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  1. Autosomal dominant mutations in α-synuclein, TDP-43 and tau are thought to predispose to neurodegeneration by enhancing protein aggregation. While a subset of α-synuclein, TDP-43 and tau mutations has been sho...

    Authors: Paul J. Sampognaro, Shruti Arya, Giselle M. Knudsen, Emma L. Gunderson, Angelica Sandoval-Perez, Molly Hodul, Kathryn Bowles, Charles S. Craik, Matthew P. Jacobson and Aimee W. Kao
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:29

    The Correction to this article has been published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:34

  2. Authors: Wenhui Qiao, Yixing Chen, Jun Zhong, Benjamin J. Madden, Cristine M. Charlesworth, Yuka A. Martens, Chia-Chen Liu, Joshua Knight, Tadafumi C. Ikezu, Aishe Kurti, Yiyang Zhu, Axel Meneses, Cassandra L. Rosenberg, Lindsey A. Kuchenbecker, Lucy K. Vanmaele, Fuyao Li…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:28

    The original article was published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:8

  3. Failed proteostasis is a well-documented feature of Alzheimer’s disease, particularly, reduced protein degradation and clearance. However, the contribution of failed proteostasis to neuronal circuit dysfunctio...

    Authors: Christopher Daniel Morrone, Radha Raghuraman, S. Abid Hussaini and Wai Haung Yu
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:27
  4. Understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been a remarkable challenge for both scientists and physicians. Although the amyloid-beta and tau protein hypothesis have largely explained the key patho...

    Authors: Douglas A. Formolo, Jiasui Yu, Kangguang Lin, Hector W. H. Tsang, Haining Ou, Georg S. Kranz and Suk-Yu Yau
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:26
  5. The rs72824905 single-nucleotide polymorphism in the PLCG2 gene, encoding the p.P522R residue change in Phospholipase C gamma 2 (PLCγ2), associates with protection against several dementia subtypes and with incre...

    Authors: Annieck M. Diks, Cristina Teodosio, Bas de Mooij, Rick J. Groenland, Brigitta A. E. Naber, Inge F. de Laat, Sandra A. Vloemans, Susan Rohde, Marien I. de Jonge, Linda Lorenz, Debbie Horsten, Jacques J. M. van Dongen, Magdalena A. Berkowska and Henne Holstege
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:25
  6. Inflammaging represents an accepted concept where the immune system shifts to a low-grade chronic pro-inflammatory state without overt infection upon aging. In the CNS, inflammaging is mainly driven by glia ce...

    Authors: Judith Stefanie Schlett, Melanie Mettang, Aladdin Skaf, Pavel Schweizer, Alina Errerd, Ephraim Alemayehu Mulugeta, Tabea Melissa Hein, Konstantinos Tsesmelis, Miltiadis Tsesmelis, Ulrike F. G. Büttner, Heinrich Wendt, Alireza Abaei, Volker Rasche, Vivien Prex, Ester Nespoli, Najwa Ouali Alami…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:24
  7. Abnormal tau accumulation and cholinergic degeneration are hallmark pathologies in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the sensitivity of cholinergic neurons to AD-like tau accumulat...

    Authors: Dongqin Wu, Nana Yu, Yang Gao, Rui Xiong, Luping Liu, Huiyang Lei, Sen Jin, Jiale Liu, Yingzhou Liu, Jiazhao Xie, Enjie Liu, Qiuzhi Zhou, Yanchao Liu, Shihong Li, Linyu Wei, Jingru Lv…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:23
  8. Aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) is a prominent feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other synucleinopathies. Currently, α-syn seed amplification assays (SAAs) using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) represent th...

    Authors: Giovanni Bellomo, Silvia Paciotti, Luis Concha-Marambio, Domenico Rizzo, Anna Lidia WojdaÆša, Davide Chiasserini, Leonardo Gatticchi, Linda Cerofolini, Stefano Giuntini, Chiara Maria Giulia De Luca, Yihua Ma, Carly M. Farris, Giuseppe Pieraccini, Sara Bologna, Marta Filidei, Enrico Ravera…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:20
  9. As the leading cause of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major burden on affected individuals, their families and caregivers, and healthcare systems. Although AD can be identified and diagnosed by cereb...

