Insights into Alzheimer's disease from single-cell genomic approaches

Nat Neurosci. 2023 Feb;26(2):181-195. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01222-2. Epub 2023 Jan 2.

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disease pathologically defined by the deposition of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain parenchyma. Single-cell profiling has shown that Alzheimer's dementia involves the complex interplay of virtually every major brain cell type. Here, we highlight cell-type-specific molecular perturbations in AD. We discuss how genomic information from single cells expands existing paradigms of AD pathogenesis and highlight new opportunities for therapeutic interventions.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease* / genetics
  • Alzheimer Disease* / metabolism
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Neurofibrillary Tangles / metabolism
  • Plaque, Amyloid / pathology

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides