Molecular Neurodegeneration

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Neurodegeneration is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
In Memoriam of John T. Trojanowski, MD, PhD 1946-2022372
Mutations in PSEN1 predispose inflammation in an astrocyte model of familial Alzheimer’s disease through disrupted regulated intramembrane proteolysis230
Regulation of the hippocampal translatome by Apoer2-ICD release221
Guidelines for bioinformatics of single-cell sequencing data analysis in Alzheimer’s disease: review, recommendation, implementation and application207
Emerging targets of α-synuclein spreading in α-synucleinopathies: a review of mechanistic pathways and interventions202
Tau interactome and RNA binding proteins in neurodegenerative diseases194
Mis-localization of endogenous TDP-43 leads to ALS-like early-stage metabolic dysfunction and progressive motor deficits181
Cautions on utilizing plasma GFAP level as a biomarker for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases169
TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease169
Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase confers neuroprotection and restores microglial homeostasis in a tauopathy mouse model168
A genome-wide search for pleiotropy in more than 100,000 harmonized longitudinal cognitive domain scores154
Multimarker synaptic protein cerebrospinal fluid panels reflect TDP-43 pathology and cognitive performance in a pathological cohort of frontotemporal lobar degeneration151
Astrocytic autophagy plasticity modulates Aβ clearance and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease142
Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress140
Circadian clocks, cognition, and Alzheimer’s disease: synaptic mechanisms, signaling effectors, and chronotherapeutics139
The Parkinson’s disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons134
Single-cell peripheral immunoprofiling of Lewy body and Parkinson’s disease in a multi-site cohort132
Sex dependent glial-specific changes in the chromatin accessibility landscape in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease brains123
Immunotherapy against tau fragment diminishes AD pathology, improving synaptic function and cognition100
Correction: Blood-brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism100
HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases98
Multi-region brain transcriptomic analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals widespread RNA alterations and substantial cerebellum involvement91
Unravelling cell type-specific responses to Parkinson’s Disease at single cell resolution90
The role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer’s disease: a review and research roadmap89
Human VCP mutant ALS/FTD microglia display immune and lysosomal phenotypes independently of GPNMB87
The role of NURR1 in metabolic abnormalities of Parkinson’s disease85
Correction: Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner83
Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy79
BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps76
Combination therapy using GDNF and cell transplant in Parkinson’s disease73
Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease72
In Memoriam of Edward H. Koo, MD 1954–202572
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease: association with peripheral inflammatory regulatory T-cells and SYT672
α-Synuclein pathology disrupts mitochondrial function in dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons at-risk in Parkinson’s disease71
Finding memo: versatile interactions of the VPS10p-Domain receptors in Alzheimer’s disease71
Selective reduction of astrocyte apoE3 and apoE4 strongly reduces Aβ accumulation and plaque-related pathology in a mouse model of amyloidosis71
APOE targeting strategy in Alzheimer’s disease: lessons learned from protective variants70
Correction: The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus68
TMEM106B aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases: linking genetics to function67
Deficits in mitochondrial TCA cycle and OXPHOS precede rod photoreceptor degeneration during chronic HIF activation65
A perspective on Alzheimer’s disease: exploring the potential of terminal/paradoxical lucidity and psychedelics64
ASO-mediated knock-down of GPNMB in mutant-GRN and in Grn-deficient peripheral myeloid cells disrupts lysosomal function and immune responses62
Correction: HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases60
Using mass spectrometry to validate mouse models of tauopathy58
Evidence suggesting that microglia make amyloid from neuronally expressed APP: a hypothesis55
Common features of neurodegenerative disease: exploring the brain-eye connection and beyond (part 2): the 2021 pre-symposium of the 15th international conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease55
Dementia with lewy bodies patients with high tau levels display unique proteome profiles55
The PKCι-β-arrestin2 axis disrupts SORLA retrograde trafficking, driving its degradation and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease54
Contribution of amyloid deposition from oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease53
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Aging exacerbates the brain inflammatory micro-environment contributing to α-synuclein pathology and functional deficits in a mouse model of DLB/PD53
