Multi-tissue neocortical transcriptome-wide association study implicates 8 genes across 6 genomic loci in Alzheimer's disease

J Gockley, KS Montgomery, WL Poehlman, JC Wiley… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease currently
affecting 1.75% of the US population, with projected growth to 3.46% by 2050. Identifying …

A transcriptome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease using prediction models of relevant tissues identifies novel candidate susceptibility genes

Y Sun, J Zhu, D Zhou, S Canchi, C Wu, NJ Cox… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified over 56 susceptibility
loci associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the genes responsible for these …

Integrative network analysis of nineteen brain regions identifies molecular signatures and networks underlying selective regional vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease

M Wang, P Roussos, A McKenzie, X Zhou, Y Kajiwara… - Genome medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, characterized
by progressive cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration. However, despite extensive …

Human whole genome genotype and transcriptome data for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases

M Allen, MM Carrasquillo, C Funk, BD Heavner, F Zou… - Scientific data, 2016 - nature.com
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS), conducted by our group and others,
have identified loci that harbor risk variants for neurodegenerative diseases, including …

Genes and pathways underlying regional and cell type changes in Alzheimer's disease

JA Miller, RL Woltjer, JM Goodenbour, S Horvath… - Genome medicine, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Transcriptional studies suggest Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves
dysfunction of many cellular pathways, including synaptic transmission, cytoskeletal …

An analysis of genetically regulated gene expression across multiple tissues implicates novel gene candidates in Alzheimer's disease

ZF Gerring, MK Lupton, D Edey, ER Gamazon… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified multiple
independent genetic loci that harbour variants associated with Alzheimer's disease, but the …

Late-onset Alzheimer disease risk variants mark brain regulatory loci

M Allen, M Kachadoorian, MM Carrasquillo… - Neurology …, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To investigate the top late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) risk loci detected or
confirmed by the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project for association with brain …

Identifying candidate genes and drug targets for Alzheimer's disease by an integrative network approach using genetic and brain region-specific proteomic data

A Liu, AM Manuel, Y Dai, BS Fernandes… - Human Molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 75 genetic variants
associated with Alzheimer's disease (ad). However, how these variants function and impact …

Genetic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease confer different cerebral cortex cell-type population structure

Z Li, JL Del-Aguila, U Dube, J Budde, R Martinez… - Genome medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by neuronal loss and astrocytosis in
the cerebral cortex. However, the specific effects that pathological mutations and coding …

Understanding Alzheimer disease at the interface between genetics and transcriptomics

J Verheijen, K Sleegers - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
Over 25 genes are known to affect the risk of developing Alzheimer disease (AD), the most
common neurodegenerative dementia. However, mechanistic insights and improved …