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  1. Evidence for Reduced Somatic T-Cell Receptor Sequence Diversity Profiles Among Midwestern Amish in an Aging Cohort Study 2026-10-18
  2. Gantenerumab reduces brain amyloid-β proteoforms: Biochemical evaluation in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease 2026-09-29
  3. Genetic Insights Into Protective Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Stroke and Alzheimer Disease Across Ancestries 2026-09-25

Studies

1,346 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1982 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 92
  • The Journal of biological chemistry 67
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 47
  • Archives of neurology 43
  • JAMA neurology 36

372 journals in all.

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  1. Genetically decreased vitamin D and risk of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2016-11-16 Genetics

    Our results provide evidence supporting 25OHD as a causal risk factor for AD.

  2. Nuclear but not mitochondrial-encoded oxidative phosphorylation genes are altered in aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016-10-25 Mild cognitive impairment

    Our findings suggest that restoration of the expression of nuclear-encoded OXPHOS genes in aging could be a viable strategy for blunting AD progression.

  3. Plasma levels of apolipoprotein E, APOE genotype and risk of dementia and ischemic heart disease: A review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Atherosclerosis 2016-10-20 Genetics

    Dementia is one of the major causes of disability in later life, and ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.

  4. Inhomogeneous distribution of Alzheimer pathology along the isocortical relief. Are cortical convolutions an Achilles heel of evolution?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2016-10-18 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is neuropathologically characterized by neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.

  5. Colocalization of cerebral iron with Amyloid beta in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Scientific reports 2016-10-17 Mild cognitive impairment

    Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) MRI at 7 Tesla and 11-Carbon Pittsburgh-Compound-B PET were used for investigating the relationship between brain iron and Amyloid beta (Aβ) plaque-load in a context of increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), as reflected by the Apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE-e4) allele and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in elderly subjects.

  6. Distinct inflammatory phenotypes of microglia and monocyte-derived macrophages in Alzheimer's disease models: effects of aging and amyloid pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2016-10-08 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, activated microglia, and neuronal cell death leading to progressive dementia.

  7. Association of Serum Docosahexaenoic Acid With Cerebral Amyloidosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2016-10-01 Biomarkers

    In this study, serum DHA levels were associated with pathogenesis of cerebral amyloidosis and with preservation of entorhinal and hippocampal volumes.

  8. Changes in brain oxysterols at different stages of Alzheimer's disease: Their involvement in neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Redox biology 2016-09-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a gradually debilitating disease that leads to dementia.

  9. Apolipoprotein E as a Therapeutic Target in Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of Basic Research and Clinical Evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. CNS drugs 2016-09-01 Disease mechanisms

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive cognitive decline.

  10. Cargo proteins of plasma astrocyte-derived exosomes in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2016-08-10 Lewy body dementia

    Efficient intercellular transfer of RNAs, proteins, and lipids as protected exosomal cargo has been demonstrated in the CNS, but distinct physiologic and pathologic roles have not been well defined for this pathway.

  11. TYROBP genetic variants in early-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-08-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We aimed to identify new candidate genes potentially involved in early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD).

  12. A Greek Tragedy: The Growing Complexity of Alzheimer Amyloid Precursor Protein Proteolysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2016-07-29 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Proteolysis of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) liberates various fragments including the proposed initiator of Alzheimer disease-associated dysfunctions, amyloid-β.

  13. Proteins that mediate protein aggregation and cytotoxicity distinguish Alzheimer's hippocampus from normal controls

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2016-07-23 Tau biomarkers

    Neurodegenerative diseases are distinguished by characteristic protein aggregates initiated by disease-specific 'seed' proteins; however, roles of other co-aggregated proteins remain largely unexplored.

  14. Microglial immunophenotype in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2016-06-02 Inflammation and the immune system

    Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease imply that inflammation plays a causal role in development of the disease.

  15. Mitochondria-associated ER membranes and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Current opinion in genetics & development 2016-05-25 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The series of events underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) in unknown.

