Insights into Alzheimer's disease from single-cell genomic approaches

MH Murdock, LH Tsai - Nature neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disease pathologically defined by the deposition
of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain parenchyma. Single-cell profiling …

Genetics of human brain development

Y Zhou, H Song, G Ming - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Brain development in humans is achieved through precise spatiotemporal genetic control,
the mechanisms of which remain largely elusive. Recently, integration of technological …

A brain cell atlas integrating single-cell transcriptomes across human brain regions

X Chen, Y Huang, L Huang, Z Huang, ZZ Hao, L Xu… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
While single-cell technologies have greatly advanced our comprehension of human brain
cell types and functions, studies including large numbers of donors and multiple brain …

Microbiota from Alzheimer's patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis

S Grabrucker, M Marizzoni, E Silajdžić, N Lopizzo… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder leading to a decline in
cognitive function and mental health. Recent research has positioned the gut microbiota as …

[HTML][HTML] Adult hippocampal neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease: A roadmap to clinical relevance

E Salta, O Lazarov, CP Fitzsimons, R Tanzi… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) drops sharply during early stages of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), via unknown mechanisms, and correlates with cognitive status in AD patients …

Map** human adult hippocampal neurogenesis with single-cell transcriptomics: reconciling controversy or fueling the debate?

G Tosoni, D Ayyildiz, J Bryois, W Macnair… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The notion of exploiting the regenerative potential of the human brain in physiological aging
or neurological diseases represents a particularly attractive alternative to conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic cell-type harmonization and integration across Human Cell Atlas datasets

C Xu, M Prete, S Webb, L Jardine, BJ Stewart, R Hoo… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Harmonizing cell types across the single-cell community and assembling them into a
common framework is central to building a standardized Human Cell Atlas. Here, we present …

Activation of hypothalamic-enhanced adult-born neurons restores cognitive and affective function in Alzheimer's disease

YD Li, YJ Luo, L **e, DS Tart, RN Sheehy, L Zhang… - Cell stem cell, 2023 - cell.com
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) exhibit progressive memory loss, depression, and
anxiety, accompanied by impaired adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN). Whether AHN …

[HTML][HTML] Formation of memory assemblies through the DNA-sensing TLR9 pathway

V Jovasevic, EM Wood, A Cicvaric, H Zhang, Z Petrovic… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
As hippocampal neurons respond to diverse types of information, a subset assembles into
microcircuits representing a memory. Those neurons typically undergo energy-intensive …

A single-cell transcriptome atlas of glial diversity in the human hippocampus across the postnatal lifespan

Y Su, Y Zhou, ML Bennett, S Li, M Carceles-Cordon… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The molecular diversity of glia in the human hippocampus and their temporal dynamics over
the lifespan remain largely unknown. Here, we performed single-nucleus RNA sequencing …