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  1. A family-aware All of Us benchmark for polygenic prediction and genomic machine learning 2026-10-26
  2. Genetic susceptibility to Lewy body disease and the distribution of Lewy pathology 2026-10-24
  3. Genetic Modifiers of Age at Onset for Parkinson’s Disease in European Populations 2026-10-22

Studies

346 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1992 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 29
  • Neurobiology of aging 18
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 16
  • Molecular psychiatry 12
  • medRxiv 11

137 journals in all.

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  1. CD33 Alzheimer's risk-altering polymorphism, CD33 expression, and exon 2 splicing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2013-08-01 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies are identifying novel Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk factors.

  2. Rare autosomal copy number variations in early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2013-06-11 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Over 200 rare and fully penetrant pathogenic mutations in amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 and 2 (PSEN1 and PSEN2) cause a subset of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (EO-FAD).

  3. Genetic architecture of vitamin B12 and folate levels uncovered applying deeply sequenced large datasets

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. PLoS genetics 2013-06-06 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies have mainly relied on common HapMap sequence variations.

  4. Genome-wide association study of the rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2013-03-25 Genetics

    SPON1 has not been previously associated with AD risk, but is plausibly related because the gene product binds to the amyloid precursor protein and inhibits its cleavage by β-secretase.

  5. Genetic insights in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2013-01-01 Genetics

    In the search for new genes in Alzheimer's disease, classic linkage-based and candidate-gene-based association studies have been supplanted by exome sequencing, genome-wide sequencing (for mendelian forms of Alzheimer's disease), and genome-wide association studies (for non-mendelian forms).

  6. Genetics of familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) 2013-01-01 Genetics

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

  7. Association of GWAS‐linked loci with late‐onset Alzheimer's disease in a northern Han Chinese population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2012-12-08 Genetics

    In a multivariate analysis, associations of MS4A6A (rs610932; odds ratio = 0.632, Bonferroni corrected P = .019) and CD33 (rs3865444; odds ratio = 1.492, Bonferroni corrected P = .017) with LOAD were replicated successfully.

  8. Estimation and partitioning of polygenic variation captured by common SNPs for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and endometriosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Human molecular genetics 2012-11-28 Genetics

    Common diseases such as endometriosis (ED), Alzheimer's disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) account for a significant proportion of the health care burden in many countries.

  9. Genetic architectures of psychiatric disorders: the emerging picture and its implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Genetics 2012-07-10 Prevention and risk

    Psychiatric disorders are among the most intractable enigmas in medicine.

  10. Brain expression genome-wide association study (eGWAS) identifies human disease-associated variants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. PLoS genetics 2012-06-07 Genetics

    Genetic variants that modify brain gene expression may also influence risk for human diseases.

  11. Genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Translational psychiatry 2012-05-15 Genetics

    In addition to apolipoprotein E (APOE), recent large genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified nine other genes/loci (CR1, BIN1, CLU, PICALM, MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33, EPHA1 and ABCA7) for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD).

  12. Identification of PSEN1 and PSEN2 gene mutations and variants in Turkish dementia patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2012-04-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    In order to assess the frequency of mutations in the known Alzheimer's disease causative genes in Turkish dementia patients we screened amyloid precursor protein (APP), PSEN1 and PSEN2 for mutations in a cohort of 98 Turkish dementia families.

  13. Genome-wide haplotype association study identifies the FRMD4A gene as a risk locus for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2012-03-20 Biomarkers

    Recently, several genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have led to the discovery of nine new loci of genetic susceptibility in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  14. A genome-wide scan for common variants affecting the rate of age-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2011-11-04 Genetics

    Age-related cognitive decline is likely promoted by accumulated brain injury due to chronic conditions of aging, including neurodegenerative and vascular disease.

  15. Discovery of sexual dimorphisms in metabolic and genetic biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. PLoS genetics 2011-08-11 Genetics

    Metabolomic profiling and the integration of whole-genome genetic association data has proven to be a powerful tool to comprehensively explore gene regulatory networks and to investigate the effects of genetic variation at the molecular level.

