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Journal Article
Genetic Risk Factors for Poor Cognitive Outcome Following Brain Insult—A Systematic Review
2026
Overview
Cognitive outcomes following brain insult are shaped by a range of factors, including genetic predispositions. Emerging evidence indicates that specific genetic variants may affect the susceptibility to cognitive impairment in individual patients. In this systematic review we summarize the evidence for genetic variants on cognitive outcomes following brain insults.
A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, bioRxiv, medRxiv, reference lists, and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify studies published before June 14, 2023, reporting associations between genetic variants and cognitive outcomes following brain insults. Only studies conducted in humans and published in English were included. A broad definition of brain insults was applied, with a primary focus on stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and brain tumors. All articles underwent bias assessment using the JBI critical appraisal tools.
Of the 121 studies included, 80 (66%) were rated as low risk of bias. The APOE gene was investigated in 56% of TBI studies, 52% of stroke studies, and 43% of studies on other brain injuries. Of the 74 studies on APOE, 50 (68%) focused on the ε4 allele, with 39 studies (87%) reporting associations between the ε4 allele and worse cognitive outcomes. The BDNF rs6265 polymorphism was examined in 18 studies, 15 of which reported significant effects on cognitive outcomes. However, the direction of these effects was inconsistent, with seven studies linking the G allele and seven the A allele to worse cognitive outcomes. For the COMT rs4680 polymorphism, nine out of 12 studies reported worsened cognitive outcomes linked to the G allele, while several reported a protective association for the A allele. Injury- and population-specific patterns were not consistent.
This systematic review suggests that APOE-ε4 and potentially the G allele of COMT rs4680 are associated with poor cognitive outcomes following brain insults. The type of brain injury does not appear to influence whether genetic variants predispose to favorable or unfavorable cognitive outcomes. Future research may benefit from focusing on these markers, particularly in larger datasets, to validate these findings.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc,Wiley
Subject
/ Apolipoproteins E - genetics
/ Brain Injuries - complications
/ Brain Injuries, Traumatic - complications
/ Brain Injuries, Traumatic - genetics
/ Brain Neoplasms - complications
/ Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology
/ Cognitive Dysfunction - genetics
/ etiology
/ Genetic Predisposition to Disease
/ Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics
/ genetics
/ Humans
/ Kirurgi
/ Medical Genetics and Genomics
/ Medicinsk genetik och genomik
/ Stroke
/ Surgery
