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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. Actin dynamics and cofilin-actin rods in alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) 2016-03-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Cytoskeletal abnormalities and synaptic loss, typical of both familial and sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), are induced by diverse stresses such as neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and energetic stress, each of which may be initiated or enhanced by proinflammatory cytokines or amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides.

  2. Altered Mitochondrial DNA Methylation Pattern in Alzheimer Disease-Related Pathology and in Parkinson Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The American journal of pathology 2016-02-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Mitochondrial dysfunction is linked with the etiopathogenesis of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.

  3. Association of Seafood Consumption, Brain Mercury Level, and APOE ε4 Status With Brain Neuropathology in Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. JAMA 2016-02-01 Genetics

    Among the 286 autopsied brains of 544 participants, brain mercury levels were positively correlated with the number of seafood meals consumed per week (ρ = 0.16; P = .02).

  4. Regulatory T cells delay disease progression in Alzheimer-like pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2016-02-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Recent studies highlight the implication of innate and adaptive immunity in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease, and foster immunotherapy as a promising strategy for its treatment.

  5. High dietary advanced glycation end products are associated with poorer spatial learning and accelerated Aβ deposition in an Alzheimer mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Aging cell 2016-01-19 Disease mechanisms

    There is growing evidence of the involvement of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative processes including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their function as a seed for the aggregation of Aβ, a hallmark feature of AD.

  6. The effect of increased genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease on hippocampal and amygdala volume

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-01-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Reduction in hippocampal and amygdala volume measured via structural magnetic resonance imaging is an early marker of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  7. Accelerated pericyte degeneration and blood-brain barrier breakdown in apolipoprotein E4 carriers with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2016-01-01 Genetics

    The blood–brain barrier (BBB) limits the entry of neurotoxic blood-derived products and cells into the brain that is required for normal neuronal functioning and information processing.

  8. Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Proceedings. Biological sciences 2016-01-01 Prevention and risk

    Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and β-amyloid plaques are the neurological hallmarks of both Alzheimer's disease and an unusual paralytic illness suffered by Chamorro villagers on the Pacific island of Guam.

  9. The Gut-Brain Axis, Including the Microbiome, Leaky Gut and Bacterial Translocation: Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Role in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Current pharmaceutical design 2016-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is a progressive disorder manifested by gradual memory loss and subsequent impairment in mental and behavioral functions.

  10. MicroRNA deregulation and chemotaxis and phagocytosis impairment in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015-12-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The chemokine/chemokine receptor CCL2/CCR2 axis was impaired in BDMs from AD and MCI patients, causing a deficit in cell migration.

  11. Relationship of regional brain β-amyloid to gait speed

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Neurology 2015-12-07 Genetics

    More research is needed to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying these regional associations, which may involve motor and sensorimotor circuits hitherto largely neglected in the pathophysiology of AD.

  12. DNA repair factor BRCA1 depletion occurs in Alzheimer brains and impairs cognitive function in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nature communications 2015-11-30 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Maintaining DNA integrity is vital for all cells and organisms.

  13. Meta-analysis of the Association between Alzheimer Disease and Variants in GAB2, PICALM, and SORL1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2015-11-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The genetic variants play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), while the relationships of specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with AD are still controversial.

  14. Inflammation and Oxidative Stress: The Molecular Connectivity between Insulin Resistance, Obesity, and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Mediators of inflammation 2015-11-26 How common it is

    Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and insulin resistance are age-related conditions and increased prevalence is of public concern.

  15. Glial fibrillar acidic protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2015-11-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are currently regarded as indispensable indicators for accurate differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders.

  16. Viral gene transfer of APPsα rescues synaptic failure in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2015-11-04 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by synaptic failure, dendritic and axonal atrophy, neuronal death and progressive loss of cognitive functions.

  17. microRNA-33 Regulates ApoE Lipidation and Amyloid-β Metabolism in the Brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2015-11-01 Drug development

    Dysregulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) metabolism is critical for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.

