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The role of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

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Carmona, Susana, Zahs, Kathleen, Wu, Elizabeth, Dakin, Kelly, Bras, Jose, Guerreiro, Rita·2018·The Lancet Neurology

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Alzheimer's disease is a genetically complex disorder; rare variants in the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) gene have been shown to as much as triple an individual's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. TREM2 is a transmembrane receptor expressed in cells of the myeloid lineage, and its association with Alzheimer's disease supports the involvement of immune and inflammatory pathways in the cause of the disease, rather than as a consequence of the disease. TREM2 variants associated with Alzheimer's disease induce partial loss of function of the TREM2 protein and alter the behaviour of microglial cells, including their response to amyloid plaques. TREM2 variants have also been shown to cause polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy and frontotemporal dementia. Although the low frequency of TREM2 variants makes it difficult to establish robust genotype-phenotype correlations, such studies are essential to enable a comprehensive understanding of the role of TREM2 in different neurological diseases, with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutic approaches.

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Authors
Carmona, S., Zahs, K., Wu, E., Dakin, K., Bras, J., & Guerreiro, R.
Affiliations
  • UK Dementia Research Institute (GB)
  • Alzforum (US)
Corresponding author
Guerreiro, Rita
Venue
The Lancet Neurology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-08
Volume
17
Issue
8
Pages
721-730
ISSN
1474-4422 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2884070953
Cited by
244
References
107
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 4 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Alzheimer's Society
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
TREM2, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegenerative diseases, myeloid cells, microglia, amyloid plaques, neuroinflammation, genetic risk variants, loss-of-function mutations, frontotemporal dementia, genotype-phenotype correlation, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Humans, Membrane Glycoproteins, Receptors, Immunologic, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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