The basis of cellular and regional vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease

D Mrdjen, EJ Fox, SA Bukhari, KS Montine… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) differentially and specifically affects brain regions and neuronal
cell types in a predictable pattern. Damage to the brain appears to spread and worsens with …

A meta-analysis of brain DNA methylation across sex, age, and Alzheimer's disease points for accelerated epigenetic aging in neurodegeneration

C Pellegrini, C Pirazzini, C Sala, L Sambati… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by specific alterations of brain DNA methylation
(DNAm) patterns. Age and sex, two major risk factors for AD, are also known to largely affect …

Compilation of reported protein changes in the brain in Alzheimer's disease

M Askenazi, T Kavanagh, G Pires… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Proteomic studies of human Alzheimer's disease brain tissue have potential to identify
protein changes that drive disease, and to identify new drug targets. Here, we analyse 38 …

Short-chain fatty acids and lipopolysaccharide as mediators between gut dysbiosis and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer's disease

M Marizzoni, A Cattaneo, P Mirabelli… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Background: Metagenomic data support an association between certain bacterial strains
and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but their functional dynamics remain elusive. Objective: To …

Phosphorylated tau interactome in the human Alzheimer's disease brain

E Drummond, G Pires, C MacMurray, M Askenazi… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Accumulation of phosphorylated tau is a key pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease.
Phosphorylated tau accumulation causes synaptic impairment, neuronal dysfunction and …

The amyloid plaque proteome in early onset Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome

E Drummond, T Kavanagh, G Pires… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Amyloid plaques contain many proteins in addition to beta amyloid (Aβ). Previous studies
examining plaque-associated proteins have shown these additional proteins are important; …

Terminal complement pathway activation drives synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease models

SM Carpanini, M Torvell, RJ Bevan, RAJ Byrne… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Complement is involved in developmental synaptic pruning and pathological synapse loss
in Alzheimer's disease. It is posited that C1 binding initiates complement activation on …

Hippocampal disruptions of synaptic and astrocyte metabolism are primary events of early amyloid pathology in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

JV Andersen, NH Skotte, SK Christensen, FS Polli… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an unremitting neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
cerebral amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation and gradual decline in cognitive function. Changes in …

Cerebral deficiency of vitamin B5 (d-pantothenic acid; pantothenate) as a potentially-reversible cause of neurodegeneration and dementia in sporadic Alzheimer's …

J Xu, S Patassini, P Begley, S Church… - Biochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of age-related neurodegeneration and
dementia, and there are no available treatments with proven disease-modifying actions. It is …

A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease highlights novel differentially methylated loci across cortex

RG Smith, E Pishva, G Shireby, AR Smith… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenome-wide association studies of Alzheimer's disease have highlighted
neuropathology-associated DNA methylation differences, although existing studies have …