2024
Chemical entity normalization for successful translational development of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia therapeutics
Mullin S, McDougal R, Cheung K, Kilicoglu H, Beck A, Zeiss C. Chemical entity normalization for successful translational development of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia therapeutics. Journal Of Biomedical Semantics 2024, 15: 13. PMID: 39080729, PMCID: PMC11290083, DOI: 10.1186/s13326-024-00314-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEntity normalizationChemical mentionsNatural language modelDictionary-based methodsDictionary-based approachCRAFT corpusDownstream tasksLanguage modelChemical Entities of Biological InterestPubMedBERT modelDisambiguationChEBIDownstream applicationsArticle abstractsRelationship typesMentionsPubMedBERTOntologyDementia literatureTaskDementia CohortMethodEntitiesAccuracyDementiaMedial amygdalar tau is associated with mood symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Li J, Tun S, Ficek-Tani B, Xu W, Wang S, Horien C, Toyonaga T, Nuli S, Zeiss C, Powers A, Zhao Y, Mormino E, Fredericks C. Medial amygdalar tau is associated with mood symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024 PMID: 39059466, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with mood symptomsMood symptomsAmyloid-positive individualsMedial amygdalaSeed-based functional connectivity analysisAssociated with anxiety symptomsSelf-reported mood symptomsPost hoc correlation analysisAlzheimer's diseaseFunctional connectivity analysisPreclinical Alzheimer's diseaseTau bindingOrbitofrontal cortexTau depositionAmygdalar connectivityEmotional processingAnxiety symptomsRetrosplenial cortexBetween-group differencesAmygdalaFunctional connectivityLateral amygdalaConnectivity analysisDepression scoresNeuropsychiatric symptomsSingle-cell analysis reveals transcriptional dynamics in healthy primary parathyroid tissue.
Venkat A, Carlino M, Lawton B, Prasad M, Amodio M, Gibson C, Zeiss C, Youlten S, Krishnaswamy S, Krause D. Single-cell analysis reveals transcriptional dynamics in healthy primary parathyroid tissue. Genome Research 2024, 34: 837-850. PMID: 38977309, PMCID: PMC11293540, DOI: 10.1101/gr.278215.123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCell statesMitochondrial transcript abundanceParathyroid glandsHuman parathyroidCell-cell communication analysisRNA expression analysisSingle-cell analysisTranscriptional dynamicsTranscript abundanceExpression dynamicsRNA transcriptomeEpithelial cell statesCell abundanceExpression analysisPseudotime analysisPrior Influenza Infection Mitigates SARS-CoV-2 Disease in Syrian Hamsters
Di Pietro C, Haberman A, Lindenbach B, Smith P, Bruscia E, Allore H, Vander Wyk B, Tyagi A, Zeiss C. Prior Influenza Infection Mitigates SARS-CoV-2 Disease in Syrian Hamsters. Viruses 2024, 16: 246. PMID: 38400021, PMCID: PMC10891789, DOI: 10.3390/v16020246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient gene expressionSARS-CoV-2Viral replication pathwayReplication pathwayAntiviral pathwaysEndemism patternsUpregulation of innateGene expressionQuantitative RT-PCRMitigated weight lossDual-infected animalsSARS-CoV-2 viral loadSARS-CoV-2 infectionSyrian hamstersSeasonal infection ratesSARS-CoV-2 inoculationLungs of animalsIndividual virusesSARS-CoV-2 diseaseUpper respiratory tractH1N1 infectionRT-PCRBronchoalveolar lavageViral loadCytokine levels
2022
Modeling pandemic to endemic patterns of SARS-CoV-2 transmission using parameters estimated from animal model data
Mullin S, Vander Wyk B, Asher JL, Compton SR, Allore HG, Zeiss CJ. Modeling pandemic to endemic patterns of SARS-CoV-2 transmission using parameters estimated from animal model data. PNAS Nexus 2022, 1: pgac096. PMID: 35799833, PMCID: PMC9254158, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2 transmissionNatural infectionDuration of immunitySARS-CoV-2 pandemicAnimal model dataEndemic stateHeterologous vaccinationMedian timeCoronaviral diseaseDeterministic compartmental modelNatural immunityLow prevalenceCoronaviral infectionVaccinationViral transmissionInfectionTransmissible variantsImmunityEndemic patternReinfection dataNatural exposureReinfectionEndemic stabilityVariable durationAnimals
2021
Modeling SARS-CoV-2 propagation using rat coronavirus-associated shedding and transmission