  18. Microglial genes regulating neuroinflammation in the progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Current opinion in neurobiology 2015-10-24 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neuroinflammation is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and microglia, the brain's resident phagocyte, are pivotal for the immune response observed in AD.

  19. The roles of lipid and glucose metabolism in modulation of β-amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2015-10-23 Genetics

    Diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  20. Reversal effects of crocin on amyloid β-induced memory deficit: Modification of autophagy or apoptosis markers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior 2015-10-17 Disease mechanisms

    Crocin, as a carotenoid, is one of the main and active constituents of saffron stigmas (Crocus sativus L.) that is widely used in folk medicine.

  21. Replacement of brain-resident myeloid cells does not alter cerebral amyloid-β deposition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2015-10-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Immune cells of myeloid lineage are encountered in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, where they cluster around amyloid-β plaques.

  22. Interaction between variants in CLU and MS4A4E modulates Alzheimer's disease risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2015-10-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We replicated the CLU-MS4A4E interaction in a large case-control series and observed APOE ε4 and possible dominant effect.

  23. Genetics ignite focus on microglial inflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2015-10-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    In the past five years, a series of large-scale genetic studies have revealed novel risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  24. Plasma Exosomal miRNAs in Persons with and without Alzheimer Disease: Altered Expression and Prospects for Biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. PloS one 2015-10-01 Getting a diagnosis

    To assess the value of exosomal miRNAs as biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD), the expression of microRNAs was measured in a plasma fraction enriched in exosomes by differential centrifugation, using Illumina deep sequencing.

  25. APOE-by-sex interactions on brain structure and metabolism in healthy elderly controls

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Oncotarget 2015-09-01 Genetics

    The impact of APOE4 on brain metabolism and structure is modified by sex.

  26. Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Metabolites APP Intracellular Fragment (AICD), Aβ42, and Tau in Nuclear Roles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2015-08-21 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolites (amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides) and Tau are the main components of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the two histopathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease.

  27. ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) loss of function alters Alzheimer amyloid processing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2015-08-10 Genetics

    The ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) has been identified as a susceptibility factor of late onset Alzheimer disease in genome-wide association studies.

  28. Rare coding mutations identified by sequencing of Alzheimer disease genome-wide association studies loci

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2015-07-28 Genetics

    Targeted sequencing of confirmed GWAS loci revealed an excess burden of deleterious coding mutations in LOAD, with the greatest burden observed in ABCA7 and BIN1.

  29. Integrated genomic approaches identify major pathways and upstream regulators in late onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Scientific reports 2015-07-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Previous studies have evaluated gene expression in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains to identify mechanistic processes, but have been limited by the size of the datasets studied.

  30. De novo deleterious genetic variations target a biological network centered on Aβ peptide in early-onset Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2015-07-21 Risk genes beyond APOE

    We hypothesized that de novo variants (DNV) might participate in the genetic determinism of sporadic early-onset Alzheimer disease (EOAD, onset before 65 years).

  31. Role of apolipoprotein E in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 2015-07-16 Prevention and risk

    Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a lipid-transport protein abundantly expressed in most neurons in the central nervous system.

  32. Amyloid precursor protein metabolism and inflammation markers in preclinical Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Neurology 2015-07-15 Genetics

    Our findings suggest that inflammation in the CNS increases in normal aging and is intimately related to markers of neurodegeneration in the preclinical stages of AD and SNAP. sAPPβ and β-secretase activity are not useful diagnostic or staging markers in preclinical AD.

  33. New suggestive genetic loci and biological pathways for attention function in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 2015-07-14 Genetics

    Attention deficit is one of the core symptoms of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

  34. Microbiome-generated amyloid and potential impact on amyloidogenesis in Alzheimer's disease (AD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of nature and science 2015-07-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    According to the ' amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease ' first proposed about 16 years ago, the accumulation of Aβ peptides in the human central nervous system (CNS) is the primary influence driving Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, and Aβ peptide accretion is the result of an imbalance between Aβ peptide production and clearance.

  35. Oxidative stress in Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment: evidence from human data provided by redox proteomics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Archives of toxicology 2015-07-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with many known pathological features, yet there is still much debate into the exact cause and mechanisms for progression of this degenerative disorder.

