Phenotypic drug discovery: recent successes, lessons learned and new directions

F Vincent, A Nueda, J Lee, M Schenone… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Many drugs, or their antecedents, were discovered through observation of their effects on
normal or disease physiology. For the past generation, this phenotypic drug discovery …

[HTML][HTML] Past, present and future of therapeutic strategies against amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

D Jeremic, L Jiménez-Díaz, JD Navarro-López - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in ageing,
affecting around 46 million people worldwide but few treatments are currently available. The …

Gut microbiota regulate Alzheimer's disease pathologies and cognitive disorders via PUFA-associated neuroinflammation

C Chen, J Liao, Y Xia, X Liu, R Jones, J Haran… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective This study is to investigate the role of gut dysbiosis in triggering inflammation in
the brain and its contribution to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Design We …

Temporal and spatial cellular and molecular pathological alterations with single-cell resolution in the adult spinal cord after injury

C Li, Z Wu, L Zhou, J Shao, X Hu, W Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) involves diverse injury responses in different cell types in a
temporally and spatially specific manner. Here, using single-cell transcriptomic analyses …

Bacteroides Fragilis in the gut microbiomes of Alzheimer's disease activates microglia and triggers pathogenesis in neuronal C/EBPβ transgenic mice

Y Xia, Y Xiao, ZH Wang, X Liu, AM Alam… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Gut dysbiosis contributes to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, and Bacteroides strains
are selectively elevated in AD gut microbiota. However, it remains unknown which …

Legumain is an endogenous modulator of integrin αvβ3 triggering vascular degeneration, dissection, and rupture

L Pan, P Bai, X Weng, J Liu, Y Chen, S Chen, X Ma… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The development of thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) is closely related to
extracellular matrix degradation and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) transformation …

Microbiota–gut–brain axis and its therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract is populated with a diverse microbial community. The vast
genetic and metabolic potential of the gut microbiome underpins its ubiquity in nearly every …

CRISPRi screens in human iPSC-derived astrocytes elucidate regulators of distinct inflammatory reactive states

K Leng, IVL Rose, H Kim, W Xia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Astrocytes become reactive in response to insults to the central nervous system by adopting
context-specific cellular signatures and outputs, but a systematic understanding of the …

Gut inflammation triggers C/EBPβ/δ‐secretase‐dependent gut‐to‐brain propagation of Aβ and Tau fibrils in Alzheimer's disease

C Chen, Y Zhou, H Wang, A Alam, SS Kang… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Some
evidence suggests that misfolded protein aggregates found in AD brains may have …

Deficiency in BDNF/TrkB neurotrophic activity stimulates δ-secretase by upregulating C/EBPβ in Alzheimer's disease

ZH Wang, J Xiang, X Liu, SP Yu, FP Manfredsson… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
BDNF/TrkB neurotrophic signaling regulates neuronal development, differentiation, and
survival, and deficient BDNF/TrkB activity underlies neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's …