Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated multimodal cell atlas of Alzheimer's disease

MI Gabitto, KJ Travaglini, VM Rachleff, ES Kaplan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in older adults. Although AD
progression is characterized by stereotyped accumulation of proteinopathies, the affected …

Exposure of iPSC-derived human microglia to brain substrates enables the generation and manipulation of diverse transcriptional states in vitro

MJ Dolan, M Therrien, S Jereb, T Kamath… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia, the macrophages of the brain parenchyma, are key players in neurodegenerative
diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. These cells adopt distinct transcriptional subtypes …

Oligodendrocytes produce amyloid-β and contribute to plaque formation alongside neurons in Alzheimer's disease model mice

AO Sasmita, C Depp, T Nazarenko, T Sun… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) is thought to be neuronally derived in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However,
transcripts of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and amyloidogenic enzymes are equally …

White matter injury across neurodegenerative disease

LK Festa, JB Grinspan, KL Jordan-Sciutto - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Oligodendrocytes (OLs), the myelin-generating cells of the central nervous system
(CNS), are active players in shaping neuronal circuitry and function. It has become …

Selective suppression of oligodendrocyte-derived amyloid beta rescues neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

RM Rajani, R Ellingford, M Hellmuth, SS Harris… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Reduction of amyloid beta (Aβ) has been shown to be effective in treating Alzheimer's
disease (AD), but the underlying assumption that neurons are the main source of pathogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice

Z Farsi, A Nicolella, SK Simmons, S Aryal, N Shepard… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
A genetically valid animal model could transform our understanding of schizophrenia (SCZ)
disease mechanisms. Rare heterozygous loss-of-function (LoF) mutations in GRIN2A …

[HTML][HTML] Protracted neuronal recruitment in the temporal lobes of young children

MA Nascimento, S Biagiotti, V Herranz-Pérez… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The temporal lobe of the human brain contains the entorhinal cortex (EC). This region of the
brain is a highly interconnected integrative hub for sensory and spatial information; it also …

Cell-type-specific effects of age and sex on human cortical neurons

JF Chien, H Liu, BA Wang, C Luo, A Bartlett… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Altered transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of brain cell types may contribute to
cognitive changes with advanced age. Using single-nucleus multi-omic DNA methylation …

Epilepsy and epileptiform activity in late-onset Alzheimer disease: Clinical and pathophysiological advances, gaps and conundrums

A Kamondi, M Grigg-Damberger, W Löscher… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated a link between Alzheimer disease (AD) and
epilepsy. Late-onset epilepsy and epileptiform activity can precede cognitive deterioration in …