Epigenetics in Alzheimer's disease: perspective of DNA methylation

TJ Qazi, Z Quan, A Mir, H Qing - Molecular Neurobiology, 2018 - Springer
Research over the years has shown that causes of Alzheimer's disease are not well
understood, but over the past years, the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms in the …

Epigenetics: Recent advances and its role in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

X Xiao, X Liu, B Jiao - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective: This review summarizes recent findings on the epigenetics of Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and provides therapeutic strategies for AD. Methods: We searched the following …

DNA methylation in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease: from gene to cognition

CH Poon, LSR Tse, LW Lim - Annals of the New York Academy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating disorder that manifests with amyloid beta plaque
deposition, neurofibrillary tangles, neuronal loss, and severe cognitive impairment. Although …

Epigenetics and DNA methylomic profiling in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases

JAY Roubroeks, RG Smith… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have suggested a role for epigenetic mechanisms in the complex etiology of
various neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we discuss advances that have been …

DNA methylation: a promising approach in management of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

G Kaur, SSS Rathod, MM Ghoneim, S Alshehri… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification of genes which affects
corresponding gene expression. During the developmental stage, embryonic stem cells …

[PDF][PDF] DNA methylation alterations in Alzheimer's disease

AS Yokoyama, JC Rutledge… - Environmental epigenetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The observation that Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with similar and even identical
genetic backgrounds often present with heterogeneous pathologies has prompted the …

Alterations in global DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation are not detected in A lzheimer's disease

T Lashley, P Gami, N Valizadeh, A Li… - Neuropathology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Genetic factors do not seem to account fully for A lzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis.
There is evidence for the contribution of environmental factors, whose effect may be …

DNA methylation in Alzheimer's disease: In brain and peripheral blood

X Wei, L Zhang, Y Zeng - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most widespread neurodegenerative disorder and has
caused a major global health concern with the aging of the population. Recent studies have …

Opening up the DNA methylome of dementia

R Delgado-Morales, M Esteller - Molecular psychiatry, 2017 - nature.com
Dementia is a complex clinical condition characterized by several cognitive impairments that
interfere with patient independence in executing everyday tasks. Various neurodegenerative …

DNA methylation, a hand behind neurodegenerative diseases

H Lu, X Liu, Y Deng, H Qing - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic alterations represent a sort of functional modifications related to the genome that
are not responsible for changes in the nucleotide sequence. DNA methylation is one of such …