2022
Analysis of somatic mutations in 131 human brains reveals aging-associated hypermutability
Bae T, Fasching L, Wang Y, Shin JH, Suvakov M, Jang Y, Norton S, Dias C, Mariani J, Jourdon A, Wu F, Panda A, Pattni R, Chahine Y, Yeh R, Roberts RC, Huttner A, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Straub RE, Walsh CA, Urban A, Leckman J, Weinberger D, Vaccarino F, Abyzov A, Walsh C, Park P, Sestan N, Weinberger D, Moran J, Gage F, Vaccarino F, Gleeson J, Mathern G, Courchesne E, Roy S, Chess A, Akbarian S, Bizzotto S, Coulter M, Dias C, D’Gama A, Ganz J, Hill R, Huang A, Khoshkhoo S, Kim S, Lee A, Lodato M, Maury E, Miller M, Borges-Monroy R, Rodin R, Zhou Z, Bohrson C, Chu C, Cortes-Ciriano I, Dou Y, Galor A, Gulhan D, Kwon M, Luquette J, Sherman M, Viswanadham V, Jones A, Rosenbluh C, Cho S, Langmead B, Thorpe J, Erwin J, Jaffe A, McConnell M, Narurkar R, Paquola A, Shin J, Straub R, Abyzov A, Bae T, Jang Y, Wang Y, Molitor C, Peters M, Linker S, Reed P, Wang M, Urban A, Zhou B, Zhu X, Pattni R, Serres Amero A, Juan D, Lobon I, Marques-Bonet T, Solis Moruno M, Garcia Perez R, Povolotskaya I, Soriano E, Antaki D, Averbuj D, Ball L, Breuss M, Yang X, Chung C, Emery S, Flasch D, Kidd J, Kopera H, Kwan K, Mills R, Moldovan J, Sun C, Zhao X, Zhou W, Frisbie T, Cherskov A, Fasching L, Jourdon A, Pochareddy S, Scuderi S. Analysis of somatic mutations in 131 human brains reveals aging-associated hypermutability. Science 2022, 377: 511-517. PMID: 35901164, PMCID: PMC9420557, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm6222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factorsSomatic mutationsPutative transcription factorEnhancer-like regionSingle nucleotide mutationsWhole-genome sequencingGene regulationSomatic duplicationGenome sequencingDamaging mutationsBackground mutagenesisMutationsHypermutabilityClonal expansionMotifDiseased brainPotential linkVivo clonal expansionMutagenesisGenesDuplicationSequencingRegulation
2021
Spreading of Alzheimer tau seeds is enhanced by aging and template matching with limited impact of amyloid-β
Nies SH, Takahashi H, Herber CS, Huttner A, Chase A, Strittmatter SM. Spreading of Alzheimer tau seeds is enhanced by aging and template matching with limited impact of amyloid-β. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2021, 297: 101159. PMID: 34480901, PMCID: PMC8477193, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTau seedsAlzheimer's diseaseAD model miceWT mouse brainPathological tauSynaptic lossTau accumulationWT miceMouse tauTau pathologyTau burdenModel miceTau inclusionsPharmacological interventionsAD riskCognitive declineMouse brainTau aggregatesPyk2 kinaseKnowledge of factorsKinase inhibitorsMiceFyn kinase inhibitorAβMouse aging
2017
The aged rhesus macaque manifests Braak stage III/IV Alzheimer's‐like pathology
Paspalas CD, Carlyle BC, Leslie S, Preuss TM, Crimins JL, Huttner AJ, van Dyck C, Rosene DL, Nairn AC, Arnsten AFT. The aged rhesus macaque manifests Braak stage III/IV Alzheimer's‐like pathology. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2017, 14: 680-691. PMID: 29241829, PMCID: PMC6178089, DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate-onset Alzheimer's diseaseCortical pathologyEntorhinal cortexAnimal modelsBraak stage III/IVAlzheimer's diseaseStage III/IVRhesus macaquesProgression of tauAlzheimer-like pathologyPrimary visual cortexSequence of tauDorsolateral prefrontal cortexTau pathologyPreventive strategiesAssociation cortexVisual cortexPrefrontal cortexCortexPathologyDiseaseOld animalsProtein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylationGenetic insultsMacaques
2011
Spatio-temporal transcriptome of the human brain
Kang HJ, Kawasawa YI, Cheng F, Zhu Y, Xu X, Li M, Sousa AM, Pletikos M, Meyer KA, Sedmak G, Guennel T, Shin Y, Johnson MB, Krsnik Ž, Mayer S, Fertuzinhos S, Umlauf S, Lisgo SN, Vortmeyer A, Weinberger DR, Mane S, Hyde TM, Huttner A, Reimers M, Kleinman JE, Šestan N. Spatio-temporal transcriptome of the human brain. Nature 2011, 478: 483-489. PMID: 22031440, PMCID: PMC3566780, DOI: 10.1038/nature10523.Peer-Reviewed Original Research