Cellular and pathological heterogeneity of primary tauopathies

DC Chung, S Roemer, L Petrucelli… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Microtubule-associated protein tau is abnormally aggregated in neuronal and glial cells in a
range of neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively referred to as tauopathies …

Microbes and Alzheimer's disease

RF Itzhaki, R Lathe, BJ Balin, MJ Ball… - Journal of …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We are researchers and clinicians working on Alzheimer's disease (AD) or related topics,
and we write to express our concern that one particular aspect of the disease has been …

The role of innate immune genes in Alzheimer's disease

A Griciuc, RE Tanzi - Current opinion in neurology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Targeting neuroinflammation via CD33 inhibition and/or TREM2 activation may have
important implications for neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease and may be an addition …

Microglial phagocytosis: a disease-associated process emerging from Alzheimer's disease genetics

A Podleśny-Drabiniok, E Marcora, AM Goate - Trends in Neurosciences, 2020 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating, chronic neurodegenerative disease. Genetic
studies involving genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and meta-analysis have …

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 …

Genetic insights in Alzheimer's disease

K Bettens, K Sleegers, C Van Broeckhoven - The lancet neurology, 2013 - thelancet.com
In the search for new genes in Alzheimer's disease, classic linkage-based and candidate-
gene-based association studies have been supplanted by exome sequencing, genome …

Future directions in Alzheimer's disease from risk factors to prevention

B Imtiaz, AM Tolppanen, M Kivipelto… - Biochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
The increase in life expectancy has resulted in a high occurrence of dementia and
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Research on AD has undergone a paradigm shift from viewing it …

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 …

PICALM modulates autophagy activity and tau accumulation

K Moreau, A Fleming, S Imarisio… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified several loci associated with Alzheimer's
disease (AD), including proteins involved in endocytic trafficking such as PICALM/CALM …

Genetics of Alzheimer's disease

V Chouraki, S Seshadri - Advances in genetics, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the main form of dementia, and is a major public health
problem. Despite intensive research efforts, current treatments have only marginal …