An astrocyte BMAL1-BAG3 axis protects against alpha-synuclein and tau pathology

PW Sheehan, CJ Nadarajah, MF Kanan, JN Patterson… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The circadian clock protein BMAL1 modulates glial activation and amyloid-beta deposition
in mice. However, the effects of BMAL1 on other aspects of neurodegenerative pathology …

Tau seeding and spreading in vivo is supported by both AD-derived fibrillar and oligomeric tau

A Mate De Gerando, LA Welikovitch, A Khasnavis… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
Insoluble fibrillar tau, the primary constituent of neurofibrillary tangles, has traditionally been
thought to be the biologically active, toxic form of tau mediating neurodegeneration in …

[HTML][HTML] Does a pickle a day keep Alzheimer's away? Fermented food in Alzheimer's disease: A review

M Tyliszczak, B Wiatrak, M Danielewski, A Szeląg… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fermented food is commonly viewed as healthy, mostly due to its probiotic and digestion-
enhancing properties and recently it has been examined with regard to the development of …

Autism-associated CHD8 controls reactive gliosis and neuroinflammation via remodeling chromatin in astrocytes

P Megagiannis, Y Mei, RE Yan, L Yuan, JJ Wilde… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Reactive changes of glial cells during neuroinflammation impact brain disorders and
disease progression. Elucidating the mechanisms that control reactive gliosis may help us to …

Timing matters: A protective role of astrocyte reactivity in neurodegeneration

D Rojo, EM Gibson - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Sheehan and Nadarajah et al. 1 identified that Bmal1 loss from astrocytes induces the
expression of BAG3, a macroautophagy chaperone enriched in Alzheimer's disease patients …

Neuroprotective and detrimental effects of astrocytes on amyloid plaque formation

HR Gan - Journal of Student Research, 2023 - jsr.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains, reactive astrocytes and microglia are frequently seen
around amyloid plaques. The functions of microglia have been extensively studied, such as …