  7. Neurotrophins, activating the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, control neuronal survival and plasticity.

  8. Longitudinal modeling of frontal cognition in APOE ε4 homozygotes, heterozygotes, and noncarriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Neurology 2011-04-01 Genetics

    No frontal cognitive effects were as robust as memory decline.

  9. Molecular mechanisms linking diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer disease: beta-amyloid peptide, insulin signaling, and neuronal function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Molecular bioSystems 2011-03-24 Disease mechanisms

    The incidence of Alzheimer disease (AD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing at an alarming rate and has become a major public health concern worldwide.

  10. Alzheimer risk associated with a copy number variation in the complement receptor 1 increasing C3b/C4b binding sites

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2011-03-15 Genetics

    Two multicentre genome-wide association (GWA) studies provided substantial evidence, implicating the complement receptor 1 gene (CR1) in Alzheimer disease (AD) genetic etiology.

  11. Plasma apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer disease risk: the AIBL study of aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2011-03-01 Genetics

    Analysis of cross-sectional data from the AIBL study indicates that plasma apoE levels are altered in AD and correlate with AD pathology level.

  12. The sirtuin pathway in ageing and Alzheimer disease: mechanistic and therapeutic considerations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2011-03-01 Caregiving

    The sirtuin pathway, which is most notable for its association with the anti-ageing effects of calorie restriction, has received particular attention, and pharmacological or transgenic upregulation of the sirtuin pathway has shown promising results in laboratory models of ageing.

  13. Meta-analysis for genome-wide association study identifies multiple variants at the BIN1 locus associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. PloS one 2011-02-24 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Recent GWAS studies focused on uncovering novel genetic loci related to AD have revealed associations with variants near CLU, CR1, PICALM and BIN1.

  14. Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. The Lancet Neurology 2011-02-22 Genetics

  15. Genome-wide association of familial late-onset Alzheimer's disease replicates BIN1 and CLU and nominates CUGBP2 in interaction with APOE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. PLoS genetics 2011-02-17 Brain tissue and pathology

    Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly.

  16. Docosahexaenoic acid reduces amyloid beta production via multiple pleiotropic mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2011-02-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer disease is characterized by accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) generated by β- and γ-secretase processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP).

  17. Astrocytes: implications for neuroinflammatory pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2011-02-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with major clinical hallmarks of memory loss, dementia, and cognitive impairment.

  18. Impaired regulation of synaptic actin cytoskeleton in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain research reviews 2011-01-26 Disease mechanisms

    Representing the most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has dramatically impacted the neurological and economic health of our society.

  19. Association of TMEM106B gene polymorphism with age at onset in granulin mutation carriers and plasma granulin protein levels

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2011-01-10 Genetics

    The association of rs1990622 with AAO explains, in part, the wide range in the AAO of disease among GRN mutation carriers.

  20. Meta-analysis of the association between variants in SORL1 and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2011-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Comprehensive and unbiased meta-analysis of all published and unpublished data from case-control studies for the SORL1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that had been repeatedly assessed across studies.

  21. Plasma sphingomyelins are associated with cognitive progression in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2011-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Plasma sphingolipids have been shown to predict cognitive impairment and hippocampal volume loss, but there is little research in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  22. Gamma-secretase-dependent amyloid-beta is increased in Niemann-Pick type C: a cross-sectional study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Neurology 2010-12-29 Tau biomarkers

    Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is an inherited disorder characterized by intracellular accumulation of lipids such as cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in endosomes and lysosomes.

  23. Exome sequencing reveals VCP mutations as a cause of familial ALS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Neuron 2010-12-01 How common it is

    Using exome sequencing, we identified a p.R191Q amino acid change in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene in an Italian family with autosomal dominantly inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

  24. Apolipoprotein E4 domain interaction mediates detrimental effects on mitochondria and is a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-11-30 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein (apo) E4 is the major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD).

  25. Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Nature 2010-11-28 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid-β oligomers may cause cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease by impairing neuronal NMDA-type glutamate receptors, whose function is regulated by the receptor tyrosine kinase EphB2.

  26. Genetic evidence implicates the immune system and cholesterol metabolism in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. PloS one 2010-11-15 Brain tissue and pathology

    Late Onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the leading cause of dementia.

  27. Identification of novel loci for Alzheimer disease and replication of CLU, PICALM, and BIN1 in Caribbean Hispanic individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2010-11-08 Genetics

    Our genome-wide search of Caribbean Hispanic individuals identified several novel genetic variants associated with LOAD and replicated these associations in a white cohort.

  28. Insulin metabolism and the risk of Alzheimer disease: the Rotterdam Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Neurology 2010-11-01 Genetics

    Our findings suggest that insulin metabolism influences the clinical manifestation of AD only within 3 years.

  29. β-Amyloid peptide increases levels of iron content and oxidative stress in human cell and Caenorhabditis elegans models of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Free radical biology & medicine 2010-10-26 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Recent studies indicate that the deposition of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) is related to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD); however, the underlying mechanism is still not clear.