Zeiss CJ, Asher JL, Vander Wyk B, Allore HG, Compton SR. Modeling SARS-CoV-2 propagation using rat coronavirus-associated shedding and transmission. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260038. PMID: 34813610, PMCID: PMC8610237, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViral sheddingSialodacryoadenitis virusSARS-CoV-2Prior natural infectionSARS-CoV-2 propagationSeropositive animalsLow-level sheddingNaive recipient ratsCOVID-19Cycle threshold valuesDirect contact exposureSeroconversion ratesReinfected animalsRecipient ratsImmune protectionHigh riskNaive animalsSusceptible individualsInitial infectionGlobal immunityExposure paradigmRat coronavirusNatural infectionInfectionRatsSimple, Single-Shot Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Heat-Stable Tau Identifies Age-Related Changes in pS235- and pS396-Tau Levels in Non-human Primates
Leslie SN, Kanyo J, Datta D, Wilson RS, Zeiss C, Duque A, Lam TT, Arnsten AFT, Nairn AC. Simple, Single-Shot Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Heat-Stable Tau Identifies Age-Related Changes in pS235- and pS396-Tau Levels in Non-human Primates. Frontiers In Aging Neuroscience 2021, 13: 767322. PMID: 34867294, PMCID: PMC8637411, DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.767322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTau phosphorylationPrefrontal cortexAlzheimer's diseaseAge-related changesLayer III pyramidal cellsRhesus monkey prefrontal cortexSignificant risk factorsMonkey prefrontal cortexNon-human primatesAD pathologyTau levelsRisk factorsPyramidal cellsRodent modelsIdentifies ageRhesus monkeysLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryTherapeutic developmentNatural aging processSignificant increaseTauAgeDiseaseRobust labelingMonkeysComparative Milestones in Rodent and Human Postnatal Central Nervous System Development
Zeiss CJ. Comparative Milestones in Rodent and Human Postnatal Central Nervous System Development. Toxicologic Pathology 2021, 49: 1368-1373. PMID: 34569375, DOI: 10.1177/01926233211046933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal developmentCentral nervous system immaturityPostnatal central nervous system developmentRodent olfactory bulbCentral nervous system developmentRodent brain developmentPostnatal injuryDentate gyrusPostnatal neurogenesisNervous system developmentOlfactory bulbSynaptic maturationSynaptic pruningNeurodevelopmental toxicityGuinea pigsBrain developmentAltricial rodentsCNS developmentPrecocial guinea pigCerebellar developmentRodentsRatsMyelinationNeurogenesisBirthDNA glycosylase deficiency leads to decreased severity of lupus in the Polb-Y265C mouse model
Paluri SL, Burak M, Senejani AG, Levinson M, Rahim T, Clairmont K, Kashgarian M, Alvarado-Cruz I, Meas R, Cardó-Vila M, Zeiss C, Maher S, Bothwell ALM, Coskun E, Kant M, Jaruga P, Dizdaroglu M, Lloyd R, Sweasy JB. DNA glycosylase deficiency leads to decreased severity of lupus in the Polb-Y265C mouse model. DNA Repair 2021, 105: 103152. PMID: 34186496, PMCID: PMC8635285, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimal Models of COVID-19 II. Comparative Immunology
Veenhuis RT, Zeiss CJ. Animal Models of COVID-19 II. Comparative Immunology. ILAR Journal 2021, 62: ilab010-. PMID: 33914873, PMCID: PMC8135340, DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilab010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Animal modelsLarge animal modelCytokine surgeCell infiltrationAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere coronavirus disease 2019SARS-CoV-2 infectionCoronavirus 2 infectionT cell responsesImmune cell infiltrationStrong antibody responseAnimal model studiesCoronavirus disease 2019Large animal model studyImmunological questionsHigh mortality rateCOVID-19Small animal modelsImmune system functionAfrican green monkeysSARS-CoV-2 researchVaccine efficacyAnimal Models of COVID-19. I. Comparative Virology and Disease Pathogenesis
Zeiss CJ, Compton S, Veenhuis RT. Animal Models of COVID-19. I. Comparative Virology and Disease Pathogenesis. ILAR Journal 2021, 62: ilab007-. PMID: 33836527, PMCID: PMC8083356, DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilab007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2SARS-CoVViral sheddingImmune responseSpontaneous modelAnimal modelsDisease pathogenesisSARS-CoV-2 infectionCOVID-19Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirusChimeric SARS-CoVRole of comorbiditiesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicShort-term immune responseWild-type miceSeverity of diseaseOrgan-specific pathologySARS-CoV-2 virusDisease 2019 pandemicAfrican green monkeysTest therapeuticsVaccine approachesNonfatal diseaseTissue involvementAge‐related calcium dysregulation linked with tau pathology and impaired cognition in non‐human primates
