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  1. Integrative systems biology identifies shared neuroimmune co-expression programmes across pulmonary tuberculosis and Alzheimer's disease 2026-10-30
  2. Pregnancy History and Loss of Normal PSEN2 Function Impact Female Late-Life Cognitive Processing, Inhibitory Signaling, and Gliosis 2026-10-30
  3. Joint localization and testing reveals spatial context of differential expression 2026-10-29

Studies

274 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1997 to 2026

Top journals

  • bioRxiv 44
  • Research Square 16
  • Nature neuroscience 11
  • Nature communications 10
  • Neuron 10

98 journals in all.

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  1. Large-scale deep proteomic analysis in Alzheimer's disease brain regions across race and ethnicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-11-13 Disparities

    While amyloid precursor protein and the microtubule-associated protein tau demonstrated higher abundance in AD brains, no significant race-related differences were observed.

  2. Astrocyte transcriptomic changes along the spatiotemporal progression of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2024-11-11 Digital health tools

    Astrocytes are crucial to brain homeostasis, yet their changes along the spatiotemporal progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology remain unexplored.

  3. Phenotype Scoring of Population Scale Single-Cell Data Dissects Alzheimer's Disease Complexity

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024-11-02 Genetics

    The complexity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) manifests in diverse clinical phenotypes, including cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs).

  4. Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson's disease brains

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2024-10-30 Genetics

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder, and recent evidence suggests that pathogenesis may be in part mediated by inflammatory processes, the molecular and cellular architectures of which are largely unknown.

  5. Single-Nucleus Landscape of Glial Cells and Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2024-08-17 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a projected significant increase in incidence.

  6. Single-nucleus multiome analysis of human cerebellum in Alzheimer's disease-related dementia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research square 2024-08-16 Genetics

    Although human cerebellum is known to be neuropathologically impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD), the cell type-specific transcriptional and epigenomic changes that contribute to this pathology are not well understood.

  7. Single cell transcriptomes and multiscale networks from persons with and without Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-07-10 Genetics

    The emergence of single nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) offers to revolutionize the study of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  8. Bidirectional relationship between epigenetic age and brain health events

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-06-25 Genetics

    Chronological age offers an imperfect estimate of the molecular changes that occur with aging.

  9. Reduced GLP-1R availability in the caudate nucleus with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2024-06-10 Drug development

    The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists reduce glycated hemoglobin in patients with type 2 diabetes.

  10. A single-cell and spatial RNA-seq database for Alzheimer's disease (ssREAD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-06-06 Genetics

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pathology has been increasingly explored through single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq & snRNA-seq) and spatial transcriptomics (ST).

  11. Characterizing dysregulations via cell-cell communications in Alzheimer's brains using single-cell transcriptomes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. BMC neuroscience 2024-05-13 Genetics

    Specifically, we first performed broad communication pattern analyses to highlight that biologically related cell types in normal brains rely on largely overlapping signaling networks and that the AD brain exhibits the irregular inter-mixing of cell types and signaling pathways.

  12. Epigenetic modifications of DNA and RNA in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 2024-04-25 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia.

  13. Cell subtype-specific effects of genetic variation in the Alzheimer's disease brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Nature genetics 2024-03-21 Genetics

    The relationship between genetic variation and gene expression in brain cell types and subtypes remains understudied.

  14. Mechanisms of sex differences in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuron 2024-02-22 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the mechanisms underlying its etiology and progression are complex and multifactorial.

  15. SCAN: Spatiotemporal Cloud Atlas for Neural cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nucleic acids research 2024-01-05 Genetics

    The nervous system is one of the most complicated and enigmatic systems within the animal kingdom.

  16. scMD facilitates cell type deconvolution using single-cell DNA methylation references

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Communications biology 2024-01-02 Genetics

    The proliferation of single-cell RNA-sequencing data has led to the widespread use of cellular deconvolution, aiding the extraction of cell-type-specific information from extensive bulk data.

