Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease

MT Heneka, WM van der Flier, F Jessen… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Increasing evidence points to a pivotal role of immune processes in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer disease, which is the most prevalent neurodegenerative and dementia-causing …

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs): molecular mechanisms of induction and applications

J Cerneckis, H Cai, Y Shi - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has transformed in vitro research and
holds great promise to advance regenerative medicine. iPSCs have the capacity for an …

The neuroimmune axis of Alzheimer's disease

M Jorfi, A Maaser-Hecker, RE Tanzi - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a genetically complex and heterogeneous disorder with
multifaceted neuropathological features, including β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary …

Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment

C Greene, R Connolly, D Brennan, A Laffan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Vascular disruption has been implicated in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pathogenesis and may predispose to the neurological sequelae associated with long …

Transforming the understanding of brain immunity

G Castellani, T Croese, JM Peralta Ramos, M Schwartz - Science, 2023 - science.org
Contemporary studies have completely changed the view of brain immunity from envisioning
the brain as isolated and inaccessible to peripheral immune cells to an organ in close …

The blood-brain barrier in aging and neurodegeneration

EG Knox, MR Aburto, G Clarke, JF Cryan… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is vital for maintaining brain homeostasis by enabling an
exquisite control of exchange of compounds between the blood and the brain parenchyma …

Identification of direct connections between the dura and the brain

LCD Smyth, D Xu, SV Okar, T Dykstra, J Rustenhoven… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The arachnoid barrier delineates the border between the central nervous system and dura
mater. Although the arachnoid barrier creates a partition, communication between the …

Single-nucleus multiregion transcriptomic analysis of brain vasculature in Alzheimer's disease

N Sun, LA Akay, MH Murdock, Y Park… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cerebrovascular dysregulation is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the changes
that occur in specific cell types have not been fully characterized. Here, we profile single …

Gastrointestinal and brain barriers: unlocking gates of communication across the microbiota–gut–brain axis

MR Aburto, JF Cryan - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2024 - nature.com
Crosstalk between gut and brain has long been appreciated in health and disease, and the
gut microbiota is a key player in communication between these two distant organs. Yet, the …

CD8+ T cells induce interferon-responsive oligodendrocytes and microglia in white matter aging

T Kaya, N Mattugini, L Liu, H Ji… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A hallmark of nervous system aging is a decline of white matter volume and function, but the
underlying mechanisms leading to white matter pathology are unknown. In the present …