Specialty disease databases

AlzForum & NIAGADS

Alzheimer's research portals
"Curated AD research news and the NIA genetics data hub."
Alzheimer'smutationsnews

About the resource

AlzForum, run by the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation since 1996, is the leading curated news and database resource for Alzheimer's-disease research. Its Mutations Database catalogues variants in APP, PSEN1, PSEN2, MAPT, TREM2 and other AD-associated genes with pathogenicity assessments, expert commentary and the literature trail.

NIAGADS — the National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site, run at the University of Pennsylvania — hosts NIA-funded AD genetics data: WES, WGS, GWAS, transcriptomics. Access to individual-level data is governed by NIAGADS Data Sharing Service approval.

What you'd use it for

  1. 01Look up pathogenicity assessments for AD-gene mutations with expert commentary
  2. 02Apply for access to NIA-funded AD genomics datasets
  3. 03Track expert commentary on landmark AD papers
  4. 04Cross-reference AD mutations with ADNI imaging endpoints

How you access it

AlzForum webNIAGADS portalPer-study controlled downloads

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