Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

MZ Zhong, T Peng, ML Duarte, M Wang… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the United
States (US). Animal models, specifically mouse models have been developed to better …

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in experimental Alzheimer's disease models: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies

F Kong, T Wu, J Dai, Z Zhai, J Cai, Z Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative disease of the nervous system. Glucagon-like
peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, have been …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of ambient air pollution exposure and lifestyle factors with incident dementia in the elderly: a prospective study in the UK Biobank

Y Zhang, Y Fu, X Guan, C Wang, M Fu, Y Xiao… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Dementia is an important disease burden among the elderly, and its occurrence
may be profoundly affected by environmental factors. Evidence of the relationship between …

ZEBRA: a hierarchically integrated gene expression atlas of the murine and human brain at single-cell resolution

M Flotho, J Amand, P Hirsch, F Grandke… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The molecular causes and mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases remain poorly
understood. A growing number of single-cell studies have implicated various neural, glial …

Changes in expression of VGF, SPECC1L, HLA-DRA and RANBP3L act with APOE E4 to alter risk for late onset Alzheimer's disease

S Branciamore, G Gogoshin, AS Rodin, AJ Myers - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
While there are currently over 40 replicated genes with mapped risk alleles for Late Onset
Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), the Apolipoprotein E locus E4 haplotype is still the biggest …

The ROSMAP project: aging and neurodegenerative diseases through omic sciences

AP Pérez-González, AL García-Kroepfly… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Religious Order Study and Memory and Aging Project (ROSMAP) is an initiative that
integrates two longitudinal cohort studies, which have been collecting clinicopathological …

Minding the Gap: Exploring Neuroinflammatory and Microglial Sex Differences in Alzheimer's Disease

EG Reed, PR Keller-Norrell - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Research into Alzheimer's Disease (AD) describes a link between AD and the resident
immune cells of the brain, the microglia. Further, this suspected link is thought to have …

RNA m6A methyltransferase activator affects anxiety-related behaviours, monoamines and striatal gene expression in the rat

M Kanarik, K Liiver, M Norden, I Teino, T Org… - Acta …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Modification of mRNA by methylation is involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene
expression by affecting the splicing, transport, stability and translation of mRNA. Methylation …

Chronic pain-induced methylation in the prefrontal cortex targets gene networks associated with cognition and Alzheimer's disease

JR Scarpa, JS Mincer - Neuroscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is prevalent among aging adults. Epidemiologic evidence has demonstrated
that individuals with chronic pain have accelerated memory decline and increased …

Causal associations and shared genetic etiology of neurodegenerative diseases with epigenetic aging and human longevity

Y Guo, G Ma, Y Wang, T Lin, Y Hu, T Zang - Aging Cell, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The causative mechanisms underlying the genetic relationships of neurodegenerative
diseases with epigenetic aging and human longevity remain obscure. We aimed to detect …