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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

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  • 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. Intermittent Fasting Ameliorates β‐Amyloid Deposition and Cognitive Impairment Accompanied by Decreased Lipid Droplet Aggregation Within Microglia in an Alzheimer's Disease Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 2025-01-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    APP/PS1 mice at 6 months were randomly allocated to two dietary groups: one receiving ad libitum (AL) feeding and the other undergoing IF for 1 month.

  2. Longitudinally persisting KCNA2-autoantibodies in mild amnestic dementia with Alzheimer´s pathology - Report and literature review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Behavioural brain research 2025-01-22 Tau biomarkers

    Neural autoantibodies are being increasingly detected in conjunction with neurodegenerative dementias such as Alzheimer's disease dementia (AD), yet their significance is not well clarified.

  3. Alterations of amino acids in older adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Amino Acids 2025-01-18 Risk factors

    Metabolomics provide a promising tool for understanding dementia pathogenesis and identifying novel biomarkers.

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

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

    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.

  5. Repetitive injury induces phenotypes associated with Alzheimer’s disease by reactivating HSV-1 in a human brain tissue model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Science Signaling 2025-01-07 Disease mechanisms

    -heterozygous human brain tissue was reactivated in response to neuroinflammation caused by exposure to other pathogens.

  6. Gain-of-function ANXA11 mutation cause late-onset ALS with aberrant protein aggregation, neuroinflammation and autophagy impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 2025-01-04 Brain tissue and pathology

    Mutations in the ANXA11 gene, encoding an RNA-binding protein, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but the underlying in vivo mechanisms remain unclear.

  7. Plasma pTau181 and amyloid markers predict conversion to dementia in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Brain 2025-01-02 How common it is

    Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology have been investigated intensively as markers for AD-related neurodegeneration.

  8. Alzheimer-typical temporo-parietal atrophy and hypoperfusion are associated with a more significant cholinergic impairment in amnestic neurodegenerative syndromes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. JuSER Publikationsportal 2025-01-01 Treatments

    However, postmortem investigations indicate that the AD-typical progressive amnestic syndrome may also result from predominantly limbic non-AD neuropathology such as TDP-43 proteinopathy and argyrophilic grain disease.

  9. Cell-weighted polygenic risk scores are associated with β-amyloid and tau biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain Communications 2025-01-01 Genetics

    We observed differential cellular effects on β-amyloid, pTau217 and cognitive measures.

  10. Genetic association of ABCA7 and PSEN1 polymorphisms with Alzheimer’s disease in the northeast Algerian population: Exploring risk factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Archives of Biological Sciences 2025-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer?s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a strong genetic component.

  11. Genetic drivers of hippocampal atrophy highlight the role of APOE functional variants and AD polygenicity in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. NeuroImage Clinical 2025-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    • Longitudinal imaging-genetics study of hippocampal atrophy trajectories over 5 years in ADNI. • APOE -ε4 carriership and ApoE CSF proteomic quantitative trait loci are key genetic drivers of accelerated hippocampal atrophy in amyloid-positive MCI. • Genetic effects are stage-specific, with strongest associations during the prodromal phase of AD. • Sex differences in atrophy rates are observed, but do not significantly alter genetic influences. • Findings support the utility of APOE and functional genetic markers as stratification tools for early neurodegeneration in AD.

  12. Late-onset dementia with leukoencephalopathy and a COL4A2 gene variant, causal link or fortuitous association: a case report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior 2025-01-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Cerebral small vessel disease can manifest as vascular dementia, typically associated with vascular risk factors or cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and more rarely associated with hereditary conditions.

  13. Layer-Specific Colocalization of Microglia with Amyloid Plaques in the Middle Temporal Gyrus Predicts Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Aging and Disease 2025-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is marked by cognitive decline and amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaque deposition in the brain.

  14. Profiling characteristics of plasma exosomal miRNAs across cognitive stages: from normalcy to mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. RSC Advances 2025-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    The rising global prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) underscores the urgent need to elucidate their underlying pathogenic mechanisms.

  15. Selective association of EEG microstates with clinical symptoms and mutation status in monogenic Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. NeuroImage Clinical 2025-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    • EEG microstate analyses were performed in a cohort of autosomal dominant AD. • Coverage of class C decreased in symptomatic mutation carriers • Coverage of class D decreased in presymptomatic and symptomatic mutation carriers. • Coverage of class E increased in presymptomatic and symptomatic mutation carriers. • The findings may support presymptomatic changes in resting-state neuronal networks.

  16. The Effect of APOE ε4 on Alzheimer's Disease Fluid Biomarkers: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the COAST

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. CNS neuroscience & therapeutics 2025-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    APOE ε4 is associated with accelerated progression of AD pathology.

  17. Multi Layered Omics Approaches Reveal Glia Specific Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Future Prospects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Glia 2024-12-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative dementia with multi-layered complexity in its molecular etiology.