  16. Identification of common variants influencing risk of the tauopathy progressive supranuclear palsy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Nature genetics 2011-06-19 Genetics

    Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a movement disorder with prominent tau neuropathology.

  17. Genetic counseling and testing for Alzheimer disease: joint practice guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and the National Society of Genetic Counselors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 2011-06-01 Disparities

    Alzheimer disease is the most common cause of dementia.

  18. CR1 is associated with amyloid plaque burden and age-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2011-03-09 Genetics

    We found that common variation at the CR1 locus has a broad impact on cognition and that this effect is largely mediated by an individual's amyloid plaque burden.

  19. Chromosome 9p21 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Finland: a genome-wide association study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2010-10-01 Genetics

    Within this region, we defined a 42-SNP haplotype that was associated with significantly increased risk of ALS (p=7·47×10(-33) when people with familial ALS were compared with controls, odds ratio 21·0, 95% CI 11·2-39·1) and which overlapped with an association locus recently reported for frontotemporal dementia.

  20. Chromosome 9p21 in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the UK and seven other countries: a genome-wide association study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2010-10-01 Genetics

    In this analysis, two single nucleotide polymorphisms in a locus on chromosome 9p21.2 were associated with ALS: rs3849942 (p=2·22×10(-6); odds ratio [OR] 1·39, 95% CI 1·21-1·59) and rs2814707 (p=3·32×10(-6); 1·38, 1·20-1·58).

  21. The genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease: beyond APP, PSENs and APOE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2010-07-01 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex disorder with a clear genetic component.

  22. Implication of the Immune System in Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence from Genome-Wide Pathway Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2010-06-13 Genetics

    The results of several genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have recently been published.

  23. Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative biomarkers as quantitative phenotypes: Genetics core aims, progress, and plans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2010-05-01 Genetics

    The role of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Genetics Core is to facilitate the investigation of genetic influences on disease onset and trajectory as reflected in structural, functional, and molecular imaging changes; fluid biomarkers; and cognitive status.

  24. Voxelwise genome-wide association study (vGWAS)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. NeuroImage 2010-02-17 Genetics

    The structure of the human brain is highly heritable, and is thought to be influenced by many common genetic variants, many of which are currently unknown.

  25. A genome-wide, whole brain approach to investigate genetic effects on neuroimaging phenotypes for identifying quantitative trait loci is described.

  26. Associating genes and protein complexes with disease via network propagation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. PLoS computational biology 2010-01-15 Risk factors

    A fundamental challenge in human health is the identification of disease-causing genes.

  27. Genome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Human molecular genetics 2009-10-01 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have gained considerable momentum over the last couple of years for the identification of novel complex disease genes.

  28. Hippocampal atrophy as a quantitative trait in a genome-wide association study identifying novel susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. PloS one 2009-08-07 Genetics

    Using hippocampal atrophy as a quantitative phenotype in a genome-wide scan, we have identified candidate risk genes for sporadic Alzheimer's disease that merit further investigation.

  29. Genome-Wide Association Studies, Field Synopses, and the Development of the Knowledge Base on Genetic Variation and Human Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009-06-04 Genetics

    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have led to a rapid increase in available data on common genetic variants and phenotypes and numerous discoveries of new loci associated with susceptibility to common complex diseases.

  30. Genetic variation in PCDH11X is associated with susceptibility to late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature genetics 2009-01-11 Genetics

    By analyzing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) in a genome-wide association study (313,504 SNPs, three series, 844 cases and 1,255 controls) and evaluating the 25 SNPs with the most significant allelic association in four additional series (1,547 cases and 1,209 controls), we identified a SNP (rs5984894) on Xq21.3 in PCDH11X that is strongly associated with LOAD in individuals of European descent from the United States.

  31. Genome-wide association analysis reveals putative Alzheimer's disease susceptibility loci in addition to APOE

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. American journal of human genetics 2008-10-30 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex and heterogeneous disorder.

