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ArticleNature aging2026

Brain DNA methylation, APOE genotype and Alzheimer's disease neuropathology in a large postmortem cohort.

Guanhong Miao, Cheng Gao, Lei Yu, Jingyun Yang, Yun Li, Francine Grodstein, Julie A Schneider, Lisa L Barnes, Philip L De Jager, Bing Yao and 2 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Guanhong MiaoHealth Informatics Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-7032
Cheng GaoHealth Informatics Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Lei YuRush Alzheimer's Disease Center & Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0237-8758
Jingyun YangRush Alzheimer's Disease Center & Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Yun LiDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-4189
Francine GrodsteinRush Alzheimer's Disease Center & Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Julie A SchneiderRush Alzheimer's Disease Center & Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-1752
Lisa L BarnesRush Alzheimer's Disease Center & Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Philip L De JagerCenter for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8057-2505
Bing YaoDepartment of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3205-8130
David A BennettRush Alzheimer's Disease Center & Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jinying ZhaoHealth Informatics Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. jinyingz@usf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3243-2660

Funding

Genome-wide Profiling of Brain DNA Hydroxymethylome in Alzheimer’s DiseaseRF1AG052476 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI BENNETT, DAVID ALAN, JIN, PENG · 2016 to 2019
$4.1M
Epigenetic Determinants of Major Depression: a Monozygotic Discordant TwinStudyR01MH097018 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI ZHAO, JINYING · 2013 to 2017
$3.3M
Telomere attrition and diabetes risk in American IndiansR01DK091369 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI HE, JIANG · 2011 to 2014
$1.1M
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01DK091369U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH097018U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) P30AG10161U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) P30AG72975U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) R01AG15819U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) R01AG17917U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) RF1AG052476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation (DNAm) plays a critical role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previous epigenome-wide association studies using 450K arrays captured limited CpG coverage and often focused on a single neuropathological measure. Here we profiled DNAm in 1,250 postmortem prefrontal cortex samples from the Rush Alzheimer's Disease cohorts using the Infinium MethylationEPIC v2 array (~930,000 CpGs) and performed epigenome-wide association studies of multiple neuropathologic measures, including AD diagnosis, amyloid-β and tau tangles. We identified 107 differentially methylated probes associated with AD neuropathology, 38 of which were replicated in an independent cohort (n = 139). DNAm also partially mediated the effect of APOE genotype on AD diagnosis (proportion mediated: 8.6%, P = 2 × 10

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