    Authors: Fernando Gonzalez-Ortiz, Przemysław R. Kac, Wagner S. Brum, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow and Thomas K. Karikari
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:18
  10. Alzheimer Disease (AD) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) are both characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation in the brain, although Aβ deposits mostly in the brain parenchyma in AD and in the cerebrovasc...

    Authors: Monica Xiong, Chao Wang, Maud Gratuze, Fareeha Saadi, Xin Bao, Megan E. Bosch, Choonghee Lee, Hong Jiang, Javier Remolina Serrano, Ernesto R. Gonzales, Michal Kipnis and David M. Holtzman
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:17
  11. TDP-43 is an RNA-binding protein with a crucial nuclear role in splicing, and mislocalises from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in a range of neurodegenerative disorders. TDP-43 proteinopathy spans a spectrum of ...

    Authors: Puja R. Mehta, Anna-Leigh Brown, Michael E. Ward and Pietro Fratta
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:16
  12. Major retinal degenerative diseases, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal detachment, are associated with a local decrease in oxygen availability causing the formation o...

    Authors: Vyara Todorova, Mia Fee Stauffacher, Luca Ravotto, Sarah Nötzli, Duygu Karademir, Lynn J. A. Ebner, Cornelia Imsand, Luca Merolla, Stefanie M. Hauck, Marijana Samardzija, Aiman S. Saab, L. Felipe Barros, Bruno Weber and Christian Grimm
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:15
  13. Authors: Kassandra Kisler, Abhay P. Sagare, Divna Lazic, Sam Bazzi, Erica Lawson, Ching-Ju Hsu, Yaoming Wang, Anita Ramanathan, Amy R. Nelson, Zhen Zhao and Berislav V. Zlokovic
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:14

    The original article was published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:7

  14. The protease BACE1 is a major drug target for Alzheimer’s disease, but chronic BACE1 inhibition is associated with non-progressive cognitive worsening that may be caused by modulation of unknown physiological ...

    Authors: Stephan A. Müller, Merav D. Shmueli, Xiao Feng, Johanna Tüshaus, Neele Schumacher, Ryan Clark, Brad E. Smith, An Chi, Stefan Rose-John, Matthew E. Kennedy and Stefan F. Lichtenthaler
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:13
  15. The TREM2 R47H variant is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Unfortunately, many current Trem2 R47H mouse models are associated with cryptic mRNA splicing of the mu...

    Authors: Kristine M. Tran, Shimako Kawauchi, Enikö A. Kramár, Narges Rezaie, Heidi Yahan Liang, Jasmine S. Sakr, Angela Gomez-Arboledas, Miguel A. Arreola, Celia da Cunha, Jimmy Phan, Shuling Wang, Sherilyn Collins, Amber Walker, Kai-Xuan Shi, Jonathan Neumann, Ghassan Filimban…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:12
  16. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects elderly people and constitutes a major source of disability worldwide. Notably, the neuropathological hallmarks of PD...

    Authors: Ahmed Haider, Nehal H. Elghazawy, Alyaa Dawoud, Catherine Gebhard, Thomas Wichmann, Wolfgang Sippl, Marius Hoener, Ernest Arenas and Steven H. Liang
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:11
  17. Mouse models that overexpress human mutant Tau (P301S and P301L) are commonly used in preclinical studies of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and while several drugs showed therapeutic effects in these mice, they were...

    Authors: Kathrin Wenger, Arthur Viode, Christoph N. Schlaffner, Patrick van Zalm, Long Cheng, Tammy Dellovade, Xavier Langlois, Anthony Bannon, Rui Chang, Theresa R. Connors, Derek Oakley, Bernhard Renard, Juri Rappsilber, Bradley Hyman, Hanno Steen and Judith A. Steen
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:10

    The Protocol to this article has been published in Nature Protocols 2024 :s41596-023-00939-z

  18. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia, results in a sustained decline in cognition. There are currently few effective disease modifying therapies for AD, but insights into the mechanisms ...