  17. Association of Blood MicroRNA Expression and Polymorphisms with Cognitive and Biomarker Changes in Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2024 Biomarkers

    Six miRNAs (hsa-miR-128-3p, hsa-miR-144-5p, hsa-miR-146a-5p, hsa-miR-26a-5p, hsa-miR-29c-3p and hsa-miR-363-3p) were downregulated in the blood of individuals with low cognitive performance on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS).

  18. Single Cell Sequencing Technology and Its Application in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves degeneration of cells in the brain.

  19. Integrative multi-omic profiling of adult mouse brain endothelial cells and potential implications in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell reports 2023-11-04 Genetics

    The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is primarily manifested by a variety of physiological properties of brain endothelial cells (ECs), but the molecular foundation for these properties remains incompletely clear.

  20. Influence of Alzheimer's disease related neuropathology on local microenvironment gene expression in the human inferior temporal cortex

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. GEN biotechnology 2023-10-16 Genetics

    Neuropathological lesions in the brains of individuals affected with neurodegenerative disorders are hypothesized to trigger molecular and cellular processes that disturb homeostasis of local microenvironments.

  21. A comparative atlas of single-cell chromatin accessibility in the human brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2023-10-13 Genetics

    Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics have illuminated the diverse neuronal and glial cell types within the human brain.

  22. Integrating spatial transcriptomics data across different conditions, technologies and developmental stages

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature computational science 2023-10-12 Digital health tools

    With the rapid generation of spatial transcriptomics (ST) data, integrative analysis of multiple ST datasets from different conditions, technologies and developmental stages is becoming increasingly important.

  23. Integrating single-nucleus sequence profiling to reveal the transcriptional dynamics of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of translational medicine 2023-09-21 Genetics

    The gene regulatory network analysis identified several hub genes regulated in AD, PD, and MS, in which HSPB1 and HSPA1A were key molecules.

  24. Divergent single cell transcriptome and epigenome alterations in ALS and FTD patients with C9orf72 mutation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Nature communications 2023-09-15 Genetics

    A repeat expansion in the C9orf72 (C9) gene is the most common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  25. Multi-omic atlas of the parahippocampal gyrus in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific data 2023-09-08 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia worldwide, with a projection of 151 million cases by 2050.

  26. Early Alzheimer's disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cell 2023-09-01 Genetics

    Cellular perturbations underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) are primarily studied in human postmortem samples and model organisms.

  27. Epigenomic dissection of Alzheimer's disease pinpoints causal variants and reveals epigenome erosion

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Cell 2023-09-01 Genetics

    Recent work has identified dozens of non-coding loci for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk, but their mechanisms and AD transcriptional regulatory circuitry are poorly understood.

  28. Proteomics analysis of plasma from middle-aged adults identifies protein markers of dementia risk in later life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2023-07-19 Disease mechanisms

    A diverse set of biological processes have been implicated in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias.

  29. The impact of alcohol abuse on Alzheimer's disease (AD) is poorly understood.

  30. Human brain single nucleus cell type enrichments in neurodegenerative diseases

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023-07-01 Genetics

    Single cell RNA sequencing has opened a window into clarifying the complex underpinnings of disease, particularly in quantifying the relevance of tissue- and cell-type-specific gene expression.

  31. hdWGCNA identifies co-expression networks in high-dimensional transcriptomics data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cell reports methods 2023-06-12 Genetics

    Biological systems are immensely complex, organized into a multi-scale hierarchy of functional units based on tightly regulated interactions between distinct molecules, cells, organs, and organisms.

  32. Single-cell analysis reveals inflammatory interactions driving macular degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Nature communications 2023-05-05 Genetics

    Due to commonalities in pathophysiology, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) represents a uniquely accessible model to investigate therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, leading us to examine whether pathways of disease progression are shared across neurodegenerative conditions.

  33. The dysfunction of astrocytes in response to environmental factors contributes to many neurological diseases by impacting neuroinflammation responses, glutamate and ion homeostasis, and cholesterol and sphingolipid metabolism, which calls for comprehensive and high-resolution analysis.

