APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer's disease pathology and brain diseases

R Fernández-Calle, SC Konings… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human
polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of …

[HTML][HTML] Apolipoprotein E in lipid metabolism and neurodegenerative disease

LG Yang, ZM March, RA Stephenson… - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Dysregulation of lipid metabolism has emerged as a central component of many
neurodegenerative diseases. Variants of the lipid transport protein, apolipoprotein E …

Meningeal lymphatics affect microglia responses and anti-Aβ immunotherapy

S Da Mesquita, Z Papadopoulos, T Dykstra, L Brase… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of dementia. Although there is no
effective treatment for AD, passive immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies against …

ApoE4 markedly exacerbates tau-mediated neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy

Y Shi, K Yamada, SA Liddelow, ST Smith, L Zhao… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease. ApoE4 increases
brain amyloid-β pathology relative to other ApoE isoforms. However, whether APOE …

A global view of the genetic basis of Alzheimer disease

C Reitz, MA Pericak-Vance, T Foroud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) increases with age, family history and informative genetic
variants. Sadly, there is still no cure or means of prevention. As in other complex diseases …

Diagnostic contribution and therapeutic perspectives of transcranial magnetic stimulation in dementia

V Di Lazzaro, R Bella, A Benussi, M Bologna… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a powerful tool to probe in vivo brain circuits, as it
allows to assess several cortical properties such as excitability, plasticity and connectivity in …

The MS4A gene cluster is a key modulator of soluble TREM2 and Alzheimer's disease risk

Y Deming, F Filipello, F Cignarella, C Cantoni… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) in cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) has been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). TREM2 plays a critical role in …

Step by step: towards a better understanding of the genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease

JC Lambert, A Ramirez, B Grenier-Boley… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered to have a large genetic component. Our knowledge
of this component has progressed over the last 10 years, thanks notably to the advent of …

Brain aging comprises many modes of structural and functional change with distinct genetic and biophysical associations

SM Smith, LT Elliott, F Alfaro-Almagro, P McCarthy… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Brain imaging can be used to study how individuals' brains are aging, compared against
population norms. This can inform on aspects of brain health; for example, smoking and …

Causal associations between modifiable risk factors and the Alzheimer's phenome

SJ Andrews, B Fulton‐Howard, P O'Reilly… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to infer causal relationships between 22 previously
reported risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the “AD phenome”: AD, AD age of …