Skip to main content
. 2018 Dec 19;2(1):131–138. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooy050

Table 2.

Top 20 ranked new AD risk genes

Rank Gene_symbol Gene_name Location Type
1 UBCa Ubiquitin C Cytoplasm Enzyme
2 NOTCH1a Notch 1 Plasma Membrane Transcription regulator
3 EGFRa Epidermal growth factor receptor Plasma Membrane Kinase
4 ALB Albumin Extracellular Space Transporter
5 APLP2a Amyloid beta precursor like protein 2 Cytoplasm Other
6 APLP1a Amyloid beta precursor like protein 1 Extracellular Space Other
7 CPa Ceruloplasmin Extracellular Space Enzyme
8 PRDM10a PR/SET domain 10 Nucleus Transcription regulator
9 APBA2a Amyloid beta precursor protein binding family A member 2 Cytoplasm Transporter
10 NAE1a NEDD8 activating enzyme E1 subunit 1 Cytoplasm Enzyme
11 NCSTN Nicastrin Plasma Membrane Peptidase
12 SHC1a SHC adaptor protein 1 Cytoplasm OTHER
13 KAT5a Lysine acetyltransferase 5 Nucleus Transcription regulator
14 TSPOa Translocator protein Cytoplasm Transmembrane receptor
15 BACE1 Beta-secretase 1 Cytoplasm Peptidase
16 APBA3a Amyloid beta precursor protein binding family A member 3 Cytoplasm Transporter
17 BLMH Bleomycin hydrolase Cytoplasm Peptidase
18 GEN1a GEN1, Holliday junction 5′ flap endonuclease Cytoplasm Enzyme
19 APBA1 Amyloid beta precursor protein binding family A member 1 Cytoplasm Transporter
20 TP53 Tumor protein p53 Nucleus Transcription regulator
a

New AD risk genes that are not included in AlzGene database.