Methylome analysis of FTLD patients with TDP-43 pathology identifies epigenetic signatures specific to pathological subtypes53
The transcription factor combination MEF2 and KLF7 promotes axonal sprouting in the injured spinal cord with functional improvement and regeneration-associated gene expression52
Blood-based biomarkers of inflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis51
Microglial function, INPP5D/SHIP1 signaling, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation: implications for Alzheimer’s disease50
The role of n-3-derived specialised pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) in microglial mitochondrial respiration and inflammation resolution in Alzheimer’s disease48
Molecular mechanisms and consequences of TDP-43 phosphorylation in neurodegeneration48
The endotoxin hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease48
Neuropathology of incidental Lewy body & prodromal Parkinson’s disease48
Glial phagocytosis for synapse and toxic proteins in neurodegenerative diseases47
Microglial TYROBP/DAP12 in Alzheimer’s disease: Transduction of physiological and pathological signals across TREM247
Novel App knock-in mouse model shows key features of amyloid pathology and reveals profound metabolic dysregulation of microglia47
Correction: Predominant expression of Alzheimer’s disease-associated BIN1 in mature oligodendrocytes and localization to white matter tracts44
Cerebrospinal fluid proteome profiling across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum: a step towards solving the equation for ‘X’44
VCP suppresses proteopathic seeding in neurons43
Mechanisms of astrocyte aging in reactivity and disease43
Peripheral and central neuroimmune mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis43
Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner42
Sex specific molecular networks and key drivers of Alzheimer’s disease42
Correction: Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease42
Proteomic landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease: novel insights into pathogenesis and biomarker discovery41
Correction: Blood–brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism40
SRSF1-dependent inhibition of C9ORF72-repeat RNA nuclear export: genome-wide mechanisms for neuroprotection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis39
NF-κB is a critical mediator of post-mitotic senescence in oligodendrocytes and subsequent white matter loss39
Trem2 deletion enhances tau dispersion and pathology through microglia exosomes38
GBA1 inactivation in oligodendrocytes affects myelination and induces neurodegenerative hallmarks and lipid dyshomeostasis in mice38
Wild-type FUS corrects ALS-like disease induced by cytoplasmic mutant FUS through autoregulation38
Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans36
Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies36
Tracking reactive astrogliosis in autosomal dominant and sporadic Alzheimer’s disease with multi-modal PET and plasma GFAP36
Amyloid-β (Aβ) immunotherapy induced microhemorrhages are linked to vascular inflammation and cerebrovascular damage in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease36
Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology35
Correction: Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress35
Therapeutic potential of APP antisense oligonucleotides for Alzheimer’s disease and down syndrome-related Alzheimer’s disease35
Increased expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) contributes to synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease35
CCR5 antagonist reduces HIV-induced amyloidogenesis, tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and blood-brain barrier alterations in HIV-infected hu-PBL-NSG mice34
Pathological characteristics of axons and alterations of proteomic and lipidomic profiles in midbrain dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by WDR45-deficiency34
Proteomic analysis of APOEε4 carriers implicates lipid metabolism, complement and lymphocyte signaling in cognitive resilience34
The role of inflammasomes in vascular cognitive impairment33
Current strategies in the management of dementia with lewy bodies and future directions based on disease pathophysiology33
MicroRNA-100-5p and microRNA-298-5p released from apoptotic cortical neurons are endogenous Toll-like receptor 7/8 ligands that contribute to neurodegeneration33
Proteomic landscape of Alzheimer’s disease: emerging technologies, advances and insights (2021 – 2025)33
Correction: Collusion of α-Synuclein and Aβ aggravating co-morbidities in a novel prion-type mouse model33
Nuclear pore and nucleocytoplasmic transport impairment in oxidative stress-induced neurodegeneration: relevance to molecular mechanisms in Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s and other related neurodegenerat33
Targeted long-read sequencing to quantify methylation of the C9orf72 repeat expansion32
Resistant and Resilient mutations in protection against familial Alzheimer’s disease: learning from nature32
Myelin dysfunction in aging and brain disorders: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities32
Early transcriptional and cellular abnormalities in choroid plexus of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease32
Blood platelet factor 4: the elixir of brain rejuvenation31