    Authors: Sidhanth Chandra, Sangram S. Sisodia and Robert J. Vassar
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:9
  19. The rare p.H157Y variant of TREM2 (Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2) was found to increase Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk. This mutation is located at the cleavage site of TREM2 extracellular domai...

    Authors: Wenhui Qiao, Yixing Chen, Jun Zhong, Benjamin J. Madden, Cristine M. Charlesworth, Yuka A. Martens, Chia-Chen Liu, Joshua Knight, Tadafumi C. Ikezu, Aishe Kurti, Yiyang Zhu, Axel Meneses, Cassandra L. Rosenberg, Lindsey A. Kuchenbecker, Lucy K. Vanmaele, Fuyao Li…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:8

    The Correction to this article has been published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:28

  20. PICALM is one of the most significant susceptibility factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In humans and mice, PICALM is highly expressed in brain endothelium. PICALM endothelial levels are reduced in AD brains. ...

    Authors: Kassandra Kisler, Abhay P. Sagare, Divna Lazic, Sam Bazzi, Erica Lawson, Ching-Ju Hsu, Yaoming Wang, Anita Ramanathan, Amy R. Nelson, Zhen Zhao and Berislav V. Zlokovic
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:7

    The Correction to this article has been published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:14

  21. Astrocytes play a crucial, yet not fully elucidated role in the selective motor neuron pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Among other responsibilities, astrocytes provide important neuronal home...

    Authors: Katarina Stoklund Dittlau, Lisanne Terrie, Pieter Baatsen, Axelle Kerstens, Lim De Swert, Rekin’s Janky, Nikky Corthout, Pegah Masrori, Philip Van Damme, Poul Hyttel, Morten Meyer, Lieven Thorrez, Kristine Freude and Ludo Van Den Bosch
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:5
  22. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is neuropathologically characterized by amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. The main protein components of these hallmarks include Aβ40, Aβ42, tau, phosphor-tau, and...

    Authors: Stephanie R. Oatman, Joseph S. Reddy, Zachary Quicksall, Minerva M. Carrasquillo, Xue Wang, Chia-Chen Liu, Yu Yamazaki, Thuy T. Nguyen, Kimberly Malphrus, Michael Heckman, Kristi Biswas, Kwangsik Nho, Matthew Baker, Yuka A. Martens, Na Zhao, Jun Pyo Kim…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:2
  23. APOE variants are strongly associated with abnormal amyloid aggregation and additional direct effects of APOE on tau aggregation are reported in animal and human cell models. The degree to which these effects are...

    Authors: Christina B. Young, Emily Johns, Gabriel Kennedy, Michael E. Belloy, Philip S. Insel, Michael D. Greicius, Reisa A. Sperling, Keith A. Johnson, Kathleen L. Poston and Elizabeth C. Mormino
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023 18:1
  24. Advances in ultrasensitive detection of phosphorylated tau (p-tau) in plasma has enabled the use of blood tests to measure Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarker changes. Examination of postmortem brains of partic...

    Authors: Melissa E. Murray, Christina M. Moloney, Naomi Kouri, Jeremy A. Syrjanen, Billie J. Matchett, Darren M. Rothberg, Jessica F. Tranovich, Tiffany N. Hicks Sirmans, Heather J. Wiste, Baayla D. C. Boon, Aivi T. Nguyen, R. Ross Reichard, Dennis W. Dickson, Val J. Lowe, Jeffrey L. Dage, Ronald C. Petersen…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:85
  25. Microglia are central players in brain innate immunity and have been the subject of extensive research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In this review, we aim to summarize the genetic and functional discoveries th...

    Authors: Jinchao Hou, Yun Chen, Gary Grajales-Reyes and Marco Colonna
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:84
  26. Amongst risk alleles associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), those that converged on the regulation of microglia activity have emerged as central to disease progression. Yet, how canonical amyloid...