Datta D, Leslie SN, Wang M, Morozov YM, Yang S, Mentone S, Zeiss C, Duque A, Rakic P, Horvath TL, van Dyck C, Nairn AC, Arnsten AFT. Age‐related calcium dysregulation linked with tau pathology and impaired cognition in non‐human primates. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2021, 17: 920-932. PMID: 33829643, PMCID: PMC8195842, DOI: 10.1002/alz.12325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau pathologyCalcium leakTau phosphorylationNeuronal firingAlzheimer's diseaseEarly tau phosphorylationPyramidal cell dendritesSporadic Alzheimer's diseasePrimary cortical neuronsPotential therapeutic targetCognitive performanceAge-related reductionMacaque dorsolateral prefrontal cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexNon-human primatesCalcium dysregulationCell dendritesCortical neuronsCalcium-binding proteinsAD biomarkersPathology markersTherapeutic targetAnimal modelsAged monkeysPrefrontal cortex
2020
Dual Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition With Sacubitril/Valsartan Attenuates Systolic Dysfunction in Experimental Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Boutagy NE, Feher A, Pfau D, Liu Z, Guerrera NM, Freeburg LA, Womack SJ, Hoenes AC, Zeiss C, Young LH, Spinale FG, Sinusas AJ. Dual Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition With Sacubitril/Valsartan Attenuates Systolic Dysfunction in Experimental Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity. JACC CardioOncology 2020, 2: 774-787. PMID: 33437965, PMCID: PMC7799406, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2020.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSac/ValRodent modelsControl animalsMMP activityMatrix metalloproteinasesAngiotensin receptor blocker therapyAngiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitionTime-matched control animalsMyocardial MMP activityReceptor blocker therapySacubitril/valsartanHeart failure patientsVentricular ejection fractionAnthracycline-induced cardiotoxicityDoxorubicin-Induced CardiotoxicityMale Wistar ratsSubgroup of animalsBlocker therapyAldosterone inhibitorsSystolic dysfunctionFailure patientsEjection fractionCardioprotective actionVentricular remodelingMyocardial infarctionAgRP neurons control compulsive exercise and survival in an activity-based anorexia model
Miletta MC, Iyilikci O, Shanabrough M, Šestan-Peša M, Cammisa A, Zeiss CJ, Dietrich MO, Horvath TL. AgRP neurons control compulsive exercise and survival in an activity-based anorexia model. Nature Metabolism 2020, 2: 1204-1211. PMID: 33106687, DOI: 10.1038/s42255-020-00300-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAgRP neuronsActivity-based anorexia modelAgRP neuronal activityVivo fiber photometryFood-restricted miceFood-restricted animalsCompulsive exerciseAnorexia modelHypothalamic agoutiNeuropeptide YExercise volumeFood intakeMouse modelNeuronal activityFiber photometryDaily activationNeuronal circuitsPsychiatric conditionsAnorexia nervosaChemogenetic toolsNeuronsLong-term behavioral impactElevated fat contentVoluntary cessationFat contentUtility of spontaneous animal models of Alzheimer’s disease in preclinical efficacy studies
Zeiss CJ. Utility of spontaneous animal models of Alzheimer’s disease in preclinical efficacy studies. Cell And Tissue Research 2020, 380: 273-286. PMID: 32337614, DOI: 10.1007/s00441-020-03198-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman Alzheimer's diseaseSpontaneous animal modelAlzheimer's diseaseAnimal modelsBiomarker progressionProgression of neuropathologyLate-onset Alzheimer's diseasePreclinical efficacy studiesHuman clinical trialsOnset Alzheimer's diseaseUsable outcome measuresAD-associated mutationsFamilial Alzheimer's diseaseNon-human primatesAmyloid neuropathologyInterventional studyClinical trialsSpontaneous modelHuman trialsOutcome measuresTherapeutic successPotential therapyNew therapiesRodent studiesEfficacy studiesSlc20a1/Pit1 and Slc20a2/Pit2 are essential for normal skeletal myofiber function and survival