Microglial ferroptotic stress causes non-cell autonomous neuronal death31
Proteo-genomics of soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid provides novel insights and identifies novel modulators for Alzheimer’s disease31
Elevated nuclear TDP-43 induces constitutive exon skipping31
Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease31
Seeding activity of skin misfolded tau as a biomarker for tauopathies30
Alpha synuclein co-pathology is associated with accelerated amyloid-driven tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease30
TDP-43 seeding activity in the olfactory mucosa of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis29
Age-dependent progression from clearance to vulnerability in the early response of periventricular microglia to α-synuclein toxic species29
Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease – a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential29
BACE1 regulates expression of Clusterin in astrocytes for enhancing clearance of β-amyloid peptides29
Correction: Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology28
Amyloid fibril proteomics of AD brains reveals modifiers of aggregation and toxicity28
HDGFL2 cryptic protein: a portal to detection and diagnosis in neurodegenerative disease28
Mouse models of Anti-Aβ immunotherapies28
Astrocyte reactivity is associated with tau tangle load and cortical thinning in Alzheimer’s disease28
Specific detection of tau seeding activity in Alzheimer’s disease using rationally designed biosensor cells27
The integrated stress response in neurodegenerative diseases27
Gut microbiota-host lipid crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease: implications for disease progression and therapeutics27
ACSS2-dependent histone acetylation improves cognition in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease27
Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination27
cGAS-STING triggers inflammaging-associated neurodegeneration27
Microglial CD2AP deficiency exerts protection in an Alzheimer’s disease model of amyloidosis26
Immune cell metabolic dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease26
An adapted protocol to derive microglia from stem cells and its application in the study of CSF1R-related disorders25
TREM2 and microglia exosomes: a potential highway for pathological tau25
Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice25
Aging-associated sensory decline and Alzheimer’s disease24
Astrocytes of the optic nerve exhibit a region-specific and temporally distinct response to elevated intraocular pressure24
Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy24
TDP-43 pathology is associated with increased tau burdens and seeding24
Mitochondrial CISD1/Cisd accumulation blocks mitophagy and genetic or pharmacological inhibition rescues neurodegenerative phenotypes in Pink1/parkin models24
Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium23
Nuclear import receptors are recruited by FG-nucleoporins to rescue hallmarks of TDP-43 proteinopathy23
A Trem2R47H mouse model without cryptic splicing drives age- and disease-dependent tissue damage and synaptic loss in response to plaques23
Current views on meningeal lymphatics and immunity in aging and Alzheimer’s disease23
Are oligodendrocytes the missing link in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research?22
Nuclear-import receptors as gatekeepers of pathological phase transitions in ALS/FTD22
Mechanisms of interventions targeting modifiable factors for dementia risk reduction22
Edaravone activates the GDNF/RET neurotrophic signaling pathway and protects mRNA-induced motor neurons from iPS cells22
A novel AAV Vector for gene therapy of RPE-related retinal degenerative diseases via intravitreal delivery22
TDP-43-regulated cryptic RNAs accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease brains21
Non-invasive systemic viral delivery of human alpha-synuclein mimics selective and progressive neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease in rodent brains21
hiPSC-based models to decipher the contribution of human astrocytes to Alzheimer’s disease and potential therapeutics21
Transcriptome deregulation of peripheral monocytes and whole blood in GBA-related Parkinson’s disease21
The neuroimmune nexus: unraveling the role of the mtDNA-cGAS-STING signal pathway in Alzheimer’s disease20
Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type I interferon signaling in mouse brain aging20
Inactivation of NLRP3 inflammasome by dephosphorylation at Serine 658 alleviates glial inflammation in the mouse model of Parkinson’s disease20
Correction: Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy20
sPLA2-IIA modifies progranulin deficiency phenotypes in mouse models20
Single-domain antibody-based protein degrader for synucleinopathies20
Functional microRNA targetome undergoes degeneration-induced shift in the retina19
Does proteopathic tau propagate trans-synaptically in the brain?19
Genome-wide analyses identify NEAT1 as genetic modifier of age at onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis19
Lewy body diseases and the gut19
When the infectious environment meets the AD brain19
The concept of resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms19
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pathological tau phosphorylation in traumatic brain injury: implications for chronic traumatic encephalopathy18
