Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Sex and APOE ε4 genotype modify the Alzheimer’s disease serum metabolome

  • Matthias Arnold,
  • Kwangsik Nho,
  • Alexandra Kueider-Paisley,
  • Tyler Massaro,
  • Kevin Huynh,
  • Barbara Brauner,
  • Siamak MahmoudianDehkordi,
  • Gregory Louie,
  • M. Arthur Moseley,
  • J. Will Thompson,
  • Lisa St John-Williams,
  • Jessica D. Tenenbaum,
  • Colette Blach,
  • Rui Chang,
  • Roberta D. Brinton,
  • Rebecca Baillie,
  • Xianlin Han,
  • John Q. Trojanowski,
  • Leslie M. Shaw,
  • Ralph Martins,
  • Michael W. Weiner,
  • Eugenia Trushina,
  • Jon B. Toledo,
  • Peter J. Meikle,
  • David A. Bennett,
  • Jan Krumsiek,
  • P. Murali Doraiswamy,
  • Andrew J. Saykin,
  • Rima Kaddurah-Daouk,
  • Gabi Kastenmüller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14959-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Sex and the APOE ε4 genotype are important risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. In the current study, the authors investigate how sex and APOE ε4 genotype modify the association between Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers and metabolites in serum.