Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Transcriptomic analysis to identify genes associated with selective hippocampal vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease

  • Angela M. Crist,
  • Kelly M. Hinkle,
  • Xue Wang,
  • Christina M. Moloney,
  • Billie J. Matchett,
  • Sydney A. Labuzan,
  • Isabelle Frankenhauser,
  • Nkem O. Azu,
  • Amanda M. Liesinger,
  • Elizabeth R. Lesser,
  • Daniel J. Serie,
  • Zachary S. Quicksall,
  • Tulsi A. Patel,
  • Troy P. Carnwath,
  • Michael DeTure,
  • Xiaojia Tang,
  • Ronald C. Petersen,
  • Ranjan Duara,
  • Neill R. Graff-Radford,
  • Mariet Allen,
  • Minerva M. Carrasquillo,
  • Hu Li,
  • Owen A. Ross,
  • Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner,
  • Dennis W. Dickson,
  • Yan W. Asmann,
  • Rickey E. Carter,
  • Melissa E. Murray

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22399-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is typically associated with hippocampal and cortical pathology, although hippocampal sparing and limbic predominant forms exist. The authors use transcriptomic analysis and neuropathology to identify genes associated with selective hippocampal vulnerability in AD.