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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. APP locus duplication causes autosomal dominant early-onset Alzheimer disease with cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Nature genetics 2005-12-20 Brain tissue and pathology

    We report duplication of the APP locus on chromosome 21 in five families with autosomal dominant early-onset Alzheimer disease (ADEOAD) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).

  2. Activation of Toll-like receptor 2 on microglia promotes cell uptake of Alzheimer disease-associated amyloid beta peptide

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-12-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    The human G-protein-coupled formyl peptide receptor-like 1 (FPRL1) and its mouse homologue mFPR2 mediate the chemotactic activity of a variety of polypeptides associated with inflammation and bacterial infection, including the 42-amino acid form of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta42), a pathogenic factor in Alzheimer disease.

  3. APOE alleles predict the rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease: a nonlinear model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Neurology 2005-12-01 Genetics

    APOE genotype strongly predicts the rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease.

  4. Novel presenilin 1 mutation (S170F) causing Alzheimer disease with Lewy bodies in the third decade of life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2005-12-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Cases of early-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern (familial AD [FAD]) are rare but have greatly advanced our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of AD.

  5. Amyloid precursor protein-mediated free radicals and oxidative damage: implications for the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2005-11-23 Brain tissue and pathology

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a late-onset dementia that is characterized by the loss of memory and an impairment of multiple cognitive functions.

  6. Persistent amyloidosis following suppression of Abeta production in a transgenic model of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. PLoS medicine 2005-11-15 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The proteases (secretases) that cleave amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) have been the focus of considerable investigation in the development of treatments for Alzheimer disease.

  7. Circulating levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products in Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2005-11-01 Disease mechanisms

    Patients with Alzheimer disease have reduced levels of sRAGE in plasma compared with patients with vascular dementia and controls.

  8. P-glycoprotein deficiency at the blood-brain barrier increases amyloid-beta deposition in an Alzheimer disease mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2005-10-20 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) within extracellular spaces of the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  9. Deletion of Abca1 increases Abeta deposition in the PDAPP transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-10-05 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype has a major influence on the risk for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  10. Lack of ABCA1 considerably decreases brain ApoE level and increases amyloid deposition in APP23 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-10-05 Genetics

    ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter A1) is a major regulator of cholesterol efflux and high density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism.

  11. The absence of ABCA1 decreases soluble ApoE levels but does not diminish amyloid deposition in two murine models of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-10-05 Genetics

    ABCA1, a cholesterol transporter expressed in the brain, has been shown recently to be required to maintain normal apoE levels and lipidation in the central nervous system.

  12. The role of apoptotic pathways in Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration and cell death

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2005-10-01 Disease mechanisms

    Neuronal loss is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  13. Amyloid beta-protein is degraded by cellular angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and elevated by an ACE inhibitor

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-09-09 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Human genetic data have associated angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) with Alzheimer disease (AD), and purified ACE has been reported to cleave synthetic amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) in vitro.

  14. Dynamic complexity of the microglial activation response in transgenic models of amyloid deposition: implications for Alzheimer therapeutics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2005-09-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The presence of activated microglia in postmortem Alzheimer disease specimens is used to support the argument that inflammation contributes to Alzheimer pathogenesis.

  15. Targeting BACE1 with siRNAs ameliorates Alzheimer disease neuropathology in a transgenic model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2005-08-28 Risk genes beyond APOE

    In Alzheimer disease, increased beta-secretase (BACE1) activity has been associated with neurodegeneration and accumulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) products.

  16. Apolipoprotein E allele-dependent pathogenesis: a model for age-related retinal degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005-08-03 Brain scans and imaging

    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a late-onset, multifactorial, neurodegenerative disease of the retina and the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the elderly in the Western world.

  17. Alzheimer's disease amyloid-beta peptide modulates apolipoprotein E isoform specific receptor binding

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2005-08 Genetics

    The major protein component of the extracellular deposits in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a 4 kDa peptide termed amyloid-beta (Abeta).

  18. Modulation of apolipoprotein E structure by domain interaction: differences in lipid-bound and lipid-free forms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-08-01 Genetics

    Interaction of the amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains in apolipoprotein (apo) E, referred to as domain interaction, is predicted to be more pronounced in apoE4 than in apoE3 and to underlie the association of apoE4 with Alzheimer and cardiovascular diseases.

