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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. Apolipoprotein E: the resilience gene

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Experimental brain research 2017-03-15 Genetics

    The apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene has been implicated in various conditions, most notably Alzheimer's disease and coronary artery disease.

  2. Apolipoprotein E4 and Insulin Resistance Interact to Impair Cognition and Alter the Epigenome and Metabolome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2017-03-08 Clinical safety

    Apolipoprotein E4 (E4) and type 2 diabetes are major risk factors for cognitive decline and late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  3. Association of Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation With Alzheimer Disease Stage in Apolipoprotein E ε4 Carriers: A Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2017-03-01 Genetics

    High-dose DHA supplementation in APOE4 carriers before the onset of AD dementia can be a promising approach to decrease the incidence of AD.

  4. Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2017-02-07 Genetics

    Our findings highlight the value of transethnic studies for identifying novel AD susceptibility loci.

  5. Apolipoprotein E metabolism and functions in brain and its role in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Current opinion in lipidology 2017-02-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    APOE4 genotype is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.

  6. Particulate air pollutants, APOE alleles and their contributions to cognitive impairment in older women and to amyloidogenesis in experimental models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Translational psychiatry 2017-01-31 How common it is

    Exposure to particulate matter (PM) in the ambient air and its interactions with APOE alleles may contribute to the acceleration of brain aging and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  7. Endo-lysosomal and autophagic dysfunction: a driving factor in Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2017-01-23 Clinical safety

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, and its prevalence will increase significantly in the coming decades.

  8. TOMM40'523 variant and cognitive decline in older persons with APOE ε3/3 genotype

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Neurology 2017-01-20 Genetics

    Our data reveal an association of APOE ε3/3- TOMM40 '523 haplotypes with cognitive decline in community-based older persons such that the S/S poly-T genotype is related to faster cognitive decline, primarily in the domains of episodic and semantic memory.

  9. ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4 Differentially Stimulate APP Transcription and Aβ Secretion

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Cell 2017-01-19 Genetics

    Human apolipoprotein E (ApoE) apolipoprotein is primarily expressed in three isoforms (ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4) that differ only by two residues.

  10. ApoE, ApoE Receptors, and the Synapse in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM 2017-01-02 Disease mechanisms

    As the population ages, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) are becoming a significant burden on patients, their families, and health-care systems.

  11. Apolipoprotein E-mediated Modulation of ADAM10 in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2017 Genetics

    In a cell free assay, ADAM10 activity was found to be significantly lower in apoE4 samples compared to apoE2. 7WCHO cells over expressing wild type AβPP exposed to apoE4 demonstrated reduced formation of sAβPPα compared to other apoE isoforms.

  12. Association of Amyloid Pathology With Myelin Alteration in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2017-01-01 Prevention and risk

    These findings suggest amyloid pathologies significantly influence white matter and that these abnormalities may signify an early feature of the disease process.

  13. Association of Brain Amyloid-β With Slow Gait in Elderly Individuals Without Dementia: Influence of Cognition and Apolipoprotein E ε4 Genotype

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2017-01-01 Genetics

    Among the 183 study participants, mean (SD) age was 85.5 (3) years, 76 were women (41.5%), and 177 were white (96.7%).

  14. Association of Perivascular Localization of Aquaporin-4 With Cognition and Alzheimer Disease in Aging Brains

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2017-01-01 Caregiving

    In this study, altered AQP4 expression was associated with aging brains.

  15. Impact of Cytokines and Chemokines on Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathological Hallmarks

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2017-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, neuropathologically characterized by aggregates of β-amyloid peptides, which deposit as senile plaques, and of TAU protein, which forms neurofibrillary tangles.

  16. Large Soluble Oligomers of Amyloid β-Protein from Alzheimer Brain Are Far Less Neuroactive Than the Smaller Oligomers to Which They Dissociate

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2017-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Soluble oligomers of amyloid β-protein (oAβ) isolated from the brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients have been shown experimentally (in the absence of amyloid plaques) to impair hippocampal synaptic plasticity, decrease synapses, induce tau hyperphosphorylation and neuritic dystrophy, activate microglial inflammation, and impair memory in normal adult rodents.

