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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

1,350 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1982 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 92
  • The Journal of biological chemistry 67
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 47
  • Archives of neurology 43
  • JAMA neurology 36

372 journals in all.

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  1. Amyloidogenic processing but not amyloid precursor protein (APP) intracellular C-terminal domain production requires a precisely oriented APP dimer assembled by transmembrane GXXXG motifs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2008-01-16 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) is the major constituent of the amyloid core of senile plaques found in the brain of patients with Alzheimer disease.

  2. Cortical alpha-synuclein load is associated with amyloid-beta plaque burden in a subset of Parkinson's disease patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2008-01-08 Caregiving

    Amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) comprises extracellular plaques and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).

  3. Numerous investigations point to the importance of oxidative imbalance in mediating AD pathogenesis.

  4. Enhanced risk for Alzheimer disease in persons with type 2 diabetes and APOE epsilon4: the Cardiovascular Health Study Cognition Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2008-01-01 Genetics

    These data suggest that having both diabetes and APOE epsilon4 increases the risk of dementia, especially for AD and mixed AD.

  5. Possible involvement of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current pharmaceutical design 2008-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in developed countries.

  6. The expression of microRNA miR-107 decreases early in Alzheimer's disease and may accelerate disease progression through regulation of beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2008-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that participate in posttranscriptional gene regulation in a sequence-specific manner.

  7. Candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms from a genomewide association study of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2007-11-12 Genetics

    Unadjusted, SNP RS4420638 within APOC1 was strongly associated with AD due entirely to linkage disequilibrium with APOE.

  8. Generation of Abeta38 and Abeta42 is independently and differentially affected by familial Alzheimer disease-associated presenilin mutations and gamma-secretase modulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007-10-24 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer disease amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) is generated via proteolytic processing of the beta-amyloid precursor protein by beta- and gamma-secretase.

  9. Cognitive domain decline in healthy apolipoprotein E epsilon4 homozygotes before the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2007-09-01 Genetics

    Of 214 participants, 48 showed no decline on any test, 126 showed decline on only 1 test in 1 or more domains, and 40 showed decline on 2 or more tests in 1 or more domains.

  10. Peripheral insulin and brain structure in early Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Neurology 2007-09-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Accumulating evidence suggests insulin and insulin signaling may be involved in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  11. Defective DNA base excision repair in brain from individuals with Alzheimer's disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nucleic acids research 2007-08-17 Mild cognitive impairment

    Oxidative stress is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and increased oxidative DNA damage has been observed in brain tissue from AD patients.

  12. Redox proteomics identification of oxidatively modified brain proteins in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: insights into the progression of this dementing disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2007-08-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Alzheimer disease is a common age-related neurodegenerative disease characterized pathologically by senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, synaptic disruption, and progressive neuronal deficits.

  13. Reducing amyloid plaque burden via ex vivo gene delivery of an Abeta-degrading protease: a novel therapeutic approach to Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. PLoS medicine 2007-08-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Understanding the mechanisms of amyloid-beta protein (Abeta) production and clearance in the brain has been essential to elucidating the etiology of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  14. Modulation of human neural stem cell differentiation in Alzheimer (APP23) transgenic mice by phenserine

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007-07-17 Biomarkers

    In a previous study, we found that human neural stem cells (HNSCs) exposed to high concentrations of secreted amyloid-precursor protein (sAPP) in vitro differentiated into mainly astrocytes, suggesting that pathological alterations in APP processing during neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) may prevent neuronal differentiation of HNSCs.

  15. Partial reduction of BACE1 has dramatic effects on Alzheimer plaque and synaptic pathology in APP Transgenic Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007-07-06 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The aspartyl protease beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) initiates processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) into amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide, the major component of Alzheimer disease (AD) plaques.

