Moving beyond amyloid and tau to capture the biological heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease

TL Young-Pearse, H Lee, YC Hsieh, V Chou… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) manifests along a spectrum of cognitive deficits and levels of
neuropathology. Genetic studies support a heterogeneous disease mechanism, with around …

[HTML][HTML] Neurodegeneration cell per cell

S Balusu, R Praschberger, E Lauwers, B De Strooper… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The clinical definition of neurodegenerative diseases is based on symptoms that reflect
terminal damage of specific brain regions. This is misleading as it tells little about the initial …

INPP5D regulates inflammasome activation in human microglia

V Chou, RV Pearse, AJ Aylward, N Ashour… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia and neuroinflammation play an important role in the development and progression
of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase D (INPP5D/SHIP1) is a …

Gasdermin-E mediates mitochondrial damage in axons and neurodegeneration

DV Neel, H Basu, G Gunner, MD Bergstresser… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction and axon loss are hallmarks of neurologic diseases. Gasdermin
(GSDM) proteins are executioner pore-forming molecules that mediate cell death, yet their …

Cell subtype-specific effects of genetic variation in the Alzheimer's disease brain

M Fujita, Z Gao, L Zeng, C McCabe, CC White, B Ng… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The relationship between genetic variation and gene expression in brain cell types and
subtypes remains understudied. Here, we generated single-nucleus RNA sequencing data …

VLDLR and ApoER2 are receptors for multiple alphaviruses

LE Clark, SA Clark, CY Lin, J Liu, A Coscia, KG Nabel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Alphaviruses, like many other arthropod-borne viruses, infect vertebrate species and insect
vectors separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolutionary history. Entry into …

Specific quinone reductase 2 inhibitors reduce metabolic burden and reverse Alzheimer's disease phenotype in mice

NL Gould, GR Scherer, S Carvalho… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Biological aging can be described as accumulative, prolonged metabolic stress and is the
major risk factor for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, we identified …

Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies neddylation as a regulator of neuronal aging and AD neurodegeneration

N Saurat, AP Minotti, MT Rahman, T Sikder, C Zhang… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Aging is the biggest risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we
performed a whole-genome CRISPR screen to identify regulators of neuronal age and show …

Small molecule regulators of microRNAs identified by high-throughput screen coupled with high-throughput sequencing

LD Nguyen, Z Wei, MC Silva, S Barberán-Soler… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate fundamental biological processes by silencing mRNA targets
and are dysregulated in many diseases. Therefore, miRNA replacement or inhibition can be …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-type-specific regulation of APOE and CLU levels in human neurons by the Alzheimer's disease risk gene SORL1

H Lee, AJ Aylward, RV Pearse, AM Lish, YC Hsieh… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
SORL1 is implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) through genetic
studies. To interrogate the roles of SORL1 in human brain cells, SORL1-null induced …