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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. Dysexecutive versus amnesic phenotypes of very mild Alzheimer's disease are associated with distinct clinical, genetic and cortical thinning characteristics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2010-06-20 Mild cognitive impairment

    Executive predominant AD may reflect an alternative underlying pathophysiology related to genetic status, reflected in more prominent pathological alterations in frontoparietal regions subserving executive function.

  2. Selective translational control of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein transcript by iron regulatory protein-1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2010-06-17 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Iron influx increases the translation of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein (APP) via an iron-responsive element (IRE) RNA stem loop in its 5'-untranslated region.

  3. Regulation of amyloid precursor protein processing by the Beclin 1 complex

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. PloS one 2010-06-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Autophagy is an intracellular degradation pathway that functions in protein and organelle turnover in response to starvation and cellular stress.

  4. The role of microglia in amyloid clearance from the AD brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2010-06-15 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most prominent cause of senile dementia, is clinically characterized by the extracellular deposition of beta-amyloid (Abeta) and the intracellular neurofibrillary tangles.

  5. Replication of CLU, CR1, and PICALM associations with alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2010-06-14 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Follow-up case-control association study.

  6. T cells specifically targeted to amyloid plaques enhance plaque clearance in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. PloS one 2010-05-26 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit substantial accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) plaques in the brain.

  7. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype has dissociable effects on memory and attentional-executive network function in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010-05-17 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    The epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but limited work has suggested that APOE genotype may modulate disease phenotype.

  8. Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. JAMA 2010-05-01 Genetics

    Two loci were identified to have genome-wide significance for the first time: rs744373 near BIN1 (odds ratio [OR],1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI],1.06-1.21 per copy of the minor allele; P = 1.59x10(-11)) and rs597668 near EXOC3L2/BLOC1S3/MARK4 (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.07-1.29; P = 6.45x10(-9)).

  9. The effect of alcohol and tobacco consumption, and apolipoprotein E genotype, on the age of onset in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2010-05-01 Disparities

    The results suggest that APOE epsilon4 and heavy drinking and heavy smoking lower the age of onset for AD in an additive fashion.

  10. The presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate-stable Abeta dimers is strongly associated with Alzheimer-type dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2010-04-19 Caregiving

    The molecular pathways leading to Alzheimer-type dementia are not well understood, but the amyloid beta-protein is believed to be centrally involved.

  11. Alzheimer's disease phenotypes and genotypes associated with mutations in presenilin 2

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2010-04-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Mutations in presenilin 2 are rare causes of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease.

  12. Inflammation, cytokines, immune response, apolipoprotein E, cholesterol, and oxidative stress in Alzheimer disease: therapeutic implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Rejuvenation research 2010-04-01 Genetics

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a heterogeneous and progressive neurodegenerative disease, which in Western society mainly accounts for senile dementia.

  13. Olfactory epithelium amyloid-beta and paired helical filament-tau pathology in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2010-04-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Olfactory dysfunction is common in Alzheimer disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases.

  14. Reduced lean mass in early Alzheimer disease and its association with brain atrophy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2010-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Lean mass was reduced in persons with early AD compared with controls without dementia (F = 7.73; P = .006) after controlling for sex.

  15. A novel Abeta isoform pattern in CSF reflects gamma-secretase inhibition in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2010-03-29 Treatments

    CSF Abeta1-14, Abeta1-15, and Abeta1-16 increase during gamma-secretase inhibitor treatment in AD, even at doses that do not affect Abeta1-42 or Abeta1-40, probably because of increased substrate availability of the C99 APP stub (APP beta-CTF) induced by gamma-secretase inhibition.

  16. High-molecular-weight beta-amyloid oligomers are elevated in cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2010-03-25 Mild cognitive impairment

    There is accumulating evidence that soluble amyloid-beta (Abeta) oligomers, rather than amyloid fibrils, are the principal pathogenic species in Alzheimer disease (AD).

