Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of Alzheimer's disease middle temporal gyrus reveals region, cell type, and sex specificity of gene expression with novel genetic risk for MERTK in female

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease, is closely associated with both amyloid-β plaque and neuroinflammation. Two thirds of AD patients are female, and they have a higher disease risk; women with AD have more extensive brain histological chan…