Recent progress in Alzheimer's disease research, part 2: genetics and epidemiology

M Robinson, BY Lee, FT Hane - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
This is the second part of a three-part review series reviewing the most important advances
in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research since 2010. This review covers the latest research on …

Primary and secondary prevention trials in Alzheimer disease: looking back, moving forward

D Hsu, GA Marshall - Current Alzheimer Research, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
The field of Alzheimer disease (AD) prevention has been a culmination of basic science,
clinical, and translational research. In the past three years since the new 2011 AD diagnostic …

Epigenomics of Alzheimer's disease

DA Bennett, L Yu, J Yang, HU Klein… - Translating Epigenetics to …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a large and growing public health problem. It is characterized by
the accumulation of amyloid-β peptides and abnormally phosphorylated tau proteins that are …

Genome-wide significant risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: role in progression to dementia due to Alzheimer's disease among subjects with mild cognitive …

A Lacour, A Espinosa, E Louwersheimer… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Few data are available concerning the role of risk markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in
progression to AD dementia among subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We …

Mitochondria, cybrids, aging, and Alzheimer's disease

RH Swerdlow, S Koppel, I Weidling, C Hayley… - Progress in molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial and bioenergetic function change with advancing age and may drive aging
phenotypes. Mitochondrial and bioenergetic changes are also documented in various age …

Alzheimer disease: scientific breakthroughs and translational challenges

RJ Caselli, TG Beach, DS Knopman… - Mayo Clinic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alzheimer disease (AD) was originally conceived as a rare disease that caused presenile
dementia but has come to be understood as the most prevalent cause of dementia at any …

Structural neuroimaging in preclinical dementia: From microstructural deficits and grey matter atrophy to macroscale connectomic changes

E Mak, S Gabel, H Mirette, L Su, GB Williams… - Ageing research …, 2017 - Elsevier
The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of neuroimaging studies characterising brain
changes associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), where both widespread atrophy and …

[HTML][HTML] The Alu neurodegeneration hypothesis: A primate-specific mechanism for neuronal transcription noise, mitochondrial dysfunction, and manifestation of …

PA Larsen, MW Lutz, KE Hunnicutt, M Mihovilovic… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Elsevier
It is hypothesized that retrotransposons have played a fundamental role in primate evolution
and that enhanced neurologic retrotransposon activity in humans may underlie the origin of …

Genetics of vascular dementia–review from the ICVD working group

MA Ikram, A Bersano, R Manso-Calderón, JP Jia… - BMC medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Vascular dementia is a common disorder resulting in considerable morbidity
and mortality. Determining the extent to which genes play a role in disease susceptibility and …

[HTML][HTML] The biological foundation of the genetic association of TOMM40 with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

K Zeitlow, L Charlambous, I Ng, S Gagrani… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
A variable-length poly-T variant in intron 6 of the TOMM40 gene, rs10524523, is associated
with risk and age-of-onset of sporadic (late-onset) Alzheimer's disease. In Caucasians, the …