  19. BRI2 interacts with amyloid precursor protein (APP) and regulates amyloid beta (Abeta) production

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-07-18 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Transmembrane proteins BRI2 and amyloid precursor protein (APP) co-localize with amyloid beta (Abeta) lesions in sporadic Alzheimer disease and mutations in both precursor proteins are linked to early-onset familial cases of cerebral amyloidosis associated with dementia and/or cerebral hemorrhage.

  20. Regulation of NMDA receptor trafficking by amyloid-beta

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2005-07-17 Disease mechanisms

    Amyloid-beta peptide is elevated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer disease and is believed to be causative in the disease process.

  21. Beta-amyloid-induced dynamin 1 depletion in hippocampal neurons. A potential mechanism for early cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-07-07 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic dysfunction is one of the earliest events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  22. Increased levels of 4-hydroxynonenal and acrolein, neurotoxic markers of lipid peroxidation, in the brain in Mild Cognitive Impairment and early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2005-07-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Previous studies show increased levels of lipid peroxidation and neurotoxic by-products of lipid peroxidation including 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) and acrolein in vulnerable regions of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain.

  23. The familial dementia BRI2 gene binds the Alzheimer gene amyloid-beta precursor protein and inhibits amyloid-beta production

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-06-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer disease (AD), the most common senile dementia, is characterized by amyloid plaques, vascular amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles, and progressive neurodegeneration.

  24. Oxidative modification and down-regulation of Pin1 in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus: A redox proteomics analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2005-06-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized neuropathologically by intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and of extracellular senile plaques (SP), the central core of which is amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) derived from amyloid precursor protein (APP), a transmembrane protein.

  25. Correlations between apolipoprotein E epsilon4 gene dose and brain-imaging measurements of regional hypometabolism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005-06-02 Brain tissue and pathology

    Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have abnormally low positron emission tomography (PET) measurements of the cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (CMRgl) in regions of the precuneus and the posterior cingulate, parietotemporal, and frontal cortex.

  26. Basal forebrain cholinergic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease--interrelationship with beta-amyloid, inflammation and neurotrophin signaling

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurochemical research 2005-06-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease, the most common neurodegenerative disorder of senile dementia, is characterized by two major morpho-pathological hallmarks.

  27. Predictive utility of apolipoprotein E genotype for Alzheimer disease in outpatients with mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2005-06-01 Genetics

    APOE epsilon4 carrier status was associated with conversion to AD in older outpatients after controlling for known demographic and clinical risk factors, and APOE epsilon4 homozygosity was associated with increased risk of conversion to AD.

  28. APOE genotype, cholesterol level, lipid-lowering treatment, and dementia: the Three-City Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Neurology 2005-05-01 Genetics

    This observational study provides further evidence that lipid-lowering agents are associated with decreased risk of dementia, whereas hyperlipidemia is associated with increased odds for non-Alzheimer-disease-type dementia.

  29. Environmental enrichment mitigates cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2005-05-01 Caregiving

    Epidemiological studies suggest that individuals with greater education or more cognitively demanding occupations have diminished risk of developing dementia.

  30. The genetic causes of basal ganglia calcification, dementia, and bone cysts: DAP12 and TREM2

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Neurology 2005-05-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (PLOSL), or Nasu-Hakola disease, is a presenile dementia associated with loss of myelin, basal ganglia calcification, and bone cysts.

  31. Glial heme oxygenase-1 expression in Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2005-04-15 Biomarkers

    We determined whether oxidative stress is an early event in the pathogenesis of sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), and correlated oxidative stress with neuropsychological functions and neurofibrillary pathology in AD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

  32. Episodic-like memory deficits in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: relationships to beta-amyloid deposition and neurotransmitter abnormalities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2005-04-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Transgenic mice made by crossing animals expressing mutant amyloid precursor protein (APPswe) to mutant presenilin 1 (PS1dE9) allow for incremental increases in Abeta42 production and provide a model of Alzheimer-type amyloidosis.

  33. Proteins in human brain cortex are modified by oxidation, glycoxidation, and lipoxidation. Effects of Alzheimer disease and identification of lipoxidation targets

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2005-03-29 Disease mechanisms

    Diverse oxidative pathways, such as direct oxidation of amino acids, glycoxidation, and lipoxidation could contribute to Alzheimer disease pathogenesis.