  32. Alzheimer's disease risk variants show association with cerebrospinal fluid amyloid beta

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 75 out of 100. Neurogenetics 2008-09-24 Tau biomarkers

    The use of quantitative endophenotypes in genetic studies may provide greater power, allowing for the use of powerful statistical methods and a biological model for the effects of the disease-associated genetic variation.

  33. Novel PSEN1 and PGRN mutations in early-onset familial frontotemporal dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2008-03-07 Risk genes beyond APOE

    We identified two novel heterozygous mutations in two unrelated patients, Cys139Arg in the PGRN gene and Val412Ile in the PSEN1 gene.

  34. A genomic pathway approach to a complex disease: axon guidance and Parkinson disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. PLoS genetics 2007-06-01 Prevention and risk

    While major inroads have been made in identifying the genetic causes of rare Mendelian disorders, little progress has been made in the discovery of common gene variations that predispose to complex diseases.

  35. A high-density whole-genome association study reveals that APOE is the major susceptibility gene for sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2007-04-01 Genetics

    This study provides empirical support for the suggestion that the APOE locus is the major susceptibility gene for late-onset AD in the human genome, with an OR significantly greater than any other locus in the human genome.

  36. A human phenome-interactome network of protein complexes implicated in genetic disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature biotechnology 2007-03-01 Risk factors

    We performed a systematic, large-scale analysis of human protein complexes comprising gene products implicated in many different categories of human disease to create a phenome-interactome network.

  37. Evidence for novel susceptibility genes for late-onset Alzheimer's disease from a genome-wide association study of putative functional variants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Human molecular genetics 2007-02-22 Genetics

    This study sets out to identify novel susceptibility genes for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) in a powerful set of samples from the UK and USA (1808 LOAD cases and 2062 controls).

  38. Predicting the insurgence of human genetic diseases associated to single point protein mutations with support vector machines and evolutionary information

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 2006-08-07 Digital health tools

    In this paper, we develop a method based on support vector machines (SVMs) that starting from the protein sequence information can predict whether a new phenotype derived from a nsSNP can be related to a genetic disease in humans.

  39. Neuropsychological effects of bilateral STN stimulation in Parkinson disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neurology 2006-06-26 Genetics

    The Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP) performed whole genome sequencing (WGS) of 584 subjects from 111 multiplex families at three sequencing centers.

  40. Linkage disequilibrium fine mapping and haplotype association analysis of the tau gene in progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of medical genetics 2005-03-25 Disparities

    The findings support the pathological evidence that underlying variations in MAPT could contribute to disease pathogenesis by subtle effects on gene expression and/or splicing.

  41. Very early onset AD with a de novo mutation in the presenilin 1 gene (Met 233 Leu)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neurology 2003-10-28 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The authors describe a 28-year-old woman with histopathologically confirmed early onset Alzheimer disease characterized by severe frontal lobe involvement associated with a de novo mutation in the presenilin 1 gene (PSEN1).

  42. Early onset familial Alzheimer's disease: Mutation frequency in 31 families

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurology 2003-01-28 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The mean AAO was 46.9 years (median 45 years; range 33 to 60 years).

  43. Variable expression of familial Alzheimer disease associated with presenilin 2 mutation M239I

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurology 2000-05-23 Risk genes beyond APOE

    In a family with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer disease, the authors found a mutation in the presenilin 2 (PS2) gene (PSEN2) that predicts a methionine-to-isoleucine change at PS2 residue 239 (M239I), at which a change to valine was known in another family.

  44. A Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus on Chromosome 1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Science 1995-08-18 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The Volga German kindreds are a group of seven related families with autosomal dominant early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  45. A worldwide study of the Huntington's disease mutation. The sensitivity and specificity of measuring CAG repeats

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 1994-05-01 Disparities

    CAG trinucleotide expansion is the molecular basis of Huntington's disease worldwide and is a highly sensitive and specific marker for inheritance of the disease mutation.

  46. Genetic linkage evidence for a familial Alzheimer's disease locus on chromosome 14

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Science (New York, N.Y.) 1992-10-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Linkage analysis was used to search the genome for chromosomal regions harboring familial Alzheimer's disease genes.

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