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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
In Memoriam of John T. Trojanowski, MD, PhD 1946-2022397
Mutations in PSEN1 predispose inflammation in an astrocyte model of familial Alzheimer’s disease through disrupted regulated intramembrane proteolysis238
Regulation of the hippocampal translatome by Apoer2-ICD release228
LRRK2 kinase activity regulates Parkinson’s disease-relevant lipids at the lysosome216
Retraction Note: Hippocampal neuronal cells that accumulate α-synuclein fragments are more vulnerable to Aβ oligomer toxicity via mGluR5– implications for dementia with lewy bodies209
Guidelines for bioinformatics of single-cell sequencing data analysis in Alzheimer’s disease: review, recommendation, implementation and application200
Tau interactome and RNA binding proteins in neurodegenerative diseases180
Mis-localization of endogenous TDP-43 leads to ALS-like early-stage metabolic dysfunction and progressive motor deficits174
Emerging targets of α-synuclein spreading in α-synucleinopathies: a review of mechanistic pathways and interventions171
TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease156
A genome-wide search for pleiotropy in more than 100,000 harmonized longitudinal cognitive domain scores150
Circadian clocks, cognition, and Alzheimer’s disease: synaptic mechanisms, signaling effectors, and chronotherapeutics143
Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress138
Multimarker synaptic protein cerebrospinal fluid panels reflect TDP-43 pathology and cognitive performance in a pathological cohort of frontotemporal lobar degeneration134
Cautions on utilizing plasma GFAP level as a biomarker for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases126
Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase confers neuroprotection and restores microglial homeostasis in a tauopathy mouse model110
Astrocytic autophagy plasticity modulates Aβ clearance and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease105
The Parkinson’s disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons99
Correction: Blood-brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism96
Single-cell peripheral immunoprofiling of Lewy body and Parkinson’s disease in a multi-site cohort94
Multi-region brain transcriptomic analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals widespread RNA alterations and substantial cerebellum involvement91
HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases89
Unravelling cell type-specific responses to Parkinson’s Disease at single cell resolution87
Human VCP mutant ALS/FTD microglia display immune and lysosomal phenotypes independently of GPNMB87
Immunotherapy against tau fragment diminishes AD pathology, improving synaptic function and cognition82
The role of NURR1 in metabolic abnormalities of Parkinson’s disease81
Recombinant cathepsins B and L promote α-synuclein clearance and restore lysosomal function in human and murine models with α-synuclein pathology79
The role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer’s disease: a review and research roadmap78
Correction: Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner76
Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy74
BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps74
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease: association with peripheral inflammatory regulatory T-cells and SYT673
In Memoriam of Edward H. Koo, MD 1954–202572
Combination therapy using GDNF and cell transplant in Parkinson’s disease72
Finding memo: versatile interactions of the VPS10p-Domain receptors in Alzheimer’s disease72
APOE targeting strategy in Alzheimer’s disease: lessons learned from protective variants72
Selective reduction of astrocyte apoE3 and apoE4 strongly reduces Aβ accumulation and plaque-related pathology in a mouse model of amyloidosis69
α-Synuclein pathology disrupts mitochondrial function in dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons at-risk in Parkinson’s disease66
Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease66
Correction: The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus64
TMEM106B aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases: linking genetics to function61
A perspective on Alzheimer’s disease: exploring the potential of terminal/paradoxical lucidity and psychedelics60
Deficits in mitochondrial TCA cycle and OXPHOS precede rod photoreceptor degeneration during chronic HIF activation60
ASO-mediated knock-down of GPNMB in mutant-GRN and in Grn-deficient peripheral myeloid cells disrupts lysosomal function and immune responses56
Using mass spectrometry to validate mouse models of tauopathy55
Correction: HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases55
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 disease54
Evidence suggesting that microglia make amyloid from neuronally expressed APP: a hypothesis53
The PKCι-β-arrestin2 axis disrupts SORLA retrograde trafficking, driving its degradation and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease53
The transcription factor combination MEF2 and KLF7 promotes axonal sprouting in the injured spinal cord with functional improvement and regeneration-associated gene expression53
Dementia with lewy bodies patients with high tau levels display unique proteome profiles53