  36. Mutations in ABCA7 in a Belgian cohort of Alzheimer's disease patients: a targeted resequencing study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2015-06-30 Genetics

    It was one of the genes most strongly associated with risk of Alzheimer's disease in a Belgian cohort.

  37. Altered lysosomal proteins in neural-derived plasma exosomes in preclinical Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2015-06-10 Getting a diagnosis

    Levels of autolysosomal proteins in neurally derived blood exosomes distinguish patients with AD from case controls and appear to reflect the pathology of AD up to 10 years before clinical onset.

  38. APOEε2 is associated with milder clinical and pathological Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2015-06-01 Genetics

    Even when adjusted for age at onset, symptom duration, and other demographic variables, APOEε2 is associated with milder AD pathology and less severe antemortem cognitive impairment compared to APOEε3 and ε4 alleles, suggesting a relative neuroprotective effect of APOEε2 in AD.

  39. Prion-Protein-interacting Amyloid-β Oligomers of High Molecular Weight Are Tightly Correlated with Memory Impairment in Multiple Alzheimer Mouse Models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2015-05-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β accumulation, with soluble oligomers (Aβo) being the most synaptotoxic.

  40. High-fat diet-induced deregulation of hippocampal insulin signaling and mitochondrial homeostasis deficiences contribute to Alzheimer disease pathology in rodents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2015-05-21 Prevention and risk

    Global obesity is a pandemic status, estimated to affect over 2 billion people, that has resulted in an enormous strain on healthcare systems worldwide.

  41. APOE effect on Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in older adults with significant memory concern

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2015-05-07 Genetics

    SMC ε4+ showed greater amyloid deposition than SMC ε4-, but no hypometabolism or medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy.

  42. Beta-amyloid deposition in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2015-05-06 Disease mechanisms

    Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive mild traumatic brain injury.

  43. Age, Sex, and APOE ε4 Effects on Memory, Brain Structure, and β-Amyloid Across the Adult Life Span

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2015-05-01 Biomarkers

    Overall, memory worsened from age 30 years through the 90s. The HVa worsened gradually from age 30 years to the mid-60s and more steeply beyond that age.

  44. Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 84 out of 100. JAMA 2015-05-01 Genetics

    Among persons without dementia, the prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology as determined by positron emission tomography or cerebrospinal fluid findings was associated with age, APOE genotype, and presence of cognitive impairment.

  45. The effects of serum apolipoprotein E genetic variants and concentration on serum lipid parameters in haemodialysis patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 2015-05-01 Genetics

    Our data indicated that the levels of triglyceride, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I), ApoB, ApoE, lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) of mutant genotypes in ApoE c.61G > A and c.761T > A genetic variants were different from those subjects with wild genotype in HD patients and healthy controls.

  46. Astrocytosis precedes amyloid plaque deposition in Alzheimer APPswe transgenic mouse brain: a correlative positron emission tomography and in vitro imaging study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2015-04-17 Biomarkers

    The findings provide further in vivo evidence that astrocytosis occurs early in AD, preceding Aβ plaque deposition.

  47. Redox proteomics identification of specifically carbonylated proteins in the hippocampi of triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice at its earliest pathological stage

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Journal of proteomics 2015-04-15 Digital health tools

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

  48. Polygenic Overlap Between C-Reactive Protein, Plasma Lipids, and Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Circulation 2015-04-10 Genetics

    By conditioning on the genetic association with the cardiovascular phenotypes, we identify novel AD susceptibility loci, including 2 genome-wide significant variants conferring increased risk for AD.

  49. Alzheimer's disease is a severe neurodegenerative disorder of the brain, pathologically characterized by extracellular beta-amyloid plaques, intraneuronal Tau inclusions, inflammation, reactive glial cells, vascular pathology and neuronal cell death.

  50. Oxidative stress involving changes in Nrf2 and ER stress in early stages of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2015-04-06 Mild cognitive impairment

    Oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress have been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression.

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