2023
Platelet response to influenza vaccination reflects effects of aging
Konstorum A, Mohanty S, Zhao Y, Melillo A, Vander Wyk B, Nelson A, Tsang S, Blevins T, Belshe R, Chawla D, Rondina M, Gill T, Montgomery R, Allore H, Kleinstein S, Shaw A. Platelet response to influenza vaccination reflects effects of aging. Aging Cell 2023, 22: e13749. PMID: 36656789, PMCID: PMC9924941, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-dwelling older adultsPlatelet activationOlder adultsInfluenza vaccinationAge-associated chronic inflammationInfluence platelet functionRNA expressionPro-inflammatory diseasesAge-associated increasePlatelet activation pathwaysAge-associated differencesActivation pathwayPlatelet transcriptomeGeriatric conditionsChronic inflammationImmune responsePlatelet functionPlatelet responseSNF residentsVaccinationActivation responseYoung individualsProtein levelsAdultsYounger participants
2021
Association of entorhinal cortical tau deposition and hippocampal synaptic density in older individuals with normal cognition and early Alzheimer's disease
Mecca AP, Chen MK, O'Dell RS, Naganawa M, Toyonaga T, Godek TA, Harris JE, Bartlett HH, Zhao W, Banks ER, Ni GS, Rogers K, Gallezot JD, Ropchan J, Emery PR, Nabulsi NB, Vander Wyk BC, Arnsten AFT, Huang Y, Carson RE, van Dyck CH. Association of entorhinal cortical tau deposition and hippocampal synaptic density in older individuals with normal cognition and early Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology Of Aging 2021, 111: 44-53. PMID: 34963063, PMCID: PMC8761170, DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal synaptic densitySynaptic densityAlzheimer's diseaseCortical tau depositionEarly neuropathologic changesInitial clinical featuresSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AEarly Alzheimer's diseaseOverall sampleEntorhinal cortical cellsClinical featuresNeuropathologic changesTau depositionTau pathologyInverse associationPerforant pathAD groupSynaptic failureNormal cognitionOlder individualsEarly degenerationDiseaseNormal participantsHippocampusTau