Chande S, Caballero D, Ho BB, Fetene J, Serna J, Pesta D, Nasiri A, Jurczak M, Chavkin NW, Hernando N, Giachelli CM, Wagner CA, Zeiss C, Shulman GI, Bergwitz C. Slc20a1/Pit1 and Slc20a2/Pit2 are essential for normal skeletal myofiber function and survival. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 3069. PMID: 32080237, PMCID: PMC7033257, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59430-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHyp miceMuscle functionSkeletal muscleMyofiber functionNormal body weightSkeletal muscle atrophyGene dose-dependent reductionConditional knockout miceReduced oxygen consumption rateStimulation of AMP kinaseKnockout miceHypophosphatemic disordersMuscle atrophyERK1/2 activationGrip strengthConditional deletionHormonal changesLow bloodBody weightC2C12 myoblastsMiceFurther evaluationBlood phosphateDependent reductionAMP kinase
2019
Menagerie: A text-mining tool to support animal-human translation in neurodegeneration research
Zeiss CJ, Shin D, Vander Wyk B, Beck AP, Zatz N, Sneiderman CA, Kilicoglu H. Menagerie: A text-mining tool to support animal-human translation in neurodegeneration research. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0226176. PMID: 31846471, PMCID: PMC6917268, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of miR-33 protects from kidney fibrosis
Price NL, Miguel V, Ding W, Singh AK, Malik S, Rotllan N, Moshnikova A, Toczek J, Zeiss C, Sadeghi MM, Arias N, Baldán Á, Andreev OA, Rodríguez-Puyol D, Bahal R, Reshetnyak YK, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C, Lamas S. Genetic deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of miR-33 protects from kidney fibrosis. JCI Insight 2019, 4 PMID: 31613798, PMCID: PMC6948871, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.131102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatty acid oxidationChronic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseDisease progressionMiR-33Bone marrow transplantExtent of fibrosisDevelopment of fibrosisAttractive therapeutic targetExpression of factorsNucleic acid inhibitorsMarrow transplantKidney fibrosisFibrotic kidneysMouse modelTherapeutic targetLipid metabolismPharmacological inhibitionFibrosisLipid accumulationDiseaseGenetic deficiencyProgressionKidneyAcid oxidationDoxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Collaborative Cross (CC) Mice Recapitulates Individual Cardiotoxicity in Humans
Zeiss CJ, Gatti DM, Toro-Salazar O, Davis C, Lutz CM, Spinale F, Stearns T, Furtado MB, Churchill GA. Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Collaborative Cross (CC) Mice Recapitulates Individual Cardiotoxicity in Humans. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2019, 9: 2637-2646. PMID: 31263061, PMCID: PMC6686936, DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac diseaseCardiac pathologyCardiac troponin I levelsUltimate severityChronic cardiac injuryTroponin I levelsPotential predictive biomarkersDoxorubicin-Induced CardiotoxicityComplete blood countPanel of biomarkersCurrent mouse modelsEffect of treatmentCardiac troponin IProgressive cardiotoxicityLight chain 3Acute periodAcute phaseCardiac injuryRenal toxicityBlood countPredictive biomarkersChronic timepointsCollaborative Cross miceSame doseI levelsAn ABCA4 loss-of-function mutation causes a canine form of Stargardt disease
Mäkeläinen S, Gòdia M, Hellsand M, Viluma A, Hahn D, Makdoumi K, Zeiss CJ, Mellersh C, Ricketts SL, Narfström K, Hallböök F, Ekesten B, Andersson G, Bergström TF. An ABCA4 loss-of-function mutation causes a canine form of Stargardt disease. PLOS Genetics 2019, 15: e1007873. PMID: 30889179, PMCID: PMC6424408, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily A, Member 4ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBase SequenceCodon, NonsenseDisease Models, AnimalDog DiseasesDogsFemaleGenes, RecessiveHomozygoteHumansLipofuscinMacular DegenerationMaleMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, MolecularMutagenesis, InsertionalMutationPedigreeProtein ConformationRetinaStargardt DiseaseWhole Genome SequencingConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumStargardt diseaseAutosomal recessive retinal degenerative diseaseRetinal degenerationABCA4 geneVisual impairmentCentral visual impairmentFull-length ABCA4 proteinFunction mutationsLabrador Retriever dogsLarge animal modelRetinal degenerative diseasesAutosomal recessive retinal degenerationMember 4 geneRecessive retinal degenerationStandard treatmentClinical trialsClinical signsLipofuscin depositsPigment epitheliumAnimal modelsCanine modelUnaffected dogsAffected dogsCone photoreceptors