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  1. ApoE4 and Psychosis in Neurodegenerative and Non-Neurodegenerative Disease: A Scoping Review 2026-10-27
  2. Multimodal mediators connecting APOE4 to dementia 2026-10-21
  3. Reproductive Aging, FSH, and Apolipoprotein Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease 2026-10-19

Studies

266 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1993 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neuron 11
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 9
  • International journal of molecular sciences 8
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 7
  • bioRxiv 6

168 journals in all.

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  1. ApoE4 and Psychosis in Neurodegenerative and Non-Neurodegenerative Disease: A Scoping Review

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-10-27 Genetics

    Psychosis is a neuropsychiatric feature found across neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).

  2. Multimodal mediators connecting APOE4 to dementia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-10-21 Biomarkers

    We revealed graded, allele dosage‑dependent risk elevations for ACD, AD and VaD among APOE4 carriers, whereby homozygous carriers exhibited substantially higher incident dementia risk relative to heterozygous carriers and non‑carriers across all three clinical endpoints.

  3. Reproductive Aging, FSH, and Apolipoprotein Biology in Alzheimer’s Disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-10-19 Genetics

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects women more than men, with risk increasing during and after the menopausal transition.

  4. Clinical utility of plasma APOE proteotyping for Alzheimer’s disease risk and prognosis

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-10-11 Genetics

    Plasma APOE4 proteotyping accurately distinguished genotype-defined APOE ε4 carrier status and copy number while demonstrating AD-related associations comparable to DNA genotyping.

  5. Longitudinal Multimodal Retinal Imaging in Cognitively Normal Apolipoprotein E4 Carriers and Noncarriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Translational vision science & technology 2026-10-05 Brain scans and imaging

    This study analyzed 871 eyes from 439 participants (230 APOE ε4 noncarriers and 209 carriers).

  6. APOE4 reduction in vascular-associated fibroblasts decreases cerebral amyloid angiopathy and associated vascular dysfunction

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-10-04 Vascular contributions

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), characterized by cerebrovascular amyloid deposition, is strongly associated with Alzheimer’s disease, ischemic injury, and lobar hemorrhages.

  7. APOE ε4 Carrier Status and Cognitive Decline in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease: A Linear Mixed-Effects Analysis of the Placebo Arm of EXPEDITION 1

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-09-29 Treatments

    In this cohort, APOE ε4 carrier status was related to disease severity at baseline rather than to the rate of cognitive decline over 80 weeks.

  8. APOE Genotype and Fluid Biomarkers of Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-09-29 Tau biomarkers

    Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype is theorised to influence dementia risk partly through effects on blood–brain barrier (BBB) function, but clinical studies examining APOE effects on BBB biomarkers report inconsistent results.

  9. Phenome-wide and proteomic analysis of APOE alleles across different ancestries in the All of Us Research Program

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-09-28 Lewy body dementia

    We identified 27 phenotypes associated with APOE, mainly in neurological and lipid-related traits.

  10. Association of apolipoprotein E gene with risk, cognition, and prognosis of epilepsy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Human genetics 2026-09-26 Genetics

    Previous experimental studies suggested a link between the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene and epilepsy.

  11. A pericyte-to-myofibroblast transition links APOE4 to cerebrovascular degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Cell 2026-09-24 Vascular contributions

    Cerebrovascular disease is a major but poorly understood feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  12. The longevity gene APOE2 enhances pericyte function and reduces lipid droplets

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2026-09-16 Genetics

    Pericytes are critical for maintaining blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and have emerged as key contributors to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.

  13. Ion modulation restores local synaptic function in APOE4 neuronal networks despite persistent impairments in global network organization

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-09-14 Disease mechanisms

    The apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE4) allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for developing sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which accounts for the vast majority of AD cases.

  14. The protein and lipid compositions of brain apolipoprotein E particles are cell type-specific

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-09-14 Tau biomarkers

    Genetic variation in APOE , which encodes a lipid transporter apolipoprotein E (apoE), is the strongest risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

  15. Progressive behavioral and cognitive decline in Drosophila harboring AD- associated APOE4 variants

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-09-12 How common it is

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder, and its incidence is rising rapidly with population aging.

  16. Proteomic signatures of APOE ε4 across human tissues and cell types in Alzheimer’s disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-09-03 Long-term cohort studies

    The apolipoprotein E ε4 ( APOE ε4) allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet its associated protein changes across biofluids, brain regions, and cell types remain incompletely understood.