  17. Effect of apolipoprotein E on biomarkers of amyloid load and neuronal pathology in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2010-03-01 Genetics

    Low CSF Abeta(1-42) (surrogate for Abeta amyloid load) is more closely linked to the presence of APOE epsilon4 than to clinical status.

  18. Redox proteomic analysis of carbonylated brain proteins in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Antioxidants & redox signaling 2010-03-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Previous studies indicated increased levels of protein oxidation in brain from subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD), raising the question of whether oxidative damage is a late effect of neurodegeneration or precedes and contributes to the pathogenesis of AD.

  19. Apolipoprotein-E forms dimers in human frontal cortex and hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. BMC neuroscience 2010-02-20 Genetics

    In apoE3 homozygous samples, approximately 12% of apoE was present as a homodimer and approximately 2% was detected as a 43 kDa heterodimer.

  20. Involvements of the lipid peroxidation product, HNE, in the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2010-02-20 Mild cognitive impairment

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder.

  21. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is pathologically characterized by senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, synaptic disruption and loss, and progressive neuronal deficits.

  22. The secretases: enzymes with therapeutic potential in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2010-02-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The amyloid hypothesis has yielded a series of well-validated candidate drug targets with potential for the treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  23. Accumulation of tumor-suppressor PTEN in Alzheimer neurofibrillary tangles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuroscience letters 2010-01-05 Biomarkers

    The phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) negatively regulates intracellular levels of PIP3 and antagonizes the PI3K signaling pathway important for cell survival.

  24. Amyloid deposition and influx transporter expression at the blood-brain barrier increase in normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2010-01-01 Disease mechanisms

    Aging is the most important single risk factor for developing Alzheimer disease.

  25. APOE epsilon4 genotype and longitudinal changes in cerebral blood flow in normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2010-01-01 Genetics

    Our findings suggest that APOE epsilon4-mediated risk for Alzheimer disease is associated with widespread decline in rCBF over time that precedes the onset of dementia.

  26. APOE predicts amyloid-beta but not tau Alzheimer pathology in cognitively normal aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2010-01-01 Genetics

    Increasing cerebral Abeta deposition with age is the pathobiological phenotype of APOE4.

  27. This preliminary report suggests that CETP V405 valine homozygosity is associated with slower memory decline and lower incident dementia and AD risk.

  28. Beta-amyloid burden in the temporal neocortex is related to hippocampal atrophy in elderly subjects without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2010-01-01 Brain scans and imaging

    The strong correlation between hippocampal atrophy and beta-amyloid (Abeta) burden in the Pittsburgh compound B-positive healthy control group suggests that Abeta deposition in the inferior temporal neocortex is related to hippocampal synaptic and neuronal degeneration.

  29. Regional selectivity of rab5 and rab7 protein upregulation in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2010-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Endocytic alterations are one of the earliest changes to occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and are hypothesized to be involved in the selective vulnerability of specific neuronal populations during the progression of AD.

  30. ApoE4 decreases spine density and dendritic complexity in cortical neurons in vivo

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2009-12-02 Genetics

    The three human alleles of apolipoprotein E (APOE) differentially influence outcome after CNS injury and affect one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  31. Cholesterol metabolism and transport in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2009-12-01 Drug development

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting millions of people worldwide.

  32. Cognitive decline and brain volume loss as signatures of cerebral amyloid-beta peptide deposition identified with Pittsburgh compound B: cognitive decline associated with Abeta deposition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2009-12-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    The in vivo measure of cerebral amyloidosis known as [(11)C]PiB is associated with cross-sectional regionally specific brain atrophy and longitudinal cognitive decline in multiple cognitive domains that occur before the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease.

  33. High striatal amyloid beta-peptide deposition across different autosomal Alzheimer disease mutation types

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2009-12-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 (PSEN1), and presenilin 2 (PSEN2) genes lead to increased Abeta levels before symptoms arise.