  18. Homeostatic microglia initially seed and activated microglia later reshape amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-12-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The role of microglia in the amyloid cascade of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is debated due to conflicting findings.

  19. Residential Neighborhood Disadvantage and Amyloid Positivity: Findings from IDEAS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    We observed a relationship between residence in a more disadvantaged neighborhood (higher ADI) and lower rates of amyloid positivity.

  20. Residential Neighborhood Disadvantage and Amyloid Positivity: Findings from IDEAS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    We observed a relationship between residence in a more disadvantaged neighborhood (higher ADI) and lower rates of amyloid positivity.

  21. AAVrh.10 delivery of novel APOE2-Christchurch variant suppresses amyloid and Tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Molecular Therapy 2024-11-06 Genetics

    Gene therapy to treat hereditary disorders conventionally delivers the normal allele to compensate for loss-of-function mutations.

  22. Quinoa is an ancient Andean crop with a significant interest due to its nutritional and health benefits.

  23. Blood-derived mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with Alzheimer disease, Alzheimer-related biomarkers and serum metabolites

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2024-10-23 Biomarkers

    MR analysis suggested a causal relationship between decreased blood-derived mtDNA-CN and increased risk of AD (OR = 0.68; P = 0.013).

  24. Mitochondrial dysfunction gene expression, DNA methylation, and inflammatory cytokines interaction activate Alzheimer's disease: a multi-omics Mendelian randomization study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of translational medicine 2024-10-03 Risk genes beyond APOE

    This study highlighted that the AD-causal MD genes could be regulated by epigenetic changes and interact with inflammatory cytokines, providing evidence for AD prevention and intervention.

  25. Alzheimer's disease-linked risk alleles elevate microglial cGAS-associated senescence and neurodegeneration in a tauopathy model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Neuron 2024-09-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The strongest risk factors for late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) include the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE), the R47H variant of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), and female sex.

  26. Restoring hippocampal glucose metabolism rescues cognition across Alzheimer's disease pathologies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2024-08-23 Inflammation and the immune system

    Impaired cerebral glucose metabolism is a pathologic feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with recent proteomic studies highlighting disrupted glial metabolism in AD.

  27. A summary measure of γ-secretase activity (γ-secretase composite [GSC]) was calculated for each variant and compared with clinical history-derived AAO using correlation analyses.

  28. Mapping the impact of age and APOE risk factors for late onset Alzheimer's disease on long range brain connections through multiscale bundle analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain structure & function 2024-07-09 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease currently has no cure and is usually detected too late for interventions to be effective.

  29. APP antisense oligonucleotides reduce amyloid-β aggregation and rescue endolysosomal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Brain 2024-07-05 Genetics

    APP gene dosage is strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.

  30. Adult-onset deactivation of autophagy leads to loss of synapse homeostasis and cognitive impairment, with implications for alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Autophagy 2024-07-01 Biomarkers

    Isolated forebrain synaptosomes, rather than total homogenates, from atg7 iKO mice demonstrated accumulation of synaptic proteins, suggesting that the synapse might be a vulnerable site for protein homeostasis disruption.

  31. Retraction Note: A specific amyloid-beta protein assembly in the brain impairs memory

    ⚠ Retracted — do not rely on it alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Nature 2024-06-24 Laboratory science

    Eighteen years after it was published, Nature formally retracted the landmark 2006 paper that had proposed a specific amyloid protein (Aβ*56) as a cause of memory loss in mice, citing evidence of image manipulation, including splicing, duplication, and use of an image-editing 'eraser' tool.

  32. APOE3 Christchurch Heterozygosity and Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. New England Journal of Medicine 2024-06-20 Genetics

    Clinical data supported a delayed onset of cognitive impairment in persons who were heterozygous for the APOE3 Ch variant in a kindred with a high prevalence of autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease.

  33. A cross-sectional study of α-synuclein seed amplification assay in Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative: Prevalence and associations with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers and cognitive function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-05-21 Long-term cohort studies

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is defined by β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tau, but Lewy bodies (LBs; 𝛼-synuclein aggregates) are a common co-pathology for which effective biomarkers are needed.

  34. APOE4 homozygozity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Nature medicine 2024-05-06 How common it is

    This study aimed to evaluate the impact of APOE4 homozygosity on Alzheimer's disease (AD) by examining its clinical, pathological and biomarker changes to see whether APOE4 homozygotes constitute a distinct, genetically determined form of AD.

  35. APOE4 homozygosity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Nature Medicine 2024-05 Genetics

    Analyzing postmortem brain pathology from over 3,200 people plus biomarker data from more than 10,000 more, researchers found that people who inherit two copies of the APOE4 gene variant (about 2-3% of the population) develop Alzheimer's brain changes almost universally and on a predictable timeline starting around age 55, much like known single-gene forms of Alzheimer's. The authors argue this makes APOE4 homozygosity itself a genetic form of Alzheimer's disease rather than just a risk factor.