  16. Molecular pathophysiology of impaired glucose metabolism, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative DNA damage in Alzheimer's disease brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Mechanisms of ageing and development 2016-05-24 Disease mechanisms

    In normal brain, neurons in the cortex and hippocampus produce insulin, which modulates glucose metabolism and cognitive functions.

  17. Mosaic Loss of Chromosome Y in Blood Is Associated with Alzheimer Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. American journal of human genetics 2016-05-23 Brain tissue and pathology

    Men have a shorter life expectancy compared with women but the underlying factor(s) are not clear.

  18. Synaptic proteins predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016-05-22 Disease mechanisms

    Our findings suggest that the proposition that synaptic markers can predict cognitive decline in AD, should be extended to Lewy body diseases.

  19. ABCA7 frameshift deletion associated with Alzheimer disease in African Americans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology. Genetics 2016-05-17 Genetics

    This common ABCA7 deletion could represent an ethnic-specific pathogenic alteration in AD.

  20. Central Nervous System Lipoproteins: ApoE and Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2016-05-12 Genetics

    ApoE on high-density lipoproteins is primarily responsible for lipid transport and cholesterol homeostasis in the central nervous system (CNS).

  21. (11)C-PBR28 binding to translocator protein increases with progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-04-27 Inflammation and the immune system

    This longitudinal study sought to determine whether the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), a marker of neuroinflammation, increases over time in Alzheimer's disease.

  22. Alzheimer disease genetic risk factor APOE e4 and cognitive abilities in 111,739 UK Biobank participants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Age and ageing 2016-04-21 Long-term cohort studies

    Carriers of the e4 allele may be more vulnerable to conditions that are independent risk factors for cognitive decline, such as cardiometabolic diseases.

  23. Myo-inositol changes precede amyloid pathology and relate to APOE genotype in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2016-04-15 Genetics

    Amyloid-positive cognitively healthy participants showed a significant increase in mI/creatine and mI/NAA levels compared to amyloid-negative healthy elderly (p Conclusions mI levels are elevated already at asymptomatic stages of AD.

  24. Genome-wide interaction study of brain beta-amyloid burden and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2016-03-29 Long-term cohort studies

    The lack of strong association between brain beta-amyloid deposition and cognitive impairment has been a challenge for the Alzheimer's disease (AD) field.

  25. Dura mater is a potential source of Aβ seeds

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2016-03-25 Genetics

    Deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brain parenchyma and vessels is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD).

  26. Actin dynamics and cofilin-actin rods in alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) 2016-03-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Cytoskeletal abnormalities and synaptic loss, typical of both familial and sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), are induced by diverse stresses such as neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and energetic stress, each of which may be initiated or enhanced by proinflammatory cytokines or amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides.

  27. Altered Mitochondrial DNA Methylation Pattern in Alzheimer Disease-Related Pathology and in Parkinson Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The American journal of pathology 2016-02-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Mitochondrial dysfunction is linked with the etiopathogenesis of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease.

  28. Association of Seafood Consumption, Brain Mercury Level, and APOE ε4 Status With Brain Neuropathology in Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. JAMA 2016-02-01 Genetics

    Among the 286 autopsied brains of 544 participants, brain mercury levels were positively correlated with the number of seafood meals consumed per week (ρ = 0.16; P = .02).

  29. Regulatory T cells delay disease progression in Alzheimer-like pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2016-02-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Recent studies highlight the implication of innate and adaptive immunity in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease, and foster immunotherapy as a promising strategy for its treatment.

  30. High dietary advanced glycation end products are associated with poorer spatial learning and accelerated Aβ deposition in an Alzheimer mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Aging cell 2016-01-19 Disease mechanisms

    There is growing evidence of the involvement of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative processes including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their function as a seed for the aggregation of Aβ, a hallmark feature of AD.

  31. The effect of increased genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease on hippocampal and amygdala volume

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2016-01-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Reduction in hippocampal and amygdala volume measured via structural magnetic resonance imaging is an early marker of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  32. Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Proceedings. Biological sciences 2016-01-01 Prevention and risk

    Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and β-amyloid plaques are the neurological hallmarks of both Alzheimer's disease and an unusual paralytic illness suffered by Chamorro villagers on the Pacific island of Guam.