  17. Clinical Phenotype of Apoe Ɛ4 Carriers In Patients With Vascular Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Study From Indonesia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. F1000Res 2026-09-02 Lewy body dementia

    This study demonstrated that APOE4 carrier status was associated with lower MoCA-INA scores in this small VaD cohort.

  18. Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Analysis of Amyloid Aggregation and Hippocampal Atrophy Trajectories in Alzheimer’s Disease by APOE4 Genotype and Valiltramiprosate/ALZ-801 Treatment

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-08-24 Biomarkers

    Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

  19. APOE genotypes differentially remodel the astrocytic lipid droplet proteome to shape lipid droplet dynamics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Nature communications 2026-08-19 Genetics

    Lipid droplets are dynamic cellular organelles that store neutral lipids and coordinate metabolic and stress-response pathways.

  20. Anti-amyloid immunotherapy drives APOE4 specific increases in glial reactivity, perivascular immune activation, and ARIA-like events

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-06-29 Treatments

    Anti-amyloid antibodies represent the first disease modifying therapeutics for Alzheimers disease (AD).

  21. Plasma ApoE proteotyping for ApoE ε4 stratification in the anti-amyloid therapies era

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2026-05-21 Genetics

    The ratio showed excellent separation across genotypes in our cohort.

  22. Exceptional Longevity Modifying Allele APOE2 Promotes DNA Signaling Pathways Resisting Cellular Senescence in Human Neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Aging cell 2026-05 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified APOE2 allele as linked to exceptional longevity, with carriers exhibiting a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  23. Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor APOE4 Exerts Dimorphic Effects on Female Bone

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 2026-04-13 Genetics

    Individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are at an increased risk of bone fracture, while osteoporosis in women is one of the earliest predictors of AD.

  24. Plasma Proteomic Analysis of APOE ε4 Homozygotes Identifies Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease Alterations Potentially Modulated by Semaglutide

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-02-17 Drug development

    Individuals who carry two copies of the apolipoprotein E ε4 ( APOE ε4) allele are at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet the effects of APOE ε4 homozygosity on biological pathways related to AD over the lifespan are unknown.

  25. APOE Lipoprotein Particles: Pathophysiology, Therapy, and the Crosstalk in Alzheimer's Disease and Cardiovascular Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2025-12-23 Genetics

    The APOE4 variant was the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  26. Structural Analysis of Missense Mutations on the Stability of APOE3 and APOE4

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Genes 2025-12-16 Genetics

    Based on the folding energy (ΔΔG) calculations, mutations G165W and L155W were particularly destabilizing in APOE4.

  27. CRISPR editing of miR-33 restores ApoE lipidation and amyloid-β metabolism in ApoE4 sporadic Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2025-12-04 Genetics

    Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (sAD) is marked by dysregulated lipid metabolism, prominently involving apolipoprotein E (ApoE).

  28. Protective ApoE variants support neuronal function by effluxing oxidized phospholipids

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neuron 2025-12-02 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) mediates the bidirectional transport of lipids between cells.

  29. APOE ɛ4 carriership determines a faster plasma p-tau217 progression in Aβ-positive individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 73 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-12 Biomarkers

    In TRIAD, ALZpath p-tau217 (β = 0.45, p = 0.02) and p-tau217+Janssen (β = 0.67, p = 0.002), and in ADNI p-tau217 (β = 0.90, p = 0.002) increased faster in A+E4+.

  30. APOE-Targeted Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2025-11-12 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major lipid transport protein in the brain.

  31. APOE4 to APOE2 allelic switching in mice improves Alzheimer's disease-related metabolic signatures, neuropathology and cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2025-11-11 Genetics

    Compared to individuals carrying two copies of the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE), ε2 homozygotes have an approximate 99% reduction in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk.

  32. ApoE is Secreted as a Lipid Nanoparticle by Mammalian Cells: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biochemistry 2025-10-24 Genetics

    The brain is the most cholesterol-rich organ in the body, and ApoE is the main lipid carrier protein in the brain.

  33. Comparison of the ApoE allelic variants in the formation of intracerebral Aβ deposits

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2025-09-15 Genetics

    In the SAA-APP knock-in model of dense-cored Aβ deposits resulting from accumulation of protofibrillar-favoring Aβ42, we observed that crossing in human APOE reduced amyloid burden.

