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Xiaoling Zhang

Boston University · US
Area of research
Genetics · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.
h-index
32
citations
4,281
works
131
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Published on 3/20/2026 Khurshid Z, Tong T, Olayinka O, Farrell JJ, Zhu C, Martin ER, Bush WS, Pericak-Vance MA, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Haines JL, Lunetta KL, Zhang X, Farrer LA. Interactive effects of telomere length and genetic variants on Alzheimer disease risk across multiple ancestral populat
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Published on 3/16/2026 Huang J, Rehman H, Doan C, Stein TD, Mez J, Ang TFA, Tao Q, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. Corrigendum to 'Circulating C-reactive protein influences polygenic risk of inflammatory genes expressed in brain endothelia for Alzheimer's disease' Neurobiology of Disease 219 (2026
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Published on 1/13/2026 Huang J, Rehman H, Doan C, Stein TD, Mez J, Ang TFA, Tao Q, Au R, Farrer LA, Zhang X, Qiu WQ. Circulating C-reactive protein influences polygenic risk of inflammatory genes expressed in brain endothelia for Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2026 Feb; 219:107257. PMID: 415394
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Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 56,241 individuals identifies known and novel cross-population and ancestry-specific associations as novel risk loci for Alzheimer’s disease
Genome biology 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Published on 9/27/2025 Olayinka OA, O'Neill N, Empawi JA, Bock P, Hu J, Rickner H, Wong M, Stein TD, Wolozin B, Farrer LA, Zhang X. Single nucleus RNA sequencing unveils relationship between microglia and endothelial cells in mixed Alzheimer's disease and vascular pathology. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 Nov;
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Published on 8/19/2025 Huang J, Wang Y, Stein TD, Ang TFA, Zhu Y, Tao Q, Lunetta KL, Mez J, Au R, Farrer LA, Qiu WQ, Zhang X. The impact of blood MCP-1 levels on Alzheimer's disease with genetic variation at the NAV3 and UNC5C loci. Transl Psychiatry. 2025 Aug 19; 15(1):296. PMID: 40830334.
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Published on 7/24/2025 Shi Y, He X, Liu W, Hu J, Qiu WQ, Zhang X, Fan Z. Associations of diabetes mellitus with primary open angle glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease: a large cohort study in UK biobank. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2025; 16:1506560. PMID: 40778276.
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Published on 7/16/2025 O'Neill N, Kurniansyah N, Zhu C, Olayinka OA, Mayeux R, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Wang LS, Schellenberg GD, Farrer LA, Zhang X. Multi-omic derived cell-type specific Alzheimer disease polygenic risk scores. Neurobiol Aging. 2025 Nov; 155:44-52. PMID: 40706314.
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Identification of circRNAs linked to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2023cited by 48position: lastdoi
Bulk brain tissue cell-type deconvolution with bias correction for single-nuclei RNA sequencing data using DeTREM
BMC Bioinformatics 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Midlife lipid and glucose levels are associated with Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2022cited by 66position: firstdoi
Genome‐wide association and multi‐omics studies identify <i>MGMT</i> as a novel risk gene for Alzheimer's disease among women
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2022cited by 52position: middledoi
Different loneliness types, cognitive function, and brain structure in midlife: Findings from the Framingham Heart Study
EClinicalMedicine 2022cited by 46position: middledoi
Blood levels of MCP‐1 modulate the genetic risks of Alzheimer's disease mediated by HLA‐DRB1 and APOE for Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2022cited by 14position: middledoi
Molecular Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping in Human Complex Diseases
Current Protocols 2022cited by 10position: lastdoi
Cell-type-specific expression quantitative trait loci associated with Alzheimer disease in blood and brain tissue
Translational Psychiatry 2021cited by 50position: middledoi
Monomeric C‐reactive protein via endothelial CD31 for neurovascular inflammation in an ApoE genotype‐dependent pattern: A risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease?
Aging Cell 2021cited by 43position: middledoi
Impact of C-Reactive Protein on Cognition and Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers in Homozygous <i>APOE</i> ɛ4 Carriers
Neurology 2021cited by 42position: middledoi
Association of mitochondrial variants and haplogroups identified by whole exome sequencing with Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2021cited by 28position: firstdoi
Association of Rare Coding Mutations With Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias Among Adults of European Ancestry
JAMA Network Open 2019cited by 73position: middledoi
APOE Promoter Polymorphism-219T/G is an Effect Modifier of the Influence of APOE ε4 on Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in a Multiracial Sample
Journal of Clinical Medicine 2019cited by 71position: middledoi
Analysis of Whole-Exome Sequencing Data for Alzheimer Disease Stratified by <i>APOE</i> Genotype
JAMA Neurology 2019cited by 50position: middledoi
Detection of Clinically Relevant Genetic Variants in Chinese Patients With Nanophthalmos by Trio-Based Whole-Genome Sequencing Study
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2019cited by 44position: middledoi
Association of Plasma Amylin Concentration With Alzheimer Disease and Brain Structure in Older Adults
JAMA Network Open 2019cited by 26position: middledoi
CpG‐related SNPs in the MS4A region have a dose‐dependent effect on risk of late–onset Alzheimer disease
Aging Cell 2019cited by 14position: middledoi
Association of Chronic Low-grade Inflammation With Risk of Alzheimer Disease in <i>ApoE4</i> Carriers
JAMA Network Open 2018cited by 242position: middledoi
A rare missense variant of <i>CASP7</i> is associated with familial late‐onset Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2018cited by 56position: firstdoi
Genome-wide pleiotropy analysis of neuropathological traits related to Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2018cited by 38position: middledoi
Maintenance of Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression in Low-Risk Men and Women in the Framingham Heart Study
Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2018cited by 37position: middledoi
Rare genetic variation implicated in non-Hispanic white families with Alzheimer disease
Neurology Genetics 2018cited by 28position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Lindsay A. Farrer · Boston University14 papers (2017–2023)Kathryn L. Lunetta · Boston University11 papers (2017–2022)Jesse Mez · Boston University8 papers (2017–2022)Qiushan Tao · Boston University7 papers (2018–2022)Thor D. Stein · Boston University7 papers (2018–2023)Jaeyoon Chung · Boston University7 papers (2017–2022)Wei Qiao Qiu · Boston University7 papers (2018–2022)Richard Mayeux · Global Brain Health Institute6 papers (2018–2022)Jonathan L. Haines · University School6 papers (2018–2022)Ting Fang Alvin Ang · Boston University6 papers (2018–2022)Gerard D. Schellenberg · Boston University5 papers (2018–2022)Joseph M. Massaro · Boston University5 papers (2018–2022)Rhoda Au · Boston University5 papers (2018–2022)Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance · University of Miami4 papers (2018–2022)John J. Farrell · Boston University4 papers (2018–2021)Junming Hu · Boston University4 papers (2021–2023)Gyungah Jun · Boston University4 papers (2017–2022)Yiyi Ma · University of Science and Technology of China3 papers (2017–2019)Sanford Auerbach · Boston University3 papers (2018–2022)Samia C. Akhter‐Khan · King's College London3 papers (2021–2022)