  16. Changes in cerebral blood volume and amyloid pathology in aged Alzheimer APP/PS1 mice on a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) diet or cholesterol enriched Typical Western Diet (TWD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2007-06-18 Brain scans and imaging

    High dietary cholesterol and low dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intake are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  17. {gamma}-Secretase Substrate Concentration Modulates the Abeta42/Abeta40 Ratio: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007-06-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Mutation of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin-1, or presenilin-2 results in the development of early onset autosomal dominant forms of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  18. Rodent A beta modulates the solubility and distribution of amyloid deposits in transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007-06-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The amino acid sequence of amyloid precursor protein (APP) is highly conserved, and age-related A beta aggregates have been described in a variety of vertebrate animals, with the notable exception of mice and rats.

  19. Accelerating amyloid-beta fibrillization reduces oligomer levels and functional deficits in Alzheimer disease mouse models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007-06-04 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Many proteins suspected of causing neurodegenerative diseases exist in diverse assembly states.

  20. PET amyloid ligand [11C]PIB uptake is increased in mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2007-05-01 Genetics

    The SPM analysis showed that patients with MCI had significantly higher [(11)C]PIB uptake vs control subjects in the frontal, parietal, and lateral temporal cortices as well as in the posterior cingulate showing the most prominent differences.

  21. Synaptic alterations in CA1 in mild Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2007-05-01 Genetics

    These results strongly support the concept that synapse loss is a structural correlate involved very early in cognitive decline in mild Alzheimer disease (mAD) and supports mild cognitive impairment as a transitional stage between mAD and no cognitive impairment.

  22. Alkalizing drugs induce accumulation of amyloid precursor protein by-products in luminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2007-04-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism is central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease.

  23. The epsilon(4) allele of APOE confers a two- to fourfold increased risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), but LOAD pathology does not all fit neatly around APOE.

  24. Familial Alzheimer disease-linked mutations specifically disrupt Ca2+ leak function of presenilin 1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2007-04-12 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Mutations in presenilins are responsible for approximately 40% of all early-onset familial Alzheimer disease (FAD) cases in which a genetic cause has been identified.

  25. Association of increased cortical soluble abeta42 levels with diffuse plaques after severe brain injury in humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2007-04-01 Genetics

    Selective increases in soluble Abeta(1-42) after TBI may predispose individuals with a brain injury to Alzheimer disease pathology.

  26. Systemic inflammation, infection, ApoE alleles, and Alzheimer disease: a position paper

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2007-04-01 Genetics

    Alzheimer disease (AD) includes inflammatory processes in the senile plaques and surrounding glia, with increased expression of acute phase proteins such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-6.

  27. The association between genetic variants in SORL1 and Alzheimer disease in an urban, multiethnic, community-based cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2007-04-01 Disparities

    This study confirms the association between genetic variants in SORL1 and AD.

  28. Ccr2 deficiency impairs microglial accumulation and accelerates progression of Alzheimer-like disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Nature medicine 2007-03-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia are the principal immune cells of the brain.

  29. A number of studies reported that oxidative and nitrosative damage may be important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  30. Association of low plasma Abeta42/Abeta40 ratios with increased imminent risk for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2007-03-01 How common it is

    The plasma Abeta42/Abeta40 ratio may be a useful premorbid biomarker for identifying cognitively normal elderly white subjects who are at increased risk for developing MCI or AD.

  31. Evidence that aging and amyloid promote microglial cell senescence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Rejuvenation research 2007-03-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Advanced age and presence of intracerebral amyloid deposits are known to be major risk factors for development of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and both have been associated with microglial activation.

  32. Activation of microglia acidifies lysosomes and leads to degradation of Alzheimer amyloid fibrils

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Molecular biology of the cell 2007-02-21 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia are the main immune cells of the brain, and under some circumstances they can play an important role in removal of fibrillar Alzheimer amyloid beta peptide (fAbeta).

  33. EEG alterations in non-demented individuals related to apolipoprotein E genotype and to risk of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2007-02-12 Genetics

    Identification of preclinical markers is required for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive dysfunction in advancing age.

  34. Increased level of active GSK-3beta in Alzheimer's disease and accumulation in argyrophilic grains and in neurones at different stages of neurofibrillary degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Neuropathology and applied neurobiology 2007-02-01 Lewy body dementia

    The somatodendritic accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins is an early event preceding the appearance of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and might be necessary for their formation.

