Biological aging processes underlying cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disease

MM Gonzales, VR Garbarino, E Pollet… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are among the top contributors to
disability and mortality in later life. As with many chronic conditions, aging is the single most …

Synergy between amyloid-β and tau in Alzheimer's disease

MA Busche, BT Hyman - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) present with both extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ)
plaques and intracellular tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. For many years …

Hallmarks of health

C López-Otín, G Kroemer - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Health is usually defined as the absence of pathology. Here, we endeavor to define health
as a compendium of organizational and dynamic features that maintain physiology. The …

Molecular signatures underlying neurofibrillary tangle susceptibility in Alzheimer's disease

M Otero-Garcia, SU Mahajani, D Wakhloo, W Tang… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Tau aggregation in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is closely associated with
neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the …

A NPAS4–NuA4 complex couples synaptic activity to DNA repair

EA Pollina, DT Gilliam, AT Landau, C Lin, N Pajarillo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Neuronal activity is crucial for adaptive circuit remodelling but poses an inherent risk to the
stability of the genome across the long lifespan of postmitotic neurons,,,–. Whether neurons …

[HTML][HTML] Neuronal excitation/inhibition imbalance: core element of a translational perspective on Alzheimer pathophysiology

F Maestú, W de Haan, MA Busche, J DeFelipe - Ageing Research Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Our incomplete understanding of the link between Alzheimer's Disease pathology and
symptomatology is a crucial obstacle for therapeutic success. Recently, translational studies …

Severe COVID-19 is associated with molecular signatures of aging in the human brain

M Mavrikaki, JD Lee, IH Solomon, FJ Slack - Nature Aging, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and aging are both accompanied by
cognitive decline, we hypothesized that COVID-19 might lead to molecular signatures …

BiT age: A transcriptome‐based aging clock near the theoretical limit of accuracy

DH Meyer, B Schumacher - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aging clocks dissociate biological from chronological age. The estimation of biological age
is important for identifying gerontogenes and assessing environmental, nutritional, or …

Modeling neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditiselegans

KA Caldwell, CW Willicott… - Disease Models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
The global burden of neurodegenerative diseases underscores the urgent need for
innovative strategies to define new drug targets and disease-modifying factors. The …

The adaptive aging brain

L Aron, J Zullo, BA Yankner - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The aging brain is shaped by many structural and functional alterations. Recent cross-
disciplinary efforts have uncovered powerful and integrated adaptive mechanisms that …