  34. Allosteric modulation of PS1/gamma-secretase conformation correlates with amyloid beta(42/40) ratio

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. PloS one 2009-11-18 Tau biomarkers

    Presenilin 1(PS1) is the catalytic subunit of gamma-secretase, the enzyme responsible for the Abeta C-terminal cleavage site, which results in the production of Abeta peptides of various lengths.

  35. In vivo oxidative stress in brain of Alzheimer disease transgenic mice: Requirement for methionine 35 in amyloid beta-peptide of APP

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Free radical biology & medicine 2009-10-23 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Numerous studies have demonstrated oxidative damage in the central nervous system in subjects with Alzheimer disease and in animal models of this dementing disorder.

  36. Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease is associated with selective changes in calcineurin/NFAT signaling

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2009-10-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Upon activation by calcineurin, the nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) translocates to the nucleus and guides the transcription of numerous molecules involved in inflammation and Ca(2+) dysregulation, both of which are prominent features of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  37. Oxidatively modified, mitochondria-relevant brain proteins in subjects with Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 2009-10-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder, characterized histopathologically by the presence of senile plaques (SP), neurofibrillary tangles and synapse loss in selected brain regions.

  38. Amyloid-β Dynamics Are Regulated by Orexin and the Sleep-Wake Cycle

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Science 2009-09-25 Disease mechanisms

    Amyloid-beta (Abeta) accumulation in the brain extracellular space is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

  39. Multifunctional roles of enolase in Alzheimer's disease brain: beyond altered glucose metabolism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2009-09-23 Mild cognitive impairment

    Enolase enzymes are abundantly expressed, cytosolic carbon-oxygen lyases known for their role in glucose metabolism.

  40. Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Nature genetics 2009-09-06 How common it is

    We conducted a genome-wide association study among 2,323 individuals with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 9,013 control subjects and evaluated all SNPs with P < 1.0 x 10(-4) in a second, independent cohort of 2,532 affected individuals and 5,940 controls.

  41. Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Nature Genetics 2009-09-06 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The authors conducted a large genome-wide association study using 2,032 individuals from France with Alzheimer's disease and 5,328 controls.

  42. Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Nature Genetics 2009-09-06 Risk genes beyond APOE

    This study undertook a two-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Alzheimer's disease involving over 16,000 individuals.

  43. Study of the ketogenic agent AC-1202 in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Nutrition & metabolism 2009-08-10 Clinical trials

    AC-1202 was compared to Placebo in several population groups, including: intention-to-treat (ITT), per protocol, and dosage compliant groups.

  44. DNA methylation of Alzheimer disease and tauopathy-related genes in postmortem brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2009-08-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    DNA methylation occurs predominantly at cytosines that precede guanines in dinucleotide CpG sites; it is one of the most important mechanisms for epigenetic DNA regulation during normal development and for aberrant DNA in cancer.

  45. The Role of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Neuron 2009-08-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

  46. A novel pathway for amyloid precursor protein processing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2009-07-14 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid precursor protein (APP) can be proteolytically processed along two pathways, the amyloidogenic that leads to the formation of the 40-42 amino acid long Alzheimer-associated amyloid β (Aβ) peptide and the non-amyloidogenic in which APP is cut in the middle of the Aβ domain thus precluding Aβ formation.

  47. Induced dimerization of the amyloid precursor protein leads to decreased amyloid-beta protein production

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2009-07-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a central role in Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis because sequential cleavages by beta- and gamma-secretase lead to the generation of the amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide, a key constituent in the amyloid plaques present in brains of AD individuals.

  48. Amyloid Deposition Is Associated with Impaired Default Network Function in Older Persons without Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Neuron 2009-07-01 Brain scans and imaging

  49. Disclosure of APOE genotype for risk of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2009-07-01 Clinical trials

    The disclosure of APOE genotyping results to adult children of patients with Alzheimer's disease did not result in significant short-term psychological risks.

  50. Longitudinal modeling of age-related memory decline and the APOE epsilon4 effect

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2009-07-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    The APOE epsilon4 allele is associated with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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