This study is supported by NIA grants to the University of Miami (R01 AG027944 and R01 AG028786) and to Case Western Reserve University (R01 AG019085). Support was also from the Alzheimer’s Association (IIRG-05-14147), Department of Defense (W81XWH-12-1-0013), and BrightFocus Foundation (A2111048).
The Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium is supported by the Darrell K Royal Texas Alzheimer’s Initiative, directed by the Texas Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.
Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium List of Investigators: Investigators from the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium: Baylor College of Medicine: Valory Pavlik, PhD, Paul Massman PhD, Eveleen Darby MA/MS, Monica Rodriguear MA, Aisha Khaleeq MD; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: John C. DeToledo, MD, Henrick Wilms MD, PhD, Kim Johnson PhD, Victoria Perez, Michelle Hernandez; University of North Texas Health Science Center: Thomas Fairchild PhD, Janice Knebl DO, Sid E. O’Bryant PhD, James R. Hall PhD, Leigh Johnson PhD, Robert C. Barber PhD, Douglas Mains DrPH, Lisa Alvarez, Adriana Gamboa; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Munro Cullum PhD, Roger Rosenberg MD, Benjamin Williams MD, PhD, Mary Quiceno MD, Joan Reisch PhD, Linda S. Hynan PhD, Ryan Huebinger PhD, Janet Smith BS, Trung Nguyen MD, PhD; University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio: Donald Royall MD, Raymond Palmer PhD, Marsha Polk; Texas A&M University Health Science Center: Alan Stevens PhD, Marcia Ory PhD/MPH; University of Texas at Austin/Dell Medical School: David Paydarfar MD, John Bertelson MD, Martin Woon PhD, Gayle Ayres DO; Alyssa Aguirre LCSW; University of North Carolina: Kirk C. Wilhelmsen MD, PhD, Jeffrey L. Tilson PhD.
The Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium supported collection and genotyping of samples used in this study through National Institute on Aging (NIA) grants U01AG032984 and RC2AG036528.
The Center for Applied Genomics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute performed genotyping of samples.
Samples from the National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD), which receives government support under a cooperative agreement grant (U24 AG21886) awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), were used in this study. We thank contributors who collected samples used in this study, as well as patients and their families, whose help and participation made this work possible.