  35. Loss-of-function presenilin mutations in Alzheimer disease. Talking Point on the role of presenilin mutations in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. EMBO reports 2007-02-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Presenilin mutations are the main cause of familial Alzheimer disease.

  36. Soluble protein oligomers in neurodegeneration: lessons from the Alzheimer's amyloid β-peptide

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2007-01-24 Disease mechanisms

    This article discusses how distinct protein aggregates found in various neurodegenerative disorders appear to cause these conditions.

  37. Intraneuronal Abeta immunoreactivity is not a predictor of brain amyloidosis-beta or neurofibrillary degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2007-01-20 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Amyloid beta (Abeta) immunoreactivity in neurons was examined in brains of 32 control subjects, 31 people with Down syndrome, and 36 patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease to determine if intraneuronal Abeta immunoreactivity is an early manifestation of Alzheimer-type pathology leading to fibrillar plaque formation and/or neurofibrillary degeneration.

  38. The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Nature genetics 2007-01-14 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The recycling of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) from the cell surface via the endocytic pathways plays a key role in the generation of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) in Alzheimer disease.

  39. Role of the toll-like receptor 4 in neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology 2007-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglial activation is a key feature in Alzheimer's disease and is considered to contribute to progressive neuronal injury by release of neurotoxic products.

  40. Amyloid-beta-induced pathological behaviors are suppressed by Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 and ginkgolides in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2006-12-01 Disease mechanisms

    Amyloid-beta (Abeta) toxicity has been postulated to initiate synaptic loss and subsequent neuronal degeneration seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  41. Orally available compound prevents deficits in memory caused by the Alzheimer amyloid-beta oligomers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2006-12-01 Disease mechanisms

    A small, orally available natural product penetrates into the brain in vivo to rescue the memory impairment produced by soluble Abeta oligomers through a mechanism that restores hippocampal synaptic plasticity.

  42. The microglial NADPH oxidase complex as a source of oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2006-11-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, and manifests as progressive cognitive decline and profound neuronal loss.

  43. Modulation of gene expression and cytoskeletal dynamics by the amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain (AICD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Molecular biology of the cell 2006-11-08 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloidogenic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) results in the generation of beta-amyloid, the main constituent of Alzheimer plaques, and the APP intracellular domain (AICD).

  44. Protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation in brain of subjects with Alzheimer's disease: insights into mechanism of neurodegeneration from redox proteomics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Antioxidants & redox signaling 2006-11-01 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, involves regionalized neuronal death, synaptic loss, and an accumulation of intraneuronal, neurofibrillary tangles and extracellular senile plaques.

  45. Characterization of amyloid deposition in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2006-10-05 Brain tissue and pathology

    Transgenic mice carrying disease-linked forms of genes associated with Alzheimer disease often demonstrate deposition of the beta-amyloid as senile plaques and cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

  46. Mutations in the genes for amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilins (PS1, PS2) increase production of beta-amyloid 42 (Abeta42) and cause familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD).

  47. Metallothionein-I and -III expression in animal models of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuroscience 2006-10-04 Biomarkers

    Previous studies have described altered expression of metallothioneins (MTs) in neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), Down syndrome, and Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  48. Decreased expression and activity of neprilysin in Alzheimer disease are associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2006-10-01 Genetics

    Neprilysin (NEP) degrades amyloid-beta (Abeta) and is thought to contribute to its clearance from the brain.

  49. Selection and characterization of Affibody ligands binding to Alzheimer amyloid beta peptides

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of biotechnology 2006-09-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Affibody (Affibody) ligands specific for human amyloid beta (Abeta) peptides (40 or 42 amino acid residues in size), involved in the progress of Alzheimer's disease, were selected by phage display technology from a combinatorial protein library based on the 58-amino acid residue staphylococcal protein A-derived Z domain.

  50. Fruit and vegetable juices and Alzheimer's disease: the Kame Project

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The American journal of medicine 2006-09-01 Prevention and risk

    These results may lead to a new avenue of inquiry in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

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