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Aging exacerbates the brain inflammatory micro-environment contributing to α-synuclein pathology and functional deficits in a mouse model of DLB/PD52
Methylome analysis of FTLD patients with TDP-43 pathology identifies epigenetic signatures specific to pathological subtypes51
Molecular mechanisms and consequences of TDP-43 phosphorylation in neurodegeneration48
Microglial function, INPP5D/SHIP1 signaling, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation: implications for Alzheimer’s disease48
Neuropathology of incidental Lewy body & prodromal Parkinson’s disease48
Blood-based biomarkers of inflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis48
Contribution of amyloid deposition from oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease47
The endotoxin hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease47
Glial phagocytosis for synapse and toxic proteins in neurodegenerative diseases46
The role of n-3-derived specialised pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) in microglial mitochondrial respiration and inflammation resolution in Alzheimer’s disease46
Microglial TYROBP/DAP12 in Alzheimer’s disease: Transduction of physiological and pathological signals across TREM244
Correction: Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease44
Novel App knock-in mouse model shows key features of amyloid pathology and reveals profound metabolic dysregulation of microglia44
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
Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner43
Peripheral and central neuroimmune mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis42
Mechanisms of astrocyte aging in reactivity and disease42
Sex specific molecular networks and key drivers of Alzheimer’s disease41
NF-κB is a critical mediator of post-mitotic senescence in oligodendrocytes and subsequent white matter loss40
Correction: Predominant expression of Alzheimer’s disease-associated BIN1 in mature oligodendrocytes and localization to white matter tracts40
Wild-type FUS corrects ALS-like disease induced by cytoplasmic mutant FUS through autoregulation39
GBA1 inactivation in oligodendrocytes affects myelination and induces neurodegenerative hallmarks and lipid dyshomeostasis in mice39
Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans38
Tracking reactive astrogliosis in autosomal dominant and sporadic Alzheimer’s disease with multi-modal PET and plasma GFAP37
Correction: Blood–brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism37
Trem2 deletion enhances tau dispersion and pathology through microglia exosomes36
Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies36
Amyloid-β (Aβ) immunotherapy induced microhemorrhages are linked to vascular inflammation and cerebrovascular damage in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease36
Current strategies in the management of dementia with lewy bodies and future directions based on disease pathophysiology35
Therapeutic potential of APP antisense oligonucleotides for Alzheimer’s disease and down syndrome-related Alzheimer’s disease35
CCR5 antagonist reduces HIV-induced amyloidogenesis, tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and blood-brain barrier alterations in HIV-infected hu-PBL-NSG mice35
Correction: Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress35
Proteomic landscape of Alzheimer’s disease: emerging technologies, advances and insights (2021 – 2025)35
Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology35
Proteomic analysis of APOEε4 carriers implicates lipid metabolism, complement and lymphocyte signaling in cognitive resilience34
Nuclear pore and nucleocytoplasmic transport impairment in oxidative stress-induced neurodegeneration: relevance to molecular mechanisms in Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s and other related neurodegenerat34
MicroRNA-100-5p and microRNA-298-5p released from apoptotic cortical neurons are endogenous Toll-like receptor 7/8 ligands that contribute to neurodegeneration34
Targeted long-read sequencing to quantify methylation of the C9orf72 repeat expansion33
The role of inflammasomes in vascular cognitive impairment33
Myelin dysfunction in aging and brain disorders: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities33
Increased expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) contributes to synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease33
Correction: Collusion of α-Synuclein and Aβ aggravating co-morbidities in a novel prion-type mouse model33
Pathological characteristics of axons and alterations of proteomic and lipidomic profiles in midbrain dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by WDR45-deficiency33
Age-dependent progression from clearance to vulnerability in the early response of periventricular microglia to α-synuclein toxic species32
Blood platelet factor 4: the elixir of brain rejuvenation32
TDP-43 seeding activity in the olfactory mucosa of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis32
Early transcriptional and cellular abnormalities in choroid plexus of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease32
Alpha synuclein co-pathology is associated with accelerated amyloid-driven tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease31
Seeding activity of skin misfolded tau as a biomarker for tauopathies30