  30. Brain endothelial cells produce amyloid {beta} from amyloid precursor protein 770 and preferentially secrete the O-glycosylated form

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-10-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Deposition of amyloid β (Aβ) in the brain is closely associated with Alzheimer disease (AD).

  31. Amyloid-beta oligomers impair fear conditioned memory in a calcineurin-dependent fashion in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neuroscience research 2010-10-01 Disease mechanisms

    Soluble oligomeric aggregates of the amyloid-beta (A beta) peptide are believed to be the most neurotoxic A beta species affecting the brain in Alzheimer disease (AD), a terminal neurodegenerative disorder involving severe cognitive decline underscored by initial synaptic dysfunction and later extensive neuronal death in the CNS.

  32. Amyloid efflux transporter expression at the blood-brain barrier declines in normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2010-10-01 Disease mechanisms

    Reduced clearance of amyloid β peptides (Aβ) across the blood-brain barrier contributes to amyloid accumulation in Alzheimer disease.

  33. Homocysteine and holotranscobalamin and the risk of Alzheimer disease: a longitudinal study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurology 2010-10-01 Genetics

    This study suggests that both tHcy and holoTC may be involved in the development of AD.

  34. Dementia revealed: novel chromosome 6 locus for late-onset Alzheimer disease provides genetic evidence for folate-pathway abnormalities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. PLoS genetics 2010-09-23 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) have consistently observed strong evidence of association with polymorphisms in APOE.

  35. BACE1 gene variants do not influence BACE1 activity, levels of APP or Aβ isoforms in CSF in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2010-09-17 Tau biomarkers

    The BACE1 gene encodes the beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 and has been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  36. In vivo changes in microglial activation and amyloid deposits in brain regions with hypometabolism in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2010-09-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    BPs of [(11)C](R)PK11195 and [(11)C]PIB were significantly higher in the parietotemporal regions of AD patients than in ten healthy controls.

  37. Overexpression of human apolipoprotein A-I preserves cognitive function and attenuates neuroinflammation and cerebral amyloid angiopathy in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-09-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    To date there is no effective therapy for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  38. Apolipoprotein A-I deficiency increases cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive deficits in APP/PS1DeltaE9 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-08-25 Risk genes beyond APOE

    A hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD) is the deposition of amyloid β (Aβ) in brain parenchyma and cerebral blood vessels, accompanied by cognitive decline.

  39. Insulin resistance is associated with the pathology of Alzheimer disease: the Hisayama study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurology 2010-08-25 Genetics

    The results of this study suggest that hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia caused by insulin resistance accelerate NP formation in combination with the effects of APOE epsilon4.

  40. Meta-analysis confirms CR1, CLU, and PICALM as alzheimer disease risk loci and reveals interactions with APOE genotypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2010-08-09 Genetics

    We confirm in a completely independent data set that CR1, CLU, and PICALM are AD susceptibility loci in European ancestry populations.

  41. Days to criterion as an indicator of toxicity associated with human Alzheimer amyloid-beta oligomers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2010-08-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Recent evidence suggests that high molecular weight soluble oligomeric Abeta (oAbeta) assemblies (also known as Abeta-derived diffusible ligands, or ADDLs) may represent a primary neurotoxic basis for cognitive failure in Alzheimer disease (AD).

  42. Microarray analysis of hippocampal CA1 neurons implicates early endosomal dysfunction during Alzheimer's disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Biological psychiatry 2010-07-23 Mild cognitive impairment

    These data support the hypothesis that neuronal endosomal dysfunction is associated with preclinical AD.

  43. Sex differences in the association of the apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele with incidence of dementia, cognitive impairment, and decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2010-07-08 Disparities

    We examined longitudinal associations between the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (ApoE4(+) status) and several cognitive outcomes and tested effect modification by sex.

  44. Dysexecutive versus amnesic phenotypes of very mild Alzheimer's disease are associated with distinct clinical, genetic and cortical thinning characteristics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2010-06-20 Mild cognitive impairment

    Executive predominant AD may reflect an alternative underlying pathophysiology related to genetic status, reflected in more prominent pathological alterations in frontoparietal regions subserving executive function.

  45. Selective translational control of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein transcript by iron regulatory protein-1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-06-17 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Iron influx increases the translation of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein (APP) via an iron-responsive element (IRE) RNA stem loop in its 5'-untranslated region.

  46. Regulation of amyloid precursor protein processing by the Beclin 1 complex

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. PloS one 2010-06-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Autophagy is an intracellular degradation pathway that functions in protein and organelle turnover in response to starvation and cellular stress.

  47. The role of microglia in amyloid clearance from the AD brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2010-06-15 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most prominent cause of senile dementia, is clinically characterized by the extracellular deposition of beta-amyloid (Abeta) and the intracellular neurofibrillary tangles.

  48. Replication of CLU, CR1, and PICALM associations with alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2010-06-14 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Follow-up case-control association study.

  49. T cells specifically targeted to amyloid plaques enhance plaque clearance in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. PloS one 2010-05-26 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit substantial accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) plaques in the brain.

  50. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype has dissociable effects on memory and attentional-executive network function in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010-05-17 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    The epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but limited work has suggested that APOE genotype may modulate disease phenotype.

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