  17. Risk Factors and Pathological Substrates Associated with Agitation/Aggression in Alzheimer's Disease: A Preliminary Study using NACC Data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2017-01-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common manifestations of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  18. Early changes in CSF sTREM2 in dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease occur after amyloid deposition and neuronal injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2016-12-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Emerging evidence supports a role for innate immunity and microglia in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology.

  19. Genetically decreased vitamin D and risk of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2016-11-16 Genetics

    Our results provide evidence supporting 25OHD as a causal risk factor for AD.

  20. Nuclear but not mitochondrial-encoded oxidative phosphorylation genes are altered in aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016-10-25 Mild cognitive impairment

    Our findings suggest that restoration of the expression of nuclear-encoded OXPHOS genes in aging could be a viable strategy for blunting AD progression.

  21. Plasma levels of apolipoprotein E, APOE genotype and risk of dementia and ischemic heart disease: A review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Atherosclerosis 2016-10-20 Genetics

    Dementia is one of the major causes of disability in later life, and ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.

  22. Inhomogeneous distribution of Alzheimer pathology along the isocortical relief. Are cortical convolutions an Achilles heel of evolution?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2016-10-18 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neuropathologically characterized by neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.

  23. Colocalization of cerebral iron with Amyloid beta in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Scientific reports 2016-10-17 Mild cognitive impairment

    Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) MRI at 7 Tesla and 11-Carbon Pittsburgh-Compound-B PET were used for investigating the relationship between brain iron and Amyloid beta (Aβ) plaque-load in a context of increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), as reflected by the Apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE-e4) allele and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in elderly subjects.

  24. Distinct inflammatory phenotypes of microglia and monocyte-derived macrophages in Alzheimer's disease models: effects of aging and amyloid pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2016-10-08 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, activated microglia, and neuronal cell death leading to progressive dementia.

  25. Association of Serum Docosahexaenoic Acid With Cerebral Amyloidosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2016-10-01 Biomarkers

    In this study, serum DHA levels were associated with pathogenesis of cerebral amyloidosis and with preservation of entorhinal and hippocampal volumes.

  26. Changes in brain oxysterols at different stages of Alzheimer's disease: Their involvement in neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Redox biology 2016-09-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a gradually debilitating disease that leads to dementia.

  27. Apolipoprotein E as a Therapeutic Target in Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of Basic Research and Clinical Evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. CNS drugs 2016-09-01 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive cognitive decline.

  28. Apolipoprotein E Genotype Affects Size of ApoE Complexes in Cerebrospinal Fluid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2016-08-11 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is associated with lipoproteins in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

  29. Cargo proteins of plasma astrocyte-derived exosomes in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2016-08-10 Lewy body dementia

    Efficient intercellular transfer of RNAs, proteins, and lipids as protected exosomal cargo has been demonstrated in the CNS, but distinct physiologic and pathologic roles have not been well defined for this pathway.

  30. TYROBP genetic variants in early-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-08-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We aimed to identify new candidate genes potentially involved in early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD).

  31. A Greek Tragedy: The Growing Complexity of Alzheimer Amyloid Precursor Protein Proteolysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2016-07-29 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Proteolysis of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) liberates various fragments including the proposed initiator of Alzheimer disease-associated dysfunctions, amyloid-β.

  32. APOE genotype and stress response - a mini review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Lipids in health and disease 2016-07-25 Genetics

    The APOE gene is one of currently only two genes that have consistently been associated with longevity.

  33. Proteins that mediate protein aggregation and cytotoxicity distinguish Alzheimer's hippocampus from normal controls

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2016-07-23 Tau biomarkers

    Neurodegenerative diseases are distinguished by characteristic protein aggregates initiated by disease-specific 'seed' proteins; however, roles of other co-aggregated proteins remain largely unexplored.

