Emerging diagnostics and therapeutics for Alzheimer disease

WK Self, DM Holtzman - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common contributor to dementia in the world, but
strategies that slow or prevent its clinical progression have largely remained elusive, until …

Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

Infiltrating CD8+ T cells exacerbate Alzheimer's disease pathology in a 3D human neuroimmune axis model

M Jorfi, J Park, CK Hall, CCJ Lin, M Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Brain infiltration of peripheral immune cells and their interactions with brain-resident cells
may contribute to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. To examine these interactions, in the …

CXCR6 orchestrates brain CD8+ T cell residency and limits mouse Alzheimer's disease pathology

W Su, J Saravia, I Risch, S Rankin, C Guy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), are characterized by
innate immune-mediated inflammation, but functional and mechanistic effects of the …

Sex-dependent APOE4 neutrophil–microglia interactions drive cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

N Rosenzweig, KL Kleemann, T Rust, M Carpenter… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), with increased odds
ratios in female carriers. Targeting amyloid plaques shows modest improvement in male non …

Amelioration of Tau and ApoE4-linked glial lipid accumulation and neurodegeneration with an LXR agonist

A Litvinchuk, JH Suh, JL Guo, K Lin, SS Davis… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a strong genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(LOAD). APOE4 increases and APOE2 decreases risk relative to APOE3. In the P301S …

T cell-mediated microglial activation triggers myelin pathology in a mouse model of amyloidosis

S Kedia, H Ji, R Feng, P Androvic, L Spieth, L Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Age-related myelin damage induces inflammatory responses, yet its involvement in
Alzheimer's disease remains uncertain, despite age being a major risk factor. Using a …

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 …

APOE3ch alters microglial response and suppresses Aβ-induced tau seeding and spread

Y Chen, S Song, S Parhizkar, J Lord, Y Zhu… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
A recent case report described an individual who was a homozygous carrier of the APOE3
Christchurch (APOE3ch) mutation and resistant to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's Disease …

Tip** points in neurodegeneration

M Simons, J Levin, M Dichgans - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), Aβ deposits form slowly, several decades before further
pathological events trigger neurodegeneration and dementia. However, a substantial …