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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

1,613 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1982 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 93
  • The Journal of biological chemistry 68
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 52
  • Archives of neurology 43
  • Neurobiology of aging 38

457 journals in all.

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  1. N6-methyladenosine dynamics in neurodevelopment and aging, and its potential role in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Genome biology 2021-01-05 Brain tissue and pathology

    We show that m 6 A modification displays temporal and spatial dynamics during neurodevelopment and aging.

  2. APOE and Alzheimer's disease: advances in genetics, pathophysiology, and therapeutic approaches

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2021-01-01 Genetics

    The APOE ε4 allele remains the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease and the APOE ε2 allele the strongest genetic protective factor after multiple large scale genome-wide association studies and genome-wide association meta-analyses.

  3. Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel: A Meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2021-01-01 Genetics

    In addition, several loci associated with rare variants, including a genome-wide significant intergenic locus near IGF1R at 15q26 (P = 1.7 × 10-9) and 6 additional loci with suggestive significance (P ≤ 5 × 10-7) such as API5 at 11p12 (P = 8.8 × 10-8) and RBFOX1 at 16p13 (P = 5.4 × 10-7) were identified.

  4. Retinal Imaging Findings in Carriers With PSEN1-Associated Early-Onset Familial Alzheimer Disease Before Onset of Cognitive Symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. JAMA ophthalmology 2021-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    These findings suggest that OCT can detect functional and morphologic changes in the retina of carriers of familial Alzheimer disease who are cognitively unimpaired several years before clinical onset, suggesting that OCT findings and retinal vascular parameters may be biomarkers prior to the onset of cognitive decline.

  5. The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and Alzheimer's Disease: Neuroinflammation Is to Blame?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Nutrients 2020-12-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    For years, it has been reported that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia.

  6. Association of APOE4 and Clinical Variability in Alzheimer Disease With the Pattern of Tau- and Amyloid-PET

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Neurology 2020-12-01 Biomarkers

    Clinical phenotypes are associated with differential patterns of tau but not amyloid pathology.

  7. Multi-omic comparison of Alzheimer's variants in human ESC-derived microglia reveals convergence at APOE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2020-12-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Variations in many genes linked to sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) show abundant expression in microglia, but relationships among these genes remain largely elusive.

  8. Integrative Brain Transcriptome Analysis Links Complement Component 4 andHSPA2to theAPOEε2 Protective Effect in Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2020-11-24 Tau biomarkers

    Mechanisms underlying the protective effect of apolipoprotein E ( APOE ) ε2 against Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are not well understood.

  9. Acute targeting of pre-amyloid seeds in transgenic mice reduces Alzheimer-like pathology later in life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2020-11-16 Drug development

    Amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits are a relatively late consequence of Aβ aggregation in Alzheimer's disease.

  10. Whole-genome sequencing reveals new Alzheimer's disease-associated rare variants in loci related to synaptic function and neuronal development

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020-11-12 Risk factors

    Genome-wide association studies have led to numerous genetic loci associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  11. Apolipoprotein E: Structural Insights and Links to Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neuron 2020-11-10 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is of great interest due to its role as a cholesterol/lipid transporter in the central nervous system (CNS) and as the most influential genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  12. APOE2: protective mechanism and therapeutic implications for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-11-04 Genetics

    Investigations of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, the major genetic risk modifier for Alzheimer's disease (AD), have yielded significant insights into the pathogenic mechanism.

  13. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 Status Moderates the Relationship Between Close-Range Blast Exposure and Cognitive Functioning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2020-11-03 Genetics

    As predicted, we observed a differential impact of CBE status on cognition as a function of APOE ε4 status, in which CBE ε4 carriers displayed significantly worse neuropsychological performance, specifically in the domain of memory.

  14. APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Nature communications 2020-11-02 Risk factors

    APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  15. Role of gut-brain axis, gut microbial composition, and probiotic intervention in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Life sciences 2020-10-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    Gut microbiota represents a diverse and dynamic population of microorganisms harboring the gastrointestinal tract, which influences the host health and disease.

