Alzheimer's disease: an updated overview of its genetics

J Andrade-Guerrero, A Santiago-Balmaseda… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. It is
classified as familial and sporadic. The dominant familial or autosomal presentation …

Interpretation of risk loci from genome-wide association studies of Alzheimer's disease

SJ Andrews, B Fulton-Howard, A Goate - The Lancet Neurology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating and highly heritable neurological
condition. As such, genetic studies have sought to understand the genetic architecture of …

Microglial efferocytosis: diving into the Alzheimer's disease gene pool

C Romero-Molina, F Garretti, SJ Andrews, E Marcora… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies and functional genomics studies have linked specific cell
types, genes, and pathways to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. In particular, AD risk alleles …

Early-onset Alzheimer's disease: what is missing in research?

T Ayodele, E Rogaeva, JT Kurup, G Beecham… - Current neurology and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD), defined as
Alzheimer's disease (AD) occurring before age 65, is significantly less well studied than the …

[HTML][HTML] Impairment of the autophagy–lysosomal pathway in Alzheimer's diseases: pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic potential

W Zhang, C Xu, J Sun, HM Shen, J Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder, is
characterized by memory loss and cognitive dysfunction. The accumulation of misfolded …

Adult-onset CNS myelin sulfatide deficiency is sufficient to cause Alzheimer's disease-like neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment

S Qiu, JP Palavicini, J Wang, NS Gonzalez… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Background Human genetic association studies point to immune response and lipid
metabolism, in addition to amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau, as major pathways in Alzheimer's …

Translating genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease into mechanistic insight and drug targets

A Sierksma, V Escott-Price, B De Strooper - Science, 2020 - science.org
To provide better prevention and treatment, we need to understand the environmental and
genetic risks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the definition of AD has been …

Moving beyond amyloid and tau to capture the biological heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease

TL Young-Pearse, H Lee, YC Hsieh, V Chou… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) manifests along a spectrum of cognitive deficits and levels of
neuropathology. Genetic studies support a heterogeneous disease mechanism, with around …

Insight into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease: A comprehensive review of the role of rare variants

J Hoogmartens, R Cacace… - … & Dementia: Diagnosis …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Early‐onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) is generally known as a dominant disease due to
highly penetrant pathogenic mutations in the amyloid precursor protein, presenilin 1 and 2 …

Genomics of Alzheimer's disease implicates the innate and adaptive immune systems

Y Li, SM Laws, LA Miles, JS Wiley, X Huang… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease characterised by cognitive
impairment, behavioural alteration, and functional decline. Over 130 AD-associated …