Functional roles of reactive astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

R Patani, GE Hardingham, SA Liddelow - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in uncovering the mechanisms that underlie neuroinflammation and
neurodegenerative disease, therapies that prevent neuronal loss remain elusive. Targeting …

Microglia in Alzheimer's disease at single-cell level. Are there common patterns in humans and mice?

Y Chen, M Colonna - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021 - rupress.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by extracellular aggregates of amyloid β peptides,
intraneuronal tau aggregates, and neuronal death. This pathology triggers activation of …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell genomic profiling of human dopamine neurons identifies a population that selectively degenerates in Parkinson's disease

T Kamath, A Abdulraouf, SJ Burris, J Langlieb… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The loss of dopamine (DA) neurons within the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) is a
defining pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Nevertheless, the molecular …

Dissection of artifactual and confounding glial signatures by single-cell sequencing of mouse and human brain

SE Marsh, AJ Walker, T Kamath, L Dissing-Olesen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A key aspect of nearly all single-cell sequencing experiments is dissociation of intact tissues
into single-cell suspensions. While many protocols have been optimized for optimal cell …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell atlas reveals correlates of high cognitive function, dementia, and resilience to Alzheimer's disease pathology

H Mathys, Z Peng, CA Boix, MB Victor, N Leary, S Babu… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, but the
molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment remain poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes undergo subtype-specific transcriptional changes in Alzheimer's disease

JS Sadick, MR O'Dea, P Hasel, T Dykstra, A Faustin… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Resolving glial contributions to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is necessary because changes in
neuronal function, such as reduced synaptic density, altered electrophysiological properties …

Four distinct trajectories of tau deposition identified in Alzheimer's disease

JW Vogel, AL Young, NP Oxtoby, R Smith… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the spread of tau pathology throughout the
cerebral cortex. This spreading pattern was thought to be fairly consistent across individuals …

Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility and transcriptomic characterization of Alzheimer's disease

S Morabito, E Miyoshi, N Michael, S Shahin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The gene-regulatory landscape of the brain is highly dynamic in health and disease,
coordinating a menagerie of biological processes across distinct cell types. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] A human brain vascular atlas reveals diverse mediators of Alzheimer's risk

AC Yang, RT Vest, F Kern, DP Lee, M Agam, CA Maat… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The human brain vasculature is of great medical importance: its dysfunction causes
disability and death, and the specialized structure it forms—the blood–brain barrier …

Somatic genomic changes in single Alzheimer's disease neurons

MB Miller, AY Huang, J Kim, Z Zhou, SL Kirkham… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Dementia in Alzheimer's disease progresses alongside neurodegeneration,,–, but the
specific events that cause neuronal dysfunction and death remain poorly understood. During …