Insights into Alzheimer's disease from single-cell genomic approaches

MH Murdock, LH Tsai - Nature neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disease pathologically defined by the deposition
of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain parenchyma. Single-cell profiling …

TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer's disease

J Hou, Y Chen, G Grajales-Reyes… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Microglia are central players in brain innate immunity and have been the subject of
extensive research in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this review, we aim to summarize the …

Myelin dysfunction drives amyloid-β deposition in models of Alzheimer's disease

C Depp, T Sun, AO Sasmita, L Spieth, SA Berghoff… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, increases rapidly
with age, but why age constitutes the main risk factor is still poorly understood. Brain ageing …

Young CSF restores oligodendrogenesis and memory in aged mice via Fgf17

T Iram, F Kern, A Kaur, S Myneni, AR Morningstar… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent understanding of how the systemic environment shapes the brain throughout life has
led to numerous intervention strategies to slow brain ageing,–. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

CD8+ T cells induce interferon-responsive oligodendrocytes and microglia in white matter aging

T Kaya, N Mattugini, L Liu, H Ji… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A hallmark of nervous system aging is a decline of white matter volume and function, but the
underlying mechanisms leading to white matter pathology are unknown. In the present …

Loss of fatty acid degradation by astrocytic mitochondria triggers neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

Y Mi, G Qi, F Vitali, Y Shang, AC Raikes, T Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Astrocytes provide key neuronal support, and their phenotypic transformation is implicated in
neurodegenerative diseases. Metabolically, astrocytes possess low mitochondrial oxidative …

Microglia regulation of central nervous system myelin health and regeneration

SA Kent, VE Miron - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Microglia are resident macrophages of the central nervous system that have key functions in
its development, homeostasis and response to damage and infection. Although microglia …

Cholesterol metabolism in aging and age-related disorders

G Saher - Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2023 - annualreviews.org
All mammalian cell membranes contain cholesterol to maintain membrane integrity. The
transport of this hydrophobic lipid is mediated by lipoproteins. Cholesterol is especially …

Tipping points in neurodegeneration

M Simons, J Levin, M Dichgans - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), Aβ deposits form slowly, several decades before further
pathological events trigger neurodegeneration and dementia. However, a substantial …

Fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive interneurons in brain physiology and Alzheimer's disease

S Hijazi, AB Smit, RE van Kesteren - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Fast-spiking parvalbumin (PV) interneurons are inhibitory interneurons with unique
morphological and functional properties that allow them to precisely control local circuitry …