Gene–environment interactions in Alzheimer disease: the emerging role of epigenetics

L Migliore, F Coppedè - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
With the exception of a few monogenic forms, Alzheimer disease (AD) has a complex
aetiology that is likely to involve multiple susceptibility genes and environmental factors. The …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation biomarkers in aging and age-related diseases

Y Salameh, Y Bejaoui, N El Hajj - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent research efforts provided compelling evidence of genome-wide DNA methylation
alterations in aging and age-related disease. It is currently well established that DNA …

A logical network-based drug-screening platform for Alzheimer's disease representing pathological features of human brain organoids

JC Park, SY Jang, D Lee, J Lee, U Kang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Developing effective drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of
dementia, has been difficult because of complicated pathogenesis. Here, we report an …

DNA methylation signatures of Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in the cortex are primarily driven by variation in non-neuronal cell-types

G Shireby, EL Dempster, S Policicchio… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
progressive accumulation of amyloid-beta and neurofibrillary tangles of tau in the neocortex …

The cholinergic system, the adrenergic system and the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease

RA Bekdash - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are a major public health problem worldwide with a wide
spectrum of symptoms and physiological effects. It has been long reported that the …

Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation differences in prefrontal cortex implicates the immune processes in Alzheimer's disease

L Zhang, TC Silva, JI Young, L Gomez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA methylation differences in Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been reported. Here, we
conducted a meta-analysis of more than 1000 prefrontal cortex brain samples to prioritize …

Insights into clinical, genetic, and pathological aspects of hereditary spastic paraplegias: a comprehensive overview

LEO Elsayed, IZ Eltazi, AE Ahmed… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a heterogeneous group of motor
neurodegenerative disorders that have the core clinical presentation of pyramidal syndrome …

How to slow down the ticking clock: age-associated epigenetic alterations and related interventions to extend life span

AM Galow, S Peleg - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic alterations pose one major hallmark of organismal aging. Here, we provide an
overview on recent findings describing the epigenetic changes that arise during aging and …

A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease highlights novel differentially methylated loci across cortex

RG Smith, E Pishva, G Shireby, AR Smith… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenome-wide association studies of Alzheimer's disease have highlighted
neuropathology-associated DNA methylation differences, although existing studies have …

A meta-analysis of brain DNA methylation across sex, age, and Alzheimer's disease points for accelerated epigenetic aging in neurodegeneration

C Pellegrini, C Pirazzini, C Sala, L Sambati… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by specific alterations of brain DNA methylation
(DNAm) patterns. Age and sex, two major risk factors for AD, are also known to largely affect …