• Genetically-controlled Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 1 expression may contribute to Alzheimer's pathophysiology and susceptibility 

      Sevlever, Daniel; Zou, Fang Geng; Ma, Li; Carrasquillo, Sebastian; Crump, Michael G; Culley, Oliver J; Hunter, Talisha A; Bisceglio, Gina; Younkin, Linda; Allen, Mariet; Carrasquillo, Minerva; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Aasly, Jan; Dickson, Dennis W; Graff-Radford, Neill; Petersen, Ronald C.; Morgan, Kevin; Belbin, Olivia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Background Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder in which extracellular deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) oligomers causes synaptic injury resulting in early memory loss, altered homeostasis, accumulation of ...
    • LRRTM3 Interacts with APP and BACE1 and Has Variants Associating with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) 

      Lincoln, Sarah; Allen, Mariet; Cox, Claire L.; Walker, Louise P.; Malphrus, Kimberly; Qiu, Yishu; Nguyen, Thuy; Rowley, Christopher; Kouri, Naomi; Crook, Julia; Pankratz, V. Shane; Younkin, Samuel; Younkin, Linda; Carrasquillo, Minerva; Zou, Fang Geng; Abdul-Hay, Samer O.; Springer, Wolfdieter; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Aasly, Jan; Barcikowska, Maria; Wszolek, Zbigniew K.; Lewis, Jada M.; Dickson, Dennis; Graff-Radford, Neil R.; Petersen, Ronald C.; Eckman, Elizabeth; Younkin, Steven G.; Ertekin-Taner, Nilüfer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Leucine rich repeat transmembrane protein 3 (LRRTM3) is member of a synaptic protein family. LRRTM3 is a nested gene within α-T catenin (CTNNA3) and resides at the linkage peak for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) ...