  16. APOE2 is associated with longevity independent of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. eLife 2020-10-19 Genetics

    Combining human cohort data (over 24,000 people) with mouse models, this study found that carrying the APOE2 gene variant is linked to a longer lifespan, and that this benefit holds even when accounting for Alzheimer's diagnosis and brain pathology.

  17. Clusterin as a Potential Biomarker of Obesity-Related Alzheimer's Disease Risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biomarker insights 2020-10-12 Risk factors

    Over 35% of the adult US population is obese.

  18. Association Between Common Variants in RBFOX1, an RNA-Binding Protein, and Brain Amyloidosis in Early and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2020-10-01 Biomarkers

    The largest cohort, the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer Disease Study (n = 3154), was the PET screening cohort used for a secondary prevention trial designed to slow cognitive decline associated with brain amyloidosis.

  19. Microglia modulate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2020-10-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Dementia is a rapidly rising global health crisis that silently disables families and ends lives and livelihoods around the world.

  20. Prevalence and Clinical Phenotype of Quadruple Misfolded Proteins in Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2020-10-01 Genetics

    However, the clinical presentation, associated factors, frequency in community-based cohorts, genetic characteristics, and cognitive trajectories associated with the quadruple misfolded proteins phenotype are not well understood.

  21. The Role of Microglia and the Nlrp3 Inflammasome in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2020-09-18 Brain tissue and pathology

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of late-onset dementia.

  22. The Alzheimer's disease-associated protective Plcγ2-P522R variant promotes immune functions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-09-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia-specific genetic variants are enriched in several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), implicating a central role for alterations of the innate immune system in the disease etiology.

  23. ApoE Lipidation as a Therapeutic Target in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-09-01 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major cholesterol carrier in the brain, affecting various normal cellular processes including neuronal growth, repair and remodeling of membranes, synaptogenesis, clearance and degradation of amyloid β (Aβ) and neuroinflammation.

  24. Environment and Gene Association With Obesity and Their Impact on Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2020-08-28 Genetics

    Obesity is a multifactorial disease in which environmental conditions and several genes play an important role in the development of this disease.

  25. Age and the association between apolipoprotein E genotype and Alzheimer disease: A cerebrospinal fluid biomarker-based case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. PLoS medicine 2020-08-20 Tau biomarkers

    The ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene and increasing age are two of the most important known risk factors for developing Alzheimer disease (AD).

  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Disease: Role of Microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2020-08-20 Risk genes beyond APOE

    In 1907, Alois Alzheimer observed, as he quoted, development of "numerous fibers" and "adipose saccules" in the brain of his diseased patient Auguste Deter.

  27. Higher CSF sTREM2 and microglia activation are associated with slower rates of beta-amyloid accumulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2020-08-10 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia activation is the brain's major immune response to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  28. APP-Induced Patterned Neurodegeneration Is Exacerbated by APOE4 in Caenorhabditis elegans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 2020-08-05 Genetics

    Genetic and epidemiological studies have found that variations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the apoliopoprotein E (APOE) genes represent major modifiers of the progressive neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  29. Serum albumin and beta-amyloid deposition in the human brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2020-07-20 Brain scans and imaging

    Low serum albumin may increase the risk of AD dementia by elevating amyloid accumulation.

  30. Peripheral TREM2 mRNA levels in early and late-onset Alzheimer disease's patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Molecular biology reports 2020-07-17 TREM2 and immune genetics

    'Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2' (TREM2) gene is involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and TREM2 mRNA expression is known to be increased in the peripheral blood cells of AD patients.

  31. β-amyloid and tau drive early Alzheimer's disease decline while glucose hypometabolism drives late decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Communications biology 2020-07-06 Digital health tools

    Clinical trials focusing on therapeutic candidates that modify β-amyloid (Aβ) have repeatedly failed to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), suggesting that Aβ may not be the optimal target for treating AD.

  32. Apolipoprotein E isoforms differentially regulate matrix metallopeptidase 9 function in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2020-07-03 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (APOE) has been shown to influence amyloid-β (Aβ) clearance from the brain in an isoform-specific manner.