  36. Molecular mechanisms linking type 2 diabetes mellitus and late-onset Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and qualitative meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2024-04-21 Inflammation and the immune system

    Research evidence indicating common metabolic mechanisms through which type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases risk of late-onset Alzheimer's dementia (LOAD) has accumulated over recent decades.

  37. Rare genetic variation in fibronectin 1 (FN1) protects against APOEε4 in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Acta Neuropathologica 2024-04-10 Genetics

    The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) significantly increases in individuals carrying the APOEε4 allele.

  38. Onset of Alzheimer disease in apolipoprotein ɛ4 carriers is earlier in butyrylcholinesterase K variant carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. BMC neurology 2024-04-09 Tau biomarkers

    The authors sought to examine the impact of the K-variant of butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE-K) carrier status on age-at-diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) in APOE4 carriers.

  39. The Co-oligomers of Aβ42 and Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Exacerbate Neurotoxicity and Alzheimer-like Pathology at Cellular Level

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Neuroscience 2024-04-09 Tau biomarkers

    The Aβ hypothesis has long been central to Alzheimer's disease (AD) theory, with a recent surge in attention following drug approvals targeting Aβ plaque clearance.

  40. Xenografted human microglia display diverse transcriptomic states in response to Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid-β pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2024-03-27 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia are central players in Alzheimer's disease pathology but analyzing microglial states in human brain samples is challenging due to genetic diversity, postmortem delay and admixture of pathologies.

  41. APOE2 gene therapy reduces amyloid deposition and improves markers of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2024-03-19 Disease mechanisms

    Epidemiological studies show that individuals who carry the relatively uncommon APOE ε2 allele rarely develop Alzheimer disease, and if they do, they have a later age of onset, milder clinical course, and less severe neuropathological findings than people without this allele.

  42. Glymphatic system dysfunction predicts amyloid deposition, neurodegeneration, and clinical progression in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2024-03-19 Laboratory science

    Glymphatic failure may precede amyloid pathology, and predicts amyloid deposition, neurodegeneration, and clinical progression in AD.

  43. Exploring Natural Compounds for Alzheimer's Disease: Virtual Screening and Docking Study with KIBRA Protein

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2024-02-05 Drug development

    Therapies targeting amyloid, such as monoclonal antibodies like Lecanemab, Aducanumab, and Donanemab, have garnered FDA approval but remain controversial due to limited clinical benefits and significant side effects against Alzheimer.

  44. Cell type-specific roles of APOE4 in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2024-01-08 Genetics

    The ɛ4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), which translates to the APOE4 isoform, is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD).

  45. Onset of Alzheimer disease in apolipoprotein ɛ4 carriers is earlier in butyrylcholinesterase K variant carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. BMC neurology 2024-01-03 Tau biomarkers

    In mild AD patients aged less than 75 years, the mean age-at-diagnosis of AD in APOE4 carriers was reduced by over 6 years in BCHE-K carriers versus noncarriers.

  46. Amelioration of Amyloid-β Induced Alzheimer's Disease by Bacopa monnieri through Modulation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and GSK-3β/Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Molecular nutrition & food research 2023-12-24 Tau biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent dementia, affecting a large number of populations.

  47. APOE Genotype and Alzheimer Disease Risk Across Age, Sex, and Population Ancestry

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 82 out of 100. JAMA Neurology 2023-12-01 Genetics

    Among 68 756 unique individuals, analyses included 21 852 East Asian (demographic data not available), 5738 Hispanic (68.2% female; mean [SD] age, 75.4 [8.8] years), 7145 non-Hispanic Black (hereafter referred to as Black) (70.8% female; mean [SD] age, 78.4 [8.2] years), and 34 021 non-Hispanic White (hereafter referred to as White) (59.3% female; mean [SD] age, 77.0 [9.1] years) individuals.

  48. Etiology of White Matter Hyperintensities in Autosomal Dominant and Sporadic Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2023-12-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Data from 3960 MRI sessions among 1141 participants were included: 252 pathogenic variant carriers from DIAN (mean [SD] age, 38.4 [11.2] years; 137 [54%] female), 571 older adults from ADNI (mean [SD] age, 72.8 [7.3] years; 274 [48%] female), and 318 older adults from HABS (mean [SD] age, 72.4 [7.6] years; 194 [61%] female).

  49. ATG5 (autophagy related 5) in microglia controls hippocampal neurogenesis in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Autophagy 2023-11-10 Biomarkers

    Macroautophagy/autophagy is the intracellular degradation process of cytoplasmic content and damaged organelles.

  50. Precision medicine analysis of heterogeneity in individual-level treatment response to amyloid beta removal in early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-10-26 Biomarkers

    This ITR analysis provides a proof of concept for precision medicine in future AD research and drug development.

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