  34. Multi-omic integration via similarity network fusion to detect molecular subtypes of ageing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Brain communications 2023-04-04 Genetics

    Fusion of all five data modalities (n = 111) yielded two subtypes (n S1 = 53, n S2 = 58), which were nominally associated with diffuse amyloid plaques; however, this effect was not significant after correction for multiple testing.

  35. Neuronal identity defines α-synuclein and tau toxicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuron 2023-03-21 Genetics

    Pathogenic α-synuclein and tau are critical drivers of neurodegeneration, and their mutations cause neuronal loss in patients.

  36. Brain expression quantitative trait locus and network analyses reveal downstream effects and putative drivers for brain-related diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Nature Genetics 2023-02-23 Genetics

    Gaining insight into the downstream consequences of non-coding variants is an essential step towards the identification of therapeutic targets from genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings.

  37. Single-nucleus transcriptional profiling uncovers the reprogrammed metabolism of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 2023-02-22 Genetics

    Astrocytes play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  38. Aberrant splicing of PSEN2, but not PSEN1, in individuals with sporadic Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2023-02-13 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease, characterized by dementia and premature death.

  39. Integrative in situ mapping of single-cell transcriptional states and tissue histopathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2023-02-02 Genetics

    Complex diseases are characterized by spatiotemporal cellular and molecular changes that may be difficult to comprehensively capture.

  40. Single nucleus multiomics identifies ZEB1 and MAFB as candidate regulators of Alzheimer's disease-specific cis-regulatory elements

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell genomics 2023-02-02 Genetics

    Cell type-specific transcriptional differences between brain tissues from donors with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and unaffected controls have been well documented, but few studies have rigorously interrogated the regulatory mechanisms responsible for these alterations.

  41. Droplet-based transcriptome profiling of individual synapses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature biotechnology 2023-01-16 Genetics

    Synapses are crucial structures that mediate signal transmission between neurons in complex neural circuits and display considerable morphological and electrophysiological heterogeneity.

  42. Single-cell-led drug repurposing for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Scientific reports 2023-01-05 Drug development

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

  43. Spatial proteomics in three-dimensional intact specimens

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cell 2022-12-01 Digital health tools

    Spatial molecular profiling of complex tissues is essential to investigate cellular function in physiological and pathological states.

  44. The Caribbean-Hispanic Alzheimer's disease brain transcriptome reveals ancestry-specific disease mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2022-11-30 Genetics

    Identifying ancestry-specific molecular profiles of late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) in brain tissue is crucial to understand novel mechanisms and develop effective interventions in non-European, high-risk populations.

  45. Interpretable deep learning translation of GWAS and multi-omics findings to identify pathobiology and drug repurposing in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Cell reports 2022-11-29 Genetics

    Translating human genetic findings (genome-wide association studies [GWAS]) to pathobiology and therapeutic discovery remains a major challenge for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  46. Methylation differences in Alzheimer's disease neuropathologic change in the aged human brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2022-11-29 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia with advancing age as its strongest risk factor.

  47. Differential Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in the Risk of Depression in LOAD Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biomolecules 2022-11-12 Genetics

    Depression is common among late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) patients.

  48. A single-cell transcriptome atlas of glial diversity in the human hippocampus across the postnatal lifespan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell stem cell 2022-11-03 Genetics

    The molecular diversity of glia in the human hippocampus and their temporal dynamics over the lifespan remain largely unknown.

  49. Potential of hsa-miR200a-3p and hsa-miR502-3p as blood-based biomarker for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular biology reports 2022-10-17 Biomarkers

    Firstly, we analyzed two microarray datasets related to AD (GSE48552, GSE129053) to identify the differentially expressed miRNAs, and two miRNAs were selected for further validation.

  50. Multi-Omic analyses characterize the ceramide/sphingomyelin pathway as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Communications biology 2022-10-08 Genetics

    Dysregulation of sphingomyelin and ceramide metabolism have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease.

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