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 …

A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease

DP Wightman, IE Jansen, JE Savage, AA Shadrin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts
for 50–70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying …

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer's disease risk

IE Jansen, JE Savage, K Watanabe, J Bryois… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable and recent studies have identified over 20
disease-associated genomic loci. Yet these only explain a small proportion of the genetic …

Alzheimer's disease genetics: from the bench to the clinic

CM Karch, C Cruchaga, AM Goate - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a clinically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease with a
strong genetic component. Several genes have been associated with AD risk for nearly 20 …

Genomic variants, genes, and pathways of Alzheimer's disease: An overview

AC Naj, GD Schellenberg… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD)(MIM: 104300) is a highly heritable disease with great complexity
in its genetic contributors, and represents the most common form of dementia. With the …

New insights on the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's and related dementia

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, I Jansen, V Andrade… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Deciphering the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is essential to define the
pathophysiological pathways involved and to successfully translate genomics to potential …

Untangling genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

AA Pimenova, T Raj, AM Goate - Biological psychiatry, 2018 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder
caused by fully penetrant single gene mutations in a minority of cases, while the majority of …

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 …

The multiplex model of the genetics of Alzheimer's disease

R Sims, M Hill, J Williams - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Genes play a strong role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), with late-onset AD showing heritability
of 58–79% and early-onset AD showing over 90%. Genetic association provides a robust …

The complex genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease: novel insights and future directions

SJ Andrews, AE Renton, B Fulton-Howard… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex multifactorial neurodegenerative
disorder and the most common form of dementia. AD is highly heritable, with heritability …