  33. Association of Klotho-VS Heterozygosity With Risk of Alzheimer Disease in Individuals Who Carry APOE4

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2020-07-01 Genetics

    The genotype KL-VSHET+ is associated with reduced AD risk and Aβ burden in individuals who are aged 60 to 80 years, cognitively normal, and carrying APOE4.

  34. Cellular senescence and Alzheimer disease: the egg and the chicken scenario

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2020-06-29 Inflammation and the immune system

    Globally, 50 million people live with dementia, with Alzheimer disease (AD) being responsible for two-thirds of the total cases.

  35. Leaky memories: Impact of APOE4 on blood-brain barrier and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2020-06-29 Vascular contributions

    A new study suggests that the leading genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4), is linked to blood-brain barrier breakdown and subsequent cognitive decline.

  36. APOE Alleles and Diet in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2020-06-10 Genetics

    The APOE gene alleles modify human aging and the response to the diet at many levels with diverse pleotropic effects from gut to brain.

  37. Effect of ApoE isoforms on mitochondria in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2020-05-26 Genetics

    ApoE isoforms influence mitochondrial structure and function, which likely leads to alteration in oxidative stress, synapses, and cognitive function.

  38. A meta-analysis of gene expression data highlights synaptic dysfunction in the hippocampus of brains with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Scientific reports 2020-05-20 Disease mechanisms

    Since the world population is ageing, dementia is going to be a growing concern.

  39. Increased apolipoprotein E and decreased TNF-α in the cerebrospinal fluid of nondemented APOE-ε4 carriers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neuropsychopharmacology reports 2020-05-19 Genetics

    CSF levels of apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4 were significantly higher (all nominal P < 10 × 10-5 , false discovery rate < 0.001) and those of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were significantly lower (nominal P = 1.39 × 10-6 , false discovery rate < 0.001) in APOE-ε4 carriers than in noncarriers.

  40. Epigenome signatures landscaped by histone H3K9me3 are associated with the synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2020-05-17 Disease mechanisms

    The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the commonest cause of dementia in the elderly remain incompletely understood.

  41. Molecular Insight into the Therapeutic Promise of Targeting APOE4 for Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2020-05-15 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes chronic cognitive dysfunction.

  42. The Important Interface Between Apolipoprotein E and Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2020-04-30 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting over 5 million Americans with projections expected to rise as the population ages.

  43. APOE4 leads to blood-brain barrier dysfunction predicting cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature 2020-04-29 Tau biomarkers

    Vascular contributions to dementia and Alzheimer's disease are increasingly recognized 1-6 .

  44. Cortical microstructural correlates of astrocytosis in autosomal-dominant Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2020-04-14 Brain scans and imaging

    Our proof-of-concept study is the first to show that microstructural and macrostructural changes can reflect underlying neuroinflammatory mechanisms in early stages of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  45. A mechanistic hypothesis for the impairment of synaptic plasticity by soluble Aβ oligomers from Alzheimer's brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2020-04-05 Disease mechanisms

    It is increasingly accepted that early cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease results in considerable part from synaptic dysfunction caused by the accumulation of a range of oligomeric assemblies of amyloid β-protein (Aβ).

  46. Type I interferon response drives neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2020-04-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Type I interferon (IFN) is a key cytokine that curbs viral infection and cell malignancy.

  47. Alzheimer's Risk Factors Age, APOE Genotype, and Sex Drive Distinct Molecular Pathways

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neuron 2020-03-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Evidence suggests interplay among the three major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD): age, APOE genotype, and sex.

  48. The Novel Role of PPAR Alpha in the Brain: Promising Target in Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurochemical research 2020-03-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α) belongs to the family of ligand-regulated nuclear receptors (PPARs).

  49. Apolipoprotein E regulates the maturation of injury-induced adult-born hippocampal neurons following traumatic brain injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. PloS one 2020-03-02 Genetics

    Various brain injuries lead to the activation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells in the mammalian hippocampus.

  50. Association of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease With Brain β-Amyloid Deposition: Secondary Analysis of the ARIC Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2020-03-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is an important cause of stroke and has also been recently identified as an important risk factor for all-cause dementia, but the mechanism of its association with cognitive performance is not fully understood.

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