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  1. Considerations for integrative multi-omic approaches to explore Alzheimer's disease mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2020-09 Genetics

    The past decade has seen the maturation of multiple different forms of high-dimensional molecular profiling to the point that these methods could be deployed in initially hundreds and more recently thousands of human samples.

  2. Disease duration in autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer disease: A survival analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurology. Genetics 2020-08-18 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Estimated mean survival was 11.6 (10.4-12.9) years and was similar for APP and PSEN1 mutations.

  3. Education, intelligence, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A Mendelian randomization study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2020-08-18 Risk factors

    Genetically predisposition to longer educational attainment and harder math class taken were associated with significantly lower statistical odds ratio of ALS.

  4. 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).

  5. MicroRNA predicts cognitive performance in healthy older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2020-08-03 Biomarkers

    The expression of microRNA (miRNA) is influenced by ongoing biological processes, including aging, and has begun to play a role in the measurement of neurodegenerative processes in central nervous system.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Polygenic risk and pleiotropy in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2020-05-20 Genetics

    In this paper we explore the phenomenon of pleiotropy in neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  10. 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.

  11. Sorting Out the Role of the Sortilin-Related Receptor 1 in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports 2020-05-02 Prevention trials

    Sortilin-related receptor 1 (SORL1) encodes a large, multi-domain containing, membrane-bound receptor involved in endosomal sorting of proteins between the trans-Golgi network, endosomes and the plasma membrane.

  12. 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.

  13. The Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease in the Chinese Population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-03-30 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive dysfunction and behavioral impairment.

  14. GenEpi: gene-based epistasis discovery using machine learning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. BMC bioinformatics 2020-02-24 Genetics

    In this regard, this study presents GenEpi, a computational package to uncover epistasis associated with phenotypes by the proposed machine learning approach.

  15. Systematic validation of variants of unknown significance in APP, PSEN1 and PSEN2

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2020-02-19 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that is clinically characterized by progressive cognitive decline.

  16. Validation of a novel and accurate ApoE4 assay for automated chemistry analyzers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Scientific reports 2020-02-07 Genetics

    The allele ε4 of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE ε4) is the major genetic risk factor for non-dominantly inherited Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

  17. A Proteotranscriptomic-Based Computational Drug-Repositioning Method for Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2020-01-29 Drug development

    Numerous clinical trials of drug candidates for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have failed, and computational drug repositioning approaches using omics data have been proposed as effective alternative approaches to the discovery of drug candidates.

  18. Single-nucleus RNA sequencing reveals transcriptional changes of hippocampal neurons in APP23 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 2020-01-13 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that mostly strikes the elderly.

  19. Identification of Somatic Mutations in Dementia-related Genes in Cancer Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2020 Risk genes beyond APOE

    From The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, we found 1,643 somatic mutations in the APP, PSEN1, PSEN2, MAPT, SNCA and LRRK2 genes in cancer patients.

  20. Genome-Wide Association Studies for Cerebrospinal Fluid Soluble TREM2 in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2019-10-25 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia.

  21. Atrial Fibrillation Genetics Update: Toward Clinical Implementation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 2019-09-06 Genetics

    Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder worldwide and may have serious cardiovascular health consequences.

  22. When time's arrow doesn't bend: APOE-ε4 influences episodic memory before old age

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neuropsychologia 2019-08-29 Genetics

    Episodic memory impairment is the hallmark symptom of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

  23. A novel V272D presenilin mutation associated with logopenia, disorientation, and apraxia in an autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease family

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2019-08-07 Biomarkers

    In the present study, a novel mutation in the presenilin 1 gene was discovered in an Iraq-native patient with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, who presented with speech impairment and memory decline at age 46 years.

  24. Differential Signaling Mediated by ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4 in Human Neurons Parallels Alzheimer's Disease Risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2019-07-22 Genetics

    Ample evidence suggests that ApoE4 induces microglial dysregulation and impedes Aβ clearance in AD, but the direct neuronal effects of ApoE variants are poorly studied.

  25. Targeting Apolipoprotein E for Alzheimer's Disease: An Industry Perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2019-05-01 Genetics

    Apolipoprotein E (apoE), a key lipid transport protein in the brain, is predominantly produced by astrocytes.

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