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Newest in this topic

  1. Mechanistic insights into the deleterious roles of Nasu-Hakola disease associated TREM2 variants 2020-02-27
  2. Microglia express GPNMB in the brains of Alzheimer's disease and Nasu-Hakola disease 2019-05-01
  3. Microglia express ABI3 in the brains of Alzheimer's disease and Nasu-Hakola disease 2017-11-01

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5 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2005 to 2020

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  • Intractable & rare diseases research 2
  • Functional neurology 1
  • Neurogenetics 1
  • Scientific reports 1

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  1. Mechanistic insights into the deleterious roles of Nasu-Hakola disease associated TREM2 variants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2020-02-27 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Recently, the critical roles played by genetic variants of TREM2 (Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2) in Alzheimer's disease have been aggressively highlighted.

  2. Microglia express GPNMB in the brains of Alzheimer's disease and Nasu-Hakola disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Intractable & rare diseases research 2019-05-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein first identified in low-metastatic human melanoma cell lines as a regulator of tumor growth.

  3. Microglia express ABI3 in the brains of Alzheimer's disease and Nasu-Hakola disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Intractable & rare diseases research 2017-11-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD) is a rare autosomal recessive leukoencephalopathy caused by a loss-of-function mutation of either TYROBP ( DAP12 ) or TREM2 expressed in microglia.

  4. Variable expression of microglial DAP12 and TREM2 genes in Nasu-Hakola disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurogenetics 2015-05-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD) is a form of presenile dementia associated with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy and polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia.

  5. Neuropsychological tests and functional nuclear neuroimaging provide evidence of subclinical impairment in Nasu-Hakola disease heterozygotes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Functional neurology 2005-04-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Nasu-Hakola disease is a rare, recessively inherited disease characterized by presenile dementia and bone cysts.

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