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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2020

Genome-wide association study of rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease patients identifies novel genes and pathways.

Richard Sherva, Alden Gross, Shubhabrata Mukherjee, Ryan Koesterer, Philippe Amouyel, Celine Bellenguez, Carole Dufouil, David A Bennett, Lori Chibnik, Carlos Cruchaga and 11 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 14 institutions in 3 countries.

Richard ShervaDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Alden GrossJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Shubhabrata MukherjeeDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Ryan KoestererPrograms in Metabolism and Medical & Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Philippe AmouyelInserm, CHU Lille, Institute Pasteur de Lille, U1167 - RID-AGE - Risk factors and molecular determinants of age-related diseases; Institute Pasteur de Lille, University of Lille, Lille Cedex, France.
Celine BellenguezInserm, CHU Lille, Institute Pasteur de Lille, U1167 - RID-AGE - Risk factors and molecular determinants of age-related diseases; Institute Pasteur de Lille, University of Lille, Lille Cedex, France.
Carole DufouilInserm Unit 1219 Bordeaux Population Health, CIC 1401-EC (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Bordeaux, ISPED (Bordeaux School of Public Health), Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
David A BennettRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lori ChibnikDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Carlos CruchagaHope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Jorge Del-AguilaHope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Lindsay A FarrerDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Richard MayeuxTaub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Leanne MunsieEli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Ashley WinslowOrphan Disease Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA.
Stephen NewhouseDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.
Andrew J SaykinIndiana Alzheimer Disease Center and Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, IU Health Neuroscience Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
John S K KauweDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Alzheimer's Disease Genetics ConsortiumDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Paul K CraneDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Robert C GreenDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Broad Institute · USBoston University · USInserm · FRUniversity of Washington · USWashington University in St. Louis · USBrigham Young University · USEli Lilly (United States) · USIndiana University Health · USJohns Hopkins University · USNewYork–Presbyterian Hospital · USRush University Medical Center · USUniversité de Bordeaux · FRUniversity of London · GBUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD)U24AG021886 · NIA · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI TATIANA M. FOROUD · 2002 to 2026
$119.8M
Translational pharmacoepidemiology: neuroprotection and neurotoxicity of antihypertensives and strong anticholinergicsU19AG066567 · NIA · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHRISTOPHER DIRK KEENE · 2021 to 2026
$80.4M
Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN MORRIS · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
Alzheimer's Disease Genetics ConsortiumU01AG032984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SCHELLENBERG, GERARD DAVID · 2009 to 2024
$60.4M
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTERP50AG005681 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 1985 to 2019
$52.1M
The natural history of AB accumulation in preclinical ADP01AG026276 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHINDLER, SUZANNE ELIZABETH · 2005 to 2025
$49.5M
SUPPLEMENT TO RUSH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE CENTER COREP30AG010161 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 1991 to 2020
$49.1M
Satellite Diagnostic and Treatment Clinic CoreP50AG008702 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI DE JAGER, PHILIP L · 1989 to 2019
$46.3M
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEURAL RESERVE AND NEUROBIOLOGY IN AGINGR01AG017917 · NIA · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN · 2001 to 2023
$43.3M
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Late Onset of Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) Family-Based Study (FBS)U24AG056270 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Gary Wayne Beecham, TATIANA M. FOROUD · 2017 to 2026
$31.4M
University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066509 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SUMAN JAYADEV · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
Research Education ComponentP30AG066444 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID M. HOLTZMAN · 2020 to 2026
$28.7M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionVariability exists in the disease trajectories of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. We performed a genome-wide association study to examine rate of cognitive decline (ROD) in patients with AD.

methodsWe tested for interactions between genetic variants and time since diagnosis to predict the ROD of a composite cognitive score in 3946 AD cases and performed pathway analysis on the top genes.

resultsSuggestive associations (P < 1.0 × 10 DISCUSSION: Pathways related to AD, intelligence, and neurological function determine AD progression, while previously identified AD risk variants, including the apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 and ε2 variants, do not have a major impact.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseCognitive DysfunctionDisease ProgressionFemaleGenetic VariationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMalecognitive declinedisease progressiongenetic associationpathway analysis

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