[PDF][PDF] Alzheimer's risk factors age, APOE genotype, and sex drive distinct molecular pathways

…, CC Liu, P Storz, YW Asmann, N Ertekin-Taner… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Evidence suggests interplay among the three major risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD):
age, APOE genotype, and sex. Here, we present comprehensive datasets and analyses of …

Large-scale proteomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain and cerebrospinal fluid reveals early changes in energy metabolism associated with microglia and …

…, E Schadt, B Zhang, DW Dickson, N Ertekin-Taner… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology remains incomplete. Here
we used quantitative mass spectrometry and coexpression network analysis to conduct the …

[HTML][HTML] TREM2 in neurodegeneration: evidence for association of the p. R47H variant with frontotemporal dementia and Parkinson's disease

…, SG Younkin, RC Petersen, N Ertekin-Taner… - Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Background A rare variant in the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 (TREM2)
gene has been reported to be a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease by two …

[PDF][PDF] Meta-analysis of the Alzheimer's disease human brain transcriptome and functional dissection in mouse models

…, E Schadt, PL De Jager, ND Price, N Ertekin-Taner… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
We present a consensus atlas of the human brain transcriptome in Alzheimer's disease (AD),
based on meta-analysis of differential gene expression in 2,114 postmortem samples. We …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of corticobasal degeneration identifies risk variants shared with progressive supranuclear palsy

…, SG Younkin, LS Wang, N Ertekin-Taner… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement and
cognition, definitively diagnosed only at autopsy. Here, we conduct a genome-wide …

Genetic variation in PCDH11X is associated with susceptibility to late-onset Alzheimer's disease

…, LH Younkin, GD Bisceglio, N Ertekin-Taner… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
By analyzing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) in a genome-wide association study (313,504
SNPs, three series, 844 cases and 1,255 controls) and evaluating the 25 SNPs with …

[HTML][HTML] APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids

…, DA Brafman, YW Asmann, N Ertekin-Taner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
To address the underlying mechanism, we develop cerebral organoid models using …

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

…, DW Dickson, SG Younkin, N Ertekin-Taner - 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 …

Genetics of Alzheimer's disease: a centennial review

N Ertekin-Taner - Neurologic clinics, 2007 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) genetics may be one of the most prolifically published areas in
medicine and biology. Three early-onset AD genes with causative mutations (APP, PSEN1, …

[HTML][HTML] Brain expression genome-wide association study (eGWAS) identifies human disease-associated variants

…, DW Dickson, SG Younkin, N Ertekin-Taner - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Genetic variants that modify brain gene expression may also influence risk for human
diseases. We measured expression levels of 24,526 transcripts in brain samples from the …