  33. The Gut-Brain Axis, Including the Microbiome, Leaky Gut and Bacterial Translocation: Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Role in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Current pharmaceutical design 2016-01-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is a progressive disorder manifested by gradual memory loss and subsequent impairment in mental and behavioral functions.

  34. MicroRNA deregulation and chemotaxis and phagocytosis impairment in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015-12-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The chemokine/chemokine receptor CCL2/CCR2 axis was impaired in BDMs from AD and MCI patients, causing a deficit in cell migration.

  35. Relationship of regional brain β-amyloid to gait speed

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Neurology 2015-12-07 Genetics

    More research is needed to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying these regional associations, which may involve motor and sensorimotor circuits hitherto largely neglected in the pathophysiology of AD.

  36. DNA repair factor BRCA1 depletion occurs in Alzheimer brains and impairs cognitive function in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nature communications 2015-11-30 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Maintaining DNA integrity is vital for all cells and organisms.

  37. Meta-analysis of the Association between Alzheimer Disease and Variants in GAB2, PICALM, and SORL1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2015-11-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The genetic variants play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), while the relationships of specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with AD are still controversial.

  38. Inflammation and Oxidative Stress: The Molecular Connectivity between Insulin Resistance, Obesity, and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Mediators of inflammation 2015-11-26 How common it is

    Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and insulin resistance are age-related conditions and increased prevalence is of public concern.

  39. Glial fibrillar acidic protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2015-11-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are currently regarded as indispensable indicators for accurate differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders.

  40. Viral gene transfer of APPsα rescues synaptic failure in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2015-11-04 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by synaptic failure, dendritic and axonal atrophy, neuronal death and progressive loss of cognitive functions.

  41. Microglial genes regulating neuroinflammation in the progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Current opinion in neurobiology 2015-10-24 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neuroinflammation is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and microglia, the brain's resident phagocyte, are pivotal for the immune response observed in AD.

  42. The roles of lipid and glucose metabolism in modulation of β-amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2015-10-23 Genetics

    Diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  43. Reversal effects of crocin on amyloid β-induced memory deficit: Modification of autophagy or apoptosis markers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior 2015-10-17 Disease mechanisms

    Crocin, as a carotenoid, is one of the main and active constituents of saffron stigmas (Crocus sativus L.) that is widely used in folk medicine.

  44. Replacement of brain-resident myeloid cells does not alter cerebral amyloid-β deposition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2015-10-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Immune cells of myeloid lineage are encountered in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, where they cluster around amyloid-β plaques.

  45. Interaction between variants in CLU and MS4A4E modulates Alzheimer's disease risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2015-10-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We replicated the CLU-MS4A4E interaction in a large case-control series and observed APOE ε4 and possible dominant effect.

  46. Genetics ignite focus on microglial inflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2015-10-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    In the past five years, a series of large-scale genetic studies have revealed novel risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  47. Plasma Exosomal miRNAs in Persons with and without Alzheimer Disease: Altered Expression and Prospects for Biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. PloS one 2015-10-01 Getting a diagnosis

    To assess the value of exosomal miRNAs as biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD), the expression of microRNAs was measured in a plasma fraction enriched in exosomes by differential centrifugation, using Illumina deep sequencing.

  48. APOE-by-sex interactions on brain structure and metabolism in healthy elderly controls

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Oncotarget 2015-09-01 Genetics

    The impact of APOE4 on brain metabolism and structure is modified by sex.

  49. Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Metabolites APP Intracellular Fragment (AICD), Aβ42, and Tau in Nuclear Roles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2015-08-21 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolites (amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides) and Tau are the main components of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the two histopathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease.

  50. ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) loss of function alters Alzheimer amyloid processing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2015-08-10 Genetics

    The ATP-binding cassette transporter A7 (ABCA7) has been identified as a susceptibility factor of late onset Alzheimer disease in genome-wide association studies.

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