Resistant and Resilient mutations in protection against familial Alzheimer’s disease: learning from nature30
Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease30
Elevated nuclear TDP-43 induces constitutive exon skipping30
Microglial ferroptotic stress causes non-cell autonomous neuronal death29
BACE1 regulates expression of Clusterin in astrocytes for enhancing clearance of β-amyloid peptides29
Proteo-genomics of soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid provides novel insights and identifies novel modulators for Alzheimer’s disease29
Mouse models of Anti-Aβ immunotherapies28
Astrocyte reactivity is associated with tau tangle load and cortical thinning in Alzheimer’s disease28
The integrated stress response in neurodegenerative diseases28
Correction: Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology28
cGAS-STING triggers inflammaging-associated neurodegeneration28
Gut microbiota-host lipid crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease: implications for disease progression and therapeutics28
Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease – a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential28
Amyloid fibril proteomics of AD brains reveals modifiers of aggregation and toxicity27
ACSS2-dependent histone acetylation improves cognition in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease27
HDGFL2 cryptic protein: a portal to detection and diagnosis in neurodegenerative disease27
Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination26
Microglial CD2AP deficiency exerts protection in an Alzheimer’s disease model of amyloidosis26
Current views on meningeal lymphatics and immunity in aging and Alzheimer’s disease25
Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice25
An adapted protocol to derive microglia from stem cells and its application in the study of CSF1R-related disorders24
A novel AAV Vector for gene therapy of RPE-related retinal degenerative diseases via intravitreal delivery24
Astrocytes of the optic nerve exhibit a region-specific and temporally distinct response to elevated intraocular pressure24
A Trem2R47H mouse model without cryptic splicing drives age- and disease-dependent tissue damage and synaptic loss in response to plaques24
Specific detection of tau seeding activity in Alzheimer’s disease using rationally designed biosensor cells24
Mitochondrial CISD1/Cisd accumulation blocks mitophagy and genetic or pharmacological inhibition rescues neurodegenerative phenotypes in Pink1/parkin models23
Nuclear import receptors are recruited by FG-nucleoporins to rescue hallmarks of TDP-43 proteinopathy23
Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy23
TDP-43 pathology is associated with increased tau burdens and seeding23
Immune cell metabolic dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease22
TDP-43-regulated cryptic RNAs accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease brains22
Are oligodendrocytes the missing link in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research?22
Transcriptome deregulation of peripheral monocytes and whole blood in GBA-related Parkinson’s disease22
Aging-associated sensory decline and Alzheimer’s disease22
Edaravone activates the GDNF/RET neurotrophic signaling pathway and protects mRNA-induced motor neurons from iPS cells22
hiPSC-based models to decipher the contribution of human astrocytes to Alzheimer’s disease and potential therapeutics22
TREM2 and microglia exosomes: a potential highway for pathological tau22
Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium22
Nuclear-import receptors as gatekeepers of pathological phase transitions in ALS/FTD22
Mechanisms of interventions targeting modifiable factors for dementia risk reduction22
Non-invasive systemic viral delivery of human alpha-synuclein mimics selective and progressive neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease in rodent brains21
Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type I interferon signaling in mouse brain aging21
sPLA2-IIA modifies progranulin deficiency phenotypes in mouse models21
Correction: Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy21
The concept of resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms20
Inactivation of NLRP3 inflammasome by dephosphorylation at Serine 658 alleviates glial inflammation in the mouse model of Parkinson’s disease20
The neuroimmune nexus: unraveling the role of the mtDNA-cGAS-STING signal pathway in Alzheimer’s disease20
Tau protein profiling in tauopathies: a human brain study19
Lewy body diseases and the gut19
Single-domain antibody-based protein degrader for synucleinopathies19
Translation dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases: a focus on ALS19
Does proteopathic tau propagate trans-synaptically in the brain?19
Alzheimer’s genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating19
When the infectious environment meets the AD brain18
Genome-wide analyses identify NEAT1 as genetic modifier of age at onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis18
18F-MK-6240 tau PET in patients at-risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy18
Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges17
Insights from new in vivo models of TREM2 variants17
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pathological tau phosphorylation in traumatic brain injury: implications for chronic traumatic encephalopathy17
