Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Presenilin 2 N141I mutation induces hyperactive immune response through the epigenetic repression of REV-ERBα

  • Hyeri Nam,
  • Younghwan Lee,
  • Boil Kim,
  • Ji-Won Lee,
  • Seohyeon Hwang,
  • Hyun-Kyu An,
  • Kyung Min Chung,
  • Youngjin Park,
  • Jihyun Hong,
  • Kyungjin Kim,
  • Eun-Kyoung Kim,
  • Han Kyoung Choe,
  • Seong-Woon Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29653-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Hyperimmunity is associated with Alzheimer disease. Here the authors show that the Presenilin 2 N141I mutation causes overproduction of clock-controlled cytokines and memory deficits through suppression of REV-ERBα gene by hypermethylation.