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ArticleScientific reports2022

Six genetically linked mutations in the CD36 gene significantly delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

Omar Šerý, Tomáš Zeman, Kateřina Sheardová, Martin Vyhnálek, Hana Marková, Jan Laczó, Jan Lochman, Petr Kralik, Kamila Vrzalová, Radka Dziedzinska and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Omar ŠerýLaboratory of Neurobiology and Pathological Physiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno 2, Czech Republic. omarsery@sci.muni.cz.
Tomáš ZemanLaboratory of Neurobiology and Pathological Physiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno 2, Czech Republic.
Kateřina SheardováInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Martin VyhnálekInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Hana MarkováInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan LaczóInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan LochmanLaboratory of Neurobiology and Pathological Physiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno 2, Czech Republic.
Petr KralikLaboratory of Neurobiology and Pathological Physiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno 2, Czech Republic.
Kamila VrzalováLaboratory of Neurobiology and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Radka DziedzinskaLaboratory of Neurobiology and Pathological Physiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno 2, Czech Republic.
Vladimir J BalcarLaboratory of Neurobiology and Pathological Physiology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno 2, Czech Republic.
Jakub HortInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics · CZCharles University · CZUniversity Hospital Brno · CZMasaryk University · CZSt. Anne's University Hospital Brno · CZUniversity of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has a strong genetic component, also in the case of late-onset AD (LOAD). Attempts to sequence whole genome in large populations of subjects have identified only a few mutations common to most of the patients with AD. Targeting smaller well-characterized groups of subjects where specific genetic variations in selected genes could be related to precisely defined psychological traits typical of dementia is needed to better understand the heritability of AD. More than one thousand participants, categorized according to cognitive deficits, were assessed using 14 psychometric tests evaluating performance in five cognitive domains (attention/working memory, memory, language, executive functions, visuospatial functions). CD36 was selected as a gene previously shown to be implicated in the etiology of AD. A total of 174 polymorphisms were tested for associations with cognition-related traits and other AD-relevant data using the next generation sequencing. Several associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP's) and the cognitive deficits have been found (rs12667404 with language performance, rs3211827 and rs41272372 with executive functions, rs137984792 with visuospatial performance). The most prominent association was found between a group of genotypes in six genetically linked and the age at which the AD patients presented with, or developed, a full-blown dementia. The identified alleles appear to be associated with a delay in the onset of LOAD. In silico studies suggested that the SNP's alter the expression of CD36 thus potentially affecting CD36-related neuroinflammation and other molecular and cellular mechanisms known to be involved in the neuronal loss leading to AD. The main outcome of the study is an identification of a set of six new mutations apparently conferring a distinct protection against AD and delaying the onset by about 8 years. Additional mutations in CD36 associated with certain traits characteristic of the cognitive decline in AD have also been found.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCD36 AntigensExecutive FunctionHumansMutationNeuropsychological TestsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideCD36 AntigensCD36 protein, human

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PMID35768560
PMCPMC9243110
OpenAlexW4283763404

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