BIN1 is a key regulator of proinflammatory and neurodegeneration-related activation in microglia17
Regulation of human microglial gene expression and function via RNAase-H active antisense oligonucleotides in vivo in Alzheimer’s disease16
Correction: Cerebrospinal fluid tau levels are associated with abnormal neuronal plasticity markers in Alzheimer’s disease16
Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis: standing at the crossroad of lipid metabolism and immune response16
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
Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies16
Variants in the MS4A cluster interact with soluble TREM2 expression on biomarkers of neuropathology16
Advanced structural brain aging in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease16
Genetic context modulates aging and degeneration in the murine retina16
Comparison of immunoassay- with mass spectrometry-derived p-tau quantification for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology15
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 disease15
CD8+ T cells in neurodegeneration: friend or foe?15
Calcium-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation is implicated in neuroinflammation and oxidative stress associated with ApoE415
Dynamic changes of CSF sPDGFRβ during ageing and AD progression and associations with CSF ATN biomarkers14
Early intervention anti-Aβ immunotherapy attenuates microglial activation without inducing exhaustion at residual plaques14
Disparate and shared transcriptomic signatures associated with cortical atrophy in genetic behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration14
Single-cell microglial transcriptomics during demyelination defines a microglial state required for lytic carcass clearance14
A manifesto for Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery in the era of disease-modifying therapies14
Crosstalk of organelles in Parkinson’s disease – MiT family transcription factors as central players in signaling pathways connecting mitochondria and lysosomes14
Nuclear speckle specific hnRNP D-like prevents age- and AD-related cognitive decline by modulating RNA splicing14
Correction: Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease14
Large-scale CSF proteome profiling identifies biomarkers for accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia14
Urolithin A promotes p62-dependent lysophagy to prevent acute retinal neurodegeneration13
Regulatory T cells limit age-associated retinal inflammation and neurodegeneration13
Alzheimer’s disease associated isoforms of human CD33 distinctively modulate microglial cell responses in 5XFAD mice13
The Alzheimer’s disease-linked protease BACE1 modulates neuronal IL-6 signaling through shedding of the receptor gp13013
Author response to “post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19”13
Proteostasis failure exacerbates neuronal circuit dysfunction and sleep impairments in Alzheimer’s disease13
Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease13
Mitovesicles secreted into the extracellular space of brains with mitochondrial dysfunction impair synaptic plasticity13
Research models to study lewy body dementia12
RNA-Targeting CRISPR/CasRx system relieves disease symptoms in Huntington’s disease models12
The role of inflammation in neurodegeneration: novel insights into the role of the immune system in C9orf72 HRE-mediated ALS/FTD11
TREM2 and sTREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease: from mechanisms to therapies11
17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson’s disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes11
METTL3-dependent RNA m6A dysregulation contributes to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease through aberrant cell cycle events11
Altered plasma protein profiles in genetic FTD – a GENFI study11
Drug development targeting degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: its time has come11
Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson’s disease11
A microglial activity state biomarker panel differentiates FTD-granulin and Alzheimer’s disease patients from controls10
Correction: Drug development targeting degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: its time has come10
Clarifying the association of CSF Aβ, tau, BACE1, and neurogranin with AT(N) stages in Alzheimer disease10
CSF protein ratios with enhanced potential to reflect Alzheimer’s disease pathology and neurodegeneration10
Chitinase-3-like-1: a multifaceted player in neuroinflammation and degenerative pathologies with therapeutic implications10
Impaired antioxidant KEAP1-NRF2 system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: NRF2 activation as a potential therapeutic strategy10
TDP-43 Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease10
Biomarkers and therapeutic strategies targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: current status and future directions10
Correction: Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy10
Valosin containing protein (VCP): initiator, modifier, and potential drug target for neurodegenerative diseases10
ApoE in Alzheimer’s disease: pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies10
Human iPSC-derived astrocytes transplanted into the mouse brain undergo morphological changes in response to amyloid-β plaques10
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