An integrated systems approach has identified genetic nodes and networks in late-onset Alzheimers Disease
In the April 25 Cell, Valur Emilsson at the Icelandic Heart Association and Eric Schadt at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, report that they have identified molecular networks that are perturbed in Alzheimers disease patients compared to normal, age-matched controls.
Several of these networks comprise genes previously linked to AD, including TREM2 and CD33. The scientists also identified a new player, TYROBP, as a master regulator of these molecular modules. This finding tightens the link between AD pathology and microglial dysfunction.
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