  34. APOE4 promotes cerebrovascular fibrosis and amyloid deposition via a pericyte-to-myofibroblast transition

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025-09-09 Vascular contributions

    Cerebrovascular disease is a major but poorly understood feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  35. Apolipoprotein E Alleles and Motor Signs in Older Adults with Alzheimer's Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2025-09-03 Genetics

    We investigated associations between apolipoprotein E (APOE) alleles and motor manifestations in Alzheimer's dementia (AD) capitalizing on National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data: the baseline evaluations of older adults (≥60 years) with a diagnosis of AD were analyzed.

  36. APOE genotype-dependent differences in human astrocytic energy metabolism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2025-09-01 Genetics

    ATP Seahorse assay revealed a reduced mitochondrial and glycolytic ATP production in APOE4 iAstrocytes.

  37. APOE genotypes differentially remodel the astrocytic lipid droplet-associated proteome to shape lipid droplet dynamics

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025-08-20 Genetics

    The lipids and proteins that comprise lipid droplets regulate several cellular functions including lipid storage, stress responses, and inflammation.

  38. A novel biochemical analysis for ApoE4 quantification in plasma and discrimination of homozygous and heterozygous APOE ε4 carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2025-07-15 Treatments

    ApoE4 levels ascertained by the e4Quant test exhibited clear genotype-dependent stratification.

  39. ApoE4 requires lipidation enhancement to resolve cellular lipid and protein abnormalities following NPC1 inhibition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Scientific reports 2025-04-29 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) variants are central to Alzheimer's disease (AD), Lewy body dementia (LBD) and Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC).

  40. APOE4 impairs macrophage lipophagy and promotes demyelination of spiral ganglion neurons in mouse cochleae

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cell death discovery 2025-04-21 Genetics

    The ApoE-ε4 gene is a well-established genetic risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, which are characterized by axonal demyelination in the central nervous system.

  41. APOE4 impairs autophagy and Aβ clearance by microglial cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2025-04-01 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a predominant form of dementia in elderly.

  42. APOE genotype determines cell-type-specific pathological landscape of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neuron 2025-03-19 Genetics

    The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the strongest genetic risk modifier for Alzheimer's disease (AD), with the APOE4 allele increasing risk and APOE2 decreasing it compared with the common APOE3 allele.

  43. Apolipoprotein E abundance is elevated in the brains of individuals with Down syndrome-Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2025-02-25 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Trisomy of chromosome 21, the cause of Down syndrome (DS), is the most commonly occurring genetic cause of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

  44. Retinal dysfunction in APOE4 knock-in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-01-03 Genetics

    APOE4-KI mice showed impaired retinal structure, vasculature, function, vision, increased gliosis and neuroinflammation, and downregulation of synaptogenesis.

  45. Unraveling APOE4's Role in Alzheimer's Disease: Pathologies and Therapeutic Strategies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Current protein & peptide science 2025 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common kind of dementia worldwide, is characterized by elevated levels of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and hyperphosphorylated tau protein in the neurons.

  46. Intracerebral hemorrhage following mild ARIA-H in an APOE ε2 carrier receiving lecanemab

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2024-12-19 Treatments

    Although APOE ε2 is known to be protective against Alzheimer's disease, it has also been shown to increase risk for hemorrhage with cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

  47. Quantitative and Kinetic Proteomics Reveal ApoE Isoform-dependent Proteostasis Adaptations in Mouse Brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. PLoS computational biology 2024-12-12 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphisms modify the risk of Alzheimer's disease with ApoE4 strongly increasing and ApoE2 modestly decreasing risk relative to the control ApoE3.

  48. APOE from astrocytes restores Alzheimer's Aβ-pathology and DAM-like responses in APOE deficient microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2024-11-11 Genetics

    The major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), APOE4, accelerates beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaque formation, but whether this is caused by APOE expressed in microglia or astrocytes is debated.

  49. Decreased lipidated ApoE-receptor interactions confer protection against pathogenicity of ApoE and its lipid cargoes in lysosomes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cell 2024-11-11 Genetics

    While apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the strongest genetic modifier for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), the molecular mechanisms underlying isoform-dependent risk and the relevance of ApoE-associated lipids remain elusive.

  50. Haploinsufficiency and Alzheimer's Disease: The Possible Pathogenic and Protective Genetic Factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2024-11-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder influenced by various genetic factors.

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