Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease brains
Zhu B, Park J, Coffey S, Russo A, Hsu I, Wang J, Su C, Chang R, Lam T, Gopal P, Ginsberg S, Zhao H, Hafler D, Chandra S, Zhang L. Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease brains. Science Translational Medicine 2024, 16: eabo1997. PMID: 39475571, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteomic analysisAlzheimer's diseasePrefrontal cortexBrain cell typesGenetics of PDParkinson's diseaseCell-cell interactionsChaperone expressionSingle-nucleus transcriptomesExpressed genesTranscriptional changesPostmortem human brainPostmortem brain tissueDiseased brainSynaptic proteinsSingle-cellDown-regulationBrain cell populationsBrain regionsCell typesNeurodegenerative disordersLate-stage PDParkinson's disease brainsDisease etiologyNeuronal vulnerabilityDecoding transcriptomic signatures of cysteine string protein alpha–mediated synapse maintenance
Wang N, Zhu B, Allnutt M, Grijalva R, Zhao H, Chandra S. Decoding transcriptomic signatures of cysteine string protein alpha–mediated synapse maintenance. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2320064121. PMID: 38833477, PMCID: PMC11181078, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320064121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynapse maintenanceTranscriptional changesSynaptogenic adhesion moleculesGene ontology analysisKO miceKO brainMaintenance in vivoCell-cell interactionsGlial cellsSingle-nucleus transcriptomesOntology analysisCspADifferential expressionNeuron-glia interactionsAutophagy-related genesProtein AGenesCell typesNeurodegenerative diseasesInhibitory synapsesLittermate controlsSynaptic pathwaysAdhesion moleculesGlial responseSynapse