Wild Mice Inject Genetic Diversity into Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
New strains have amyloid, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation, all against a background of natural genetic variation.
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New strains have amyloid, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation, all against a background of natural genetic variation.
New evidence suggests the dimers impede clearance of glutamate from synapses, contributing to the hyperexcitability seen early in Alzheimer’s disease.
The phenotype of ApoE4 astrocytes and microglia resembles that of these cells in Alzheimer’s brain. Could defects in lipid metabolism and the extracellular matrix bring on the disease?
In vicinity of plaques, astrocytes and glia change gene expression in concert.
The protein forms cohesive rafts along microtubules, protecting them from digestion and regulating movement of molecular motors.
The organelles express unique sets of proteins depending on their environment. Astrocyte mitochondria process lipids better than those in neurons.
New data strengthen the idea that a healthy locus coeruleus keeps memory sharp into old age.
In induced human microglia, the E4 allele profoundly affected their health and cellular responses, while familial Alzheimer’s mutations had little effect.
Hypometabolism in the frontal cortex and in the anterior default mode network distinguish the behavioral variant of AD from typical AD.
Overexpressing neuronal A2A receptors stoked C1q in microglia, damaging synapses and memory.
Ablating the immune cells protected mouse models of frontotemporal dementia from the neurodegeneration caused by human ApoE4.
The first ever cryoEM structures of Aβ fibrils extracted from AD tissue look quite different than prior structures of fibrils generated in vitro. For starters, they are right-hand twisted, not left-hand.
Imaging studies suggest that ApoE4 carriers may be more susceptible to the effects of tangles, particularly if they are women.
The cells are primed to attack. Their targets include Epstein-Barr virus peptides.
Aβ oligomers latch onto adrenergic receptors, mobilizing a kinase that phosphorylates tau. Blocking adrenergic signaling wards off memory problems in amyloidosis mice.