Translation dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases: a focus on ALS18
Alzheimer’s genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating18
BIN1 is a key regulator of proinflammatory and neurodegeneration-related activation in microglia18
Tau protein profiling in tauopathies: a human brain study18
Disparate and shared transcriptomic signatures associated with cortical atrophy in genetic behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration17
Insights from new in vivo models of TREM2 variants17
18F-MK-6240 tau PET in patients at-risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy17
Single-cell microglial transcriptomics during demyelination defines a microglial state required for lytic carcass clearance17
Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges17
Correction: Cerebrospinal fluid tau levels are associated with abnormal neuronal plasticity markers in Alzheimer’s disease16
Alzheimer’s disease associated isoforms of human CD33 distinctively modulate microglial cell responses in 5XFAD mice16
Regulation of human microglial gene expression and function via RNAase-H active antisense oligonucleotides in vivo in Alzheimer’s disease16
To the editor: Response to post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19, by Wang, Y.J. et al. (2021)16
Advanced structural brain aging in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease16
The Alzheimer’s disease-linked protease BACE1 modulates neuronal IL-6 signaling through shedding of the receptor gp13016
Crosstalk of organelles in Parkinson’s disease – MiT family transcription factors as central players in signaling pathways connecting mitochondria and lysosomes15
Variants in the MS4A cluster interact with soluble TREM2 expression on biomarkers of neuropathology15
Genetic context modulates aging and degeneration in the murine retina15
Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies15
Urolithin A promotes p62-dependent lysophagy to prevent acute retinal neurodegeneration14
Nuclear speckle specific hnRNP D-like prevents age- and AD-related cognitive decline by modulating RNA splicing14
Comparison of immunoassay- with mass spectrometry-derived p-tau quantification for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology14
Dynamic changes of CSF sPDGFRβ during ageing and AD progression and associations with CSF ATN biomarkers14
Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis: standing at the crossroad of lipid metabolism and immune response14
CD8+ T cells in neurodegeneration: friend or foe?14
Calcium-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation is implicated in neuroinflammation and oxidative stress associated with ApoE414
Real-time imaging of mitochondrial redox reveals increased mitochondrial oxidative stress associated with amyloid β aggregates in vivo in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease14
RNA-Targeting CRISPR/CasRx system relieves disease symptoms in Huntington’s disease models13
Research models to study lewy body dementia13
Mitovesicles secreted into the extracellular space of brains with mitochondrial dysfunction impair synaptic plasticity13
Author response to “post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19”13
TREM2 and sTREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease: from mechanisms to therapies13
Altered plasma protein profiles in genetic FTD – a GENFI study13
Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease13
Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson’s disease12
Proteostasis failure exacerbates neuronal circuit dysfunction and sleep impairments in Alzheimer’s disease12
The role of inflammation in neurodegeneration: novel insights into the role of the immune system in C9orf72 HRE-mediated ALS/FTD12
Drug development targeting degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: its time has come11
17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson’s disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes11
ApoE in Alzheimer’s disease: pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies11
Chitinase-3-like-1: a multifaceted player in neuroinflammation and degenerative pathologies with therapeutic implications11
Regulatory T cells limit age-associated retinal inflammation and neurodegeneration11
Valosin containing protein (VCP): initiator, modifier, and potential drug target for neurodegenerative diseases11
METTL3-dependent RNA m6A dysregulation contributes to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease through aberrant cell cycle events11
Extracellular protein components of amyloid plaques and their roles in Alzheimer’s disease pathology10
Correction: Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy10
Common mouse models of tauopathy reflect early but not late human disease10
A microglial activity state biomarker panel differentiates FTD-granulin and Alzheimer’s disease patients from controls10
Mutations in NEK1 cause ciliary dysfunction as a novel pathogenic mechanism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis10
Correction: Drug development targeting degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: its time has come10
Comparing anti-tau antibodies under clinical trials and their epitopes on tau pathologies10
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