  34. Apolipoprotein E: from cardiovascular disease to neurodegenerative disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 2016-06-09 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein (apo) E was initially described as a lipid transport protein and major ligand for low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors with a role in cholesterol metabolism and cardiovascular disease.

  35. Microglial immunophenotype in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2016-06-02 Inflammation and the immune system

    Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease imply that inflammation plays a causal role in development of the disease.

  36. Mitochondria-associated ER membranes and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Current opinion in genetics & development 2016-05-25 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The series of events underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) in unknown.

  37. Molecular pathophysiology of impaired glucose metabolism, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative DNA damage in Alzheimer's disease brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Mechanisms of ageing and development 2016-05-24 Disease mechanisms

    In normal brain, neurons in the cortex and hippocampus produce insulin, which modulates glucose metabolism and cognitive functions.

  38. Mosaic Loss of Chromosome Y in Blood Is Associated with Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. American journal of human genetics 2016-05-23 Brain tissue and pathology

    Men have a shorter life expectancy compared with women but the underlying factor(s) are not clear.

  39. Synaptic proteins predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016-05-22 Disease mechanisms

    Our findings suggest that the proposition that synaptic markers can predict cognitive decline in AD, should be extended to Lewy body diseases.

  40. ABCA7 frameshift deletion associated with Alzheimer disease in African Americans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology. Genetics 2016-05-17 Genetics

    This common ABCA7 deletion could represent an ethnic-specific pathogenic alteration in AD.

  41. Central Nervous System Lipoproteins: ApoE and Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2016-05-12 Genetics

    ApoE on high-density lipoproteins is primarily responsible for lipid transport and cholesterol homeostasis in the central nervous system (CNS).

  42. Impaired fasting glucose is associated with increased regional cerebral amyloid

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-05-07 Genetics

    The Alzheimer's disease risk gene apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE ε4) is associated with increased cerebral amyloid.

  43. Apolipoprotein E lipoprotein particles inhibit amyloid-β uptake through cell surface heparan sulphate proteoglycan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2016-05-05 Genetics

    In this study, we show that apoE lipoprotein particles from conditioned media of immortalized astrocytes isolated from human APOE-targeted replacement (TR) mice significantly suppress cellular Aβ42 and Aβ40 uptake through cell surface HSPG.

  44. (11)C-PBR28 binding to translocator protein increases with progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-04-27 Inflammation and the immune system

    This longitudinal study sought to determine whether the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), a marker of neuroinflammation, increases over time in Alzheimer's disease.

  45. Alzheimer disease genetic risk factor APOE e4 and cognitive abilities in 111,739 UK Biobank participants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Age and ageing 2016-04-21 Long-term cohort studies

    Carriers of the e4 allele may be more vulnerable to conditions that are independent risk factors for cognitive decline, such as cardiometabolic diseases.

  46. Myo-inositol changes precede amyloid pathology and relate to APOE genotype in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2016-04-15 Genetics

    Amyloid-positive cognitively healthy participants showed a significant increase in mI/creatine and mI/NAA levels compared to amyloid-negative healthy elderly (p Conclusions mI levels are elevated already at asymptomatic stages of AD.

  47. Higher HOMA-IR was associated with higher sAβPPβ and Aβ42 .

  48. Therapeutic correction of ApoER2 splicing in Alzheimer's disease mice using antisense oligonucleotides

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2016-04-01 Drug development

    Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (ApoER2) is an apolipoprotein E receptor involved in long-term potentiation, learning, and memory.

  49. Genome-wide interaction study of brain beta-amyloid burden and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2016-03-29 Long-term cohort studies

    The lack of strong association between brain beta-amyloid deposition and cognitive impairment has been a challenge for the Alzheimer's disease (AD) field.

  50. Dura mater is a potential source of Aβ seeds

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2016-03-25 Genetics

    Deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brain parenchyma and vessels is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD).

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