Gene–environment interactions in Alzheimer disease: the emerging role of epigenetics

L Migliore, F Coppedè - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
With the exception of a few monogenic forms, Alzheimer disease (AD) has a complex
aetiology that is likely to involve multiple susceptibility genes and environmental factors. The …

TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer's disease

J Hou, Y Chen, G Grajales-Reyes… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Microglia are central players in brain innate immunity and have been the subject of
extensive research in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this review, we aim to summarize the …

New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, IE Jansen, L Kleineidam… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related
dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated …

Mental health care for older adults: recent advances and new directions in clinical practice and research

CF Reynolds 3rd, DV Jeste, PS Sachdev… - World …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The world's population is aging, bringing about an ever‐greater burden of mental disorders
in older adults. Given multimorbidities, the mental health care of these people and their …

Genome-wide association studies for Alzheimer's disease: bigger is not always better

V Escott-Price, J Hardy - Brain Communications, 2022 - academic.oup.com
As the size of genome-wide association studies increase, the number of associated trait loci
identified inevitably increase. One welcomes this if it allows the better delineation of the …

DNA methylation signatures of Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in the cortex are primarily driven by variation in non-neuronal cell-types

G Shireby, EL Dempster, S Policicchio… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
progressive accumulation of amyloid-beta and neurofibrillary tangles of tau in the neocortex …

Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: An integrative analysis

R Sanchez-Varo, M Mejias-Ortega… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes the most prominent form of dementia among elderly
individuals worldwide. Disease modeling using murine transgenic mice was first initiated …

Genome-wide meta-analysis for Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

IE Jansen, SJ van der Lee, D Gomez-Fonseca… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) and phosphorylated tau (pTau) levels in cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) reflect core features of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) more directly …

Cognitive performance protects against Alzheimer's disease independently of educational attainment and intelligence

Y Hu, Y Zhang, H Zhang, S Gao, L Wang, T Wang… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Mendelian-randomization (MR) studies using large-scale genome-wide association studies
(GWAS) have identified causal association between educational attainment and Alzheimer's …

Association of rare APOE missense variants V236E and R251G with risk of Alzheimer disease

Y Le Guen, ME Belloy, B Grenier-Boley… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance TheAPOEε2 andAPOEε4 alleles are the strongest protective and risk-increasing,
respectively, genetic variants for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). However, the …