  34. The apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele increases the odds of chronic cerebral infarction [corrected] detected at autopsy in older persons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Stroke 2005-03-17 Genetics

    Subjects included 96 males and 118 females with a mean age at death of 86 years (SD, 7).

  35. A diet enriched with the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid reduces amyloid burden in an aged Alzheimer mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2005-03-01 Genetics

    Epidemiological studies suggest that increased intake of the omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  36. Bone-marrow-derived cells contribute to the recruitment of microglial cells in response to beta-amyloid deposition in APP/PS1 double transgenic Alzheimer mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2005-02-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    The role of microglia recruited from bone marrow (BM) into the CNS during the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is poorly understood.

  37. fMRI evidence of compensatory mechanisms in older adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurology 2005-02-01 Genetics

    The results suggest that brain response differences are not due to poorer general memory abilities, differential atrophy, or brain response during control conditions, but instead appear to be directly influenced by APOE genotype.

  38. Modulation of statin-activated shedding of Alzheimer APP ectodomain by ROCK

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. PLoS medicine 2005-01-11 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Recent evidence suggests that statin use may be associated with a decreased risk for Alzheimer disease, although the mechanisms underlying this apparent risk reduction are poorly understood.

  39. Cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with AD and different APOE genotypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Neurology 2005-01-01 Genetics

    A generally similar pattern of cerebral hypometabolism was detected in APOE epsilon4-positive and -negative patients with Alzheimer disease.

  40. Cholinergic-serotonergic imbalance contributes to cognitive and behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Neuropsychologia 2005-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Neuropsychiatric symptoms seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are not simply a consequence of neurodegeneration, but probably result from differential neurotransmitter alterations, which some patients are more at risk of than others.

  41. Human-like rodent amyloid-beta-peptide determines Alzheimer pathology in aged wild-type Octodon degu

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2004-12-10 Risk genes beyond APOE

    It is generally accepted that human Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology markers are completely absent in rodent brains.

  42. MCI conversion to dementia and the APOE genotype: a prediction study with FDG-PET

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2004-12-01 Genetics

    After 1 year, 8 of 37 patients with MCI converted to AD (22%).

  43. Caloric restriction attenuates Abeta-deposition in Alzheimer transgenic models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2004-11-25 Biomarkers

    Dietary influences on Alzheimer disease (AD) are gaining recognition.

  44. Aging-related increase in oxidative stress correlates with developmental pattern of beta-secretase activity and beta-amyloid plaque formation in transgenic Tg2576 mice with Alzheimer-like pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 2004-11-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The molecular mechanisms of beta-amyloidogenesis in sporadic Alzheimer's disease are still poorly understood.

  45. Amyloid beta-peptide(1-42) contributes to the oxidative stress and neurodegeneration found in Alzheimer disease brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2004-10-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Oxidative stress is extensive in Alzheimer disease (AD) brain.

  46. Apolipoprotein E as vascular risk factor in neurodegenerative dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. International journal of molecular medicine 2004-10 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is the major lipid-carrier protein in the brain, and several studies provided evidence that ApoE epsilon4 allele can be considered a genetic risk factor for vascular diseases.

  47. Inhaled anesthetic enhancement of amyloid-beta oligomerization and cytotoxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Anesthesiology 2004-09-01 Risk factors

    Inhaled anesthetics enhance oligomerization and cytotoxicity of Alzheimer disease-associated peptides.

  48. Apolipoprotein E and familial dysbetalipoproteinemia: clinical, biochemical, and genetic aspects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Seminars in vascular medicine 2004-08 Genetics

    In humans, apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a polymorphic protein of which three common isoforms can be distinguished, designated apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4.

  49. Neuronal expression of myeloperoxidase is increased in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2004-08-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Myeloperoxidase, a heme protein expressed by professional phagocytic cells, generates an array of oxidants which are proposed to contribute to tissue damage during inflammation.

  50. Presenilin mutations in familial Alzheimer disease and transgenic mouse models accelerate neuronal lysosomal pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 2004-08-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The neuronal lysosomal system is a major degradative pathway, induced by cell stress and closely linked to Alzheimer disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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