Alzheimer's Disease Risk Variants Interact with Amyloid-Beta to Modulate Monocyte Function.

ABSTRACT: While genetics implicate a central role for dysregulated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease (AD), the contributions of peripheral myeloid cells, such as monocytes, have been largely overlooked in favor of microglia. Here, we investigate whether AD-associated loci, specifically rs3865444 in the CD33 locus and rs1057233 in the SPI1 locus, converge on shared functional pathways in monocytes in the context of amyloid-beta peptide 1-42 (Aβ1-42) as an immune stimulus. To do so, we isolated monocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy individuals and exposed them to aggregated Aβ1-42. In this study, we identify functional convergence of the CD33 and SPI1 AD risk variants in the context of aggregated Aβ, both resulting in redu

SUBMITTER: Chatila ZK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12731656 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature