Disease-associated astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease and aging

  • Naomi Habib*
  • , Cristin McCabe
  • , Sedi Medina
  • , Miriam Varshavsky
  • , Daniel Kitsberg
  • , Raz Dvir-Szternfeld
  • , Gilad Green
  • , Danielle Dionne
  • , Lan Nguyen
  • , Jamie L. Marshall
  • , Fei Chen
  • , Feng Zhang
  • , Tommy Kaplan
  • , Aviv Regev
  • , Michal Schwartz
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The role of non-neuronal cells in Alzheimer’s disease progression has not been fully elucidated. Using single-nucleus RNA sequencing, we identified a population of disease-associated astrocytes in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. These disease-associated astrocytes appeared at early disease stages and increased in abundance with disease progression. We discovered that similar astrocytes appeared in aged wild-type mice and in aging human brains, suggesting their linkage to genetic and age-related factors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)701-706
Number of pages6
JournalNature Neuroscience
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2020

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