    Authors: Dong Won Kim, Kevin J. Tu, Alice Wei, Ashley J. Lau, Anabel Gonzalez-Gil, Tianyu Cao, Kerstin Braunstein, Jonathan P. Ling, Juan C. Troncoso, Philip C. Wong, Seth Blackshaw, Ronald L. Schnaar and Tong Li
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:83
  27. Microglia regulate the response to injury and disease in the brain and spinal cord. In white matter diseases microglia may cause demyelination. However, how microglia respond and regulate demyelination is not ...

    Authors: Sameera Zia, Brady P. Hammond, Martin Zirngibl, Anastasia Sizov, Charbel S. Baaklini, Sharmistha P. Panda, Madelene F. S. Ho, Kelly V. Lee, Apurba Mainali, Mena K. Burr, Sioned Williams, Andrew V. Caprariello, Christopher Power, Thomas Simmen, Bradley J. Kerr and Jason R. Plemel
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:82
  28. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by an abnormal increase of phosphorylated tau (pTau) species in the CSF. It has been suggested that emergence of different pTau forms may parallel disease progression. Ther...

    Authors: Johan Gobom, Andréa L. Benedet, Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren, Laia Montoliu-Gaya, Nina Schultz, Nicholas J. Ashton, Shorena Janelidze, Stijn Servaes, Mathias Sauer, Tharick A. Pascoal, Thomas K. Karikari, Juan Lantero-Rodriguez, Gunnar Brinkmalm, Henrik Zetterberg, Oskar Hansson, Pedro Rosa-Neto…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:81
  29. Cytoplasmic mislocalization and aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is a hallmark of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD) disease spectrum, causing both nuclea...

    Authors: Bilal Khalil, Deepak Chhangani, Melissa C. Wren, Courtney L. Smith, Jannifer H. Lee, Xingli Li, Christian Puttinger, Chih-Wei Tsai, Gael Fortin, Dmytro Morderer, Junli Gao, Feilin Liu, Chun Kim Lim, Jingjiao Chen, Ching-Chieh Chou, Cara L. Croft…
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:80
  30. Recent clinical and experimental studies have highlighted the involvement of Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons for the early pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). We have previously descri...

    Authors: Livia La Barbera, Annalisa Nobili, Emma Cauzzi, Ilaria Paoletti, Mauro Federici, Luana Saba, Cecilia Giacomet, Ramona Marino, Paraskevi Krashia, Marcello Melone, Flavio Keller, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Maria Teresa Viscomi, Fiorenzo Conti and Marcello D’Amelio
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:76
  31. Abnormal lipid accumulation has been recognized as a key element of immune dysregulation in microglia whose dysfunction contributes to neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia play essential roles in the clearanc...

    Authors: Na Wang, Minghui Wang, Suren Jeevaratnam, Cassandra Rosenberg, Tadafumi C. Ikezu, Francis Shue, Sydney V. Doss, Alla Alnobani, Yuka A. Martens, Melissa Wren, Yan W. Asmann, Bin Zhang, Guojun Bu and Chia-Chen Liu
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:75
  32. The family of VPS10p-Domain (D) receptors comprises five members named SorLA, Sortilin, SorCS1, SorCS2 and SorCS3. While their physiological roles remain incompletely resolved, they have been recognized for th...

    Authors: Alena Salasova, Giulia Monti, Olav M. Andersen and Anders Nykjaer
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:74
  33. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing due to extended lifespans. Among the increasing number of genetic risk factors identified, the ...

    Authors: Ana-Caroline Raulin, Sydney V. Doss, Zachary A. Trottier, Tadafumi C. Ikezu, Guojun Bu and Chia-Chen Liu
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:72
  34. Authors: Qingyi Ma, Zhen Zhao, Abhay P. Sagare, Yingxi Wu, Min Wang, Nelly Chuqui Owens, Philip B. Verghese, Joachim Herz, David M. Holtzman and Berislav V. Zlokovic
    Citation: Molecular Neurodegeneration 2022 17:71

    The Correction to this article has been published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2024 19:27

    The original article was published in Molecular Neurodegeneration 2018 13:57