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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2023

Locus specific endogenous retroviral expression associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Tyson Dawson, Uzma Rentia, Jessie Sanford, Carlos Cruchaga, John S K Kauwe, Keith A Crandall

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tyson Dawson *Computational Biology Institute, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
Uzma Rentia *Computational Biology Institute, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
Jessie SanfordDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Carlos CruchagaDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
John S K KauweDepartment of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States.
Keith A CrandallComputational Biology Institute, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
George Washington University · USWashington University in St. Louis · USBrigham Young University · USMilken Institute · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are transcriptionally-active remnants of ancient retroviral infections that may play a role in Alzheimer's disease. Methods: We combined two, publicly available RNA-Seq datasets with a third, novel dataset for a total cohort of 103 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 45 healthy controls. We use telescope to perform HERV quantification for these samples and simultaneously perform gene expression analysis. Results: We identify differentially expressed genes and differentially expressed HERVs in Alzheimer's disease patients. Differentially expressed HERVs are scattered throughout the genome; many of them are members of the HERV-K superfamily. A number of HERVs are correlated with the expression of dysregulated genes in Alzheimer's and are physically proximal to genes which drive disease pathways. Discussion: Dysregulated expression of ancient retroviral insertions in the human genome are present in Alzheimer's disease and show localization patterns that may explain how these elements drive pathogenic gene expression.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseendogenous retrovirusgene expressionHERVRNA-Seq

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PMID37484691
PMCPMC10359044
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