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

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - Signal transduction and …, 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 …

Cell type-specific roles of APOE4 in Alzheimer disease

J Blumenfeld, O Yip, MJ Kim, Y Huang - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The ɛ4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), which translates to the APOE4 isoform,
is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). Within the CNS …

Astrocytes in selective vulnerability to neurodegenerative disease

TS Zimmer, AL Orr, AG Orr - Trends in neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Selective vulnerability of specific brain regions and cell populations is a hallmark of
neurodegenerative disorders. Mechanisms of selective vulnerability involve neuronal …

Gliovascular transcriptional perturbations in Alzheimer's disease reveal molecular mechanisms of blood brain barrier dysfunction

Ö İş, X Wang, JS Reddy, Y Min, E Yilmaz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
To uncover molecular changes underlying blood-brain-barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's
disease, we performed single nucleus RNA sequencing in 24 Alzheimer's disease and …

Opportunities and challenges of single-cell and spatially resolved genomics methods for neuroscience discovery

B Bonev, CB Gonçalo, F Chen, S Codeluppi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Over the past decade, single-cell genomics technologies have allowed scalable profiling of
cell-type-specific features, which has substantially increased our ability to study cellular …