Molecular Neurodegeneration

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Neurodegeneration is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Obesity-driven phosphatidylethanolamine dysregulation impairs neuroimmune crosstalk and accelerates Alzheimer’s pathogenesis597
Emerging targets of α-synuclein spreading in α-synucleinopathies: a review of mechanistic pathways and interventions329
Molecular hallmarks of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal resilience to Alzheimer’s disease260
Tau interactome and RNA binding proteins in neurodegenerative diseases247
Mutations in PSEN1 predispose inflammation in an astrocyte model of familial Alzheimer’s disease through disrupted regulated intramembrane proteolysis232
LRRK2 kinase activity regulates Parkinson’s disease-relevant lipids at the lysosome207
Altered trafficking of Kv1-Kvβ2 leads to neuronal hyperexcitability and memory deficits in amyloid-β pathology184
TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease182
Mis-localization of endogenous TDP-43 leads to ALS-like early-stage metabolic dysfunction and progressive motor deficits166
Synaptic control of retinal ganglion cell survival and axon regeneration159
Regulation of the hippocampal translatome by Apoer2-ICD release152
Retraction Note: Hippocampal neuronal cells that accumulate α-synuclein fragments are more vulnerable to Aβ oligomer toxicity via mGluR5– implications for dementia with lewy bodies137
Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress132
Cerebrospinal fluid markers link to synaptic plasticity responses and Alzheimer’s disease genetic pathways128
Death-associated protein kinase 1-dependent SENP1 degradation increases tau SUMOylation and leads to cognitive dysfunction in a mouse model for tauopathy121
The Parkinson’s disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons110
Microglia sensing of peripheral signals that bridge the brain and body107
A genome-wide search for pleiotropy in more than 100,000 harmonized longitudinal cognitive domain scores104
Astrocytic autophagy plasticity modulates Aβ clearance and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease102
Cautions on utilizing plasma GFAP level as a biomarker for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases101
Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase confers neuroprotection and restores microglial homeostasis in a tauopathy mouse model101
Organelle stress in NLRP3 inflammasome: a central mediator of neurodegenerative diseases100
Circadian clocks, cognition, and Alzheimer’s disease: synaptic mechanisms, signaling effectors, and chronotherapeutics97
The role of NURR1 in metabolic abnormalities of Parkinson’s disease94
Recombinant cathepsins B and L promote α-synuclein clearance and restore lysosomal function in human and murine models with α-synuclein pathology94
Single-cell peripheral immunoprofiling of Lewy body and Parkinson’s disease in a multi-site cohort90
Immunotherapy against tau fragment diminishes AD pathology, improving synaptic function and cognition86
Correction: Blood-brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism83
Human VCP mutant ALS/FTD microglia display immune and lysosomal phenotypes independently of GPNMB81
The role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer’s disease: a review and research roadmap75
Multi-region brain transcriptomic analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals widespread RNA alterations and substantial cerebellum involvement75
Multi-omics insights into GBA1-associated Parkinson’s disease: interplay of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and lipidomics74
HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases71
Unravelling cell type-specific responses to Parkinson’s Disease at single cell resolution70
In Memoriam of Edward H. Koo, MD 1954–202569
Autophagic impairment in sleep–wake circuitry is linked to sleep loss at the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease68
Finding memo: versatile interactions of the VPS10p-Domain receptors in Alzheimer’s disease68
Entering the era of precision medicine to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis67
APOE targeting strategy in Alzheimer’s disease: lessons learned from protective variants65
Correction: Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner65
Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease63
Impaired nucleocytoplasmic transport in SOD1-mediated ALS63
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease: association with peripheral inflammatory regulatory T-cells and SYT661
Combination therapy using GDNF and cell transplant in Parkinson’s disease61
Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy60
Correction: The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus59
BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps59
α-Synuclein pathology disrupts mitochondrial function in dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons at-risk in Parkinson’s disease59
A perspective on Alzheimer’s disease: exploring the potential of terminal/paradoxical lucidity and psychedelics57
TMEM106B aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases: linking genetics to function56
Deficits in mitochondrial TCA cycle and OXPHOS precede rod photoreceptor degeneration during chronic HIF activation56
Plasma platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β decrease correlates with blood-brain barrier damage in Alzheimer’s disease56
ASO-mediated knock-down of GPNMB in mutant-GRN and in Grn-deficient peripheral myeloid cells disrupts lysosomal function and immune responses55
Methylome analysis of FTLD patients with TDP-43 pathology identifies epigenetic signatures specific to pathological subtypes54
Using mass spectrometry to validate mouse models of tauopathy54
Evidence suggesting that microglia make amyloid from neuronally expressed APP: a hypothesis53
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Aging exacerbates the brain inflammatory micro-environment contributing to α-synuclein pathology and functional deficits in a mouse model of DLB/PD53
The PKCι-β-arrestin2 axis disrupts SORLA retrograde trafficking, driving its degradation and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease52
The transcription factor combination MEF2 and KLF7 promotes axonal sprouting in the injured spinal cord with functional improvement and regeneration-associated gene expression52
Contribution of amyloid deposition from oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease51
Common features of neurodegenerative disease: exploring the brain-eye connection and beyond (part 2): the 2021 pre-symposium of the 15th international conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease51
Dementia with lewy bodies patients with high tau levels display unique proteome profiles51
Correction: HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases50
Molecular mechanisms and consequences of TDP-43 phosphorylation in neurodegeneration50
Neuropathology of incidental Lewy body & prodromal Parkinson’s disease50
The role of n-3-derived specialised pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) in microglial mitochondrial respiration and inflammation resolution in Alzheimer’s disease49
The endotoxin hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease49
Microglial function, INPP5D/SHIP1 signaling, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation: implications for Alzheimer’s disease49
Glial phagocytosis for synapse and toxic proteins in neurodegenerative diseases48
Microglial TYROBP/DAP12 in Alzheimer’s disease: Transduction of physiological and pathological signals across TREM247
Diagnostic biomarkers for α-synucleinopathies- state of the art and future developments: a systematic review47
APOE genotype influences on the brain metabolome of aging mice – role for mitochondrial energetics in mechanisms of resilience in APOE2 genotype47
Peripheral and central neuroimmune mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis46
Mechanisms of astrocyte aging in reactivity and disease46
Sex specific molecular networks and key drivers of Alzheimer’s disease46
Novel App knock-in mouse model shows key features of amyloid pathology and reveals profound metabolic dysregulation of microglia46
Cerebrospinal fluid proteome profiling across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum: a step towards solving the equation for ‘X’44
The Hippo signaling pathway as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease44
Correction: Predominant expression of Alzheimer’s disease-associated BIN1 in mature oligodendrocytes and localization to white matter tracts44
Interplay between astrocyte reactivity and APOE ε4 status is associated with accelerated pTau-related tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease43
Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner43
Correction: Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease43
Correction: Blood–brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism42
Trem2 deletion enhances tau dispersion and pathology through microglia exosomes41
GBA1 inactivation in oligodendrocytes affects myelination and induces neurodegenerative hallmarks and lipid dyshomeostasis in mice41
NF-κB is a critical mediator of post-mitotic senescence in oligodendrocytes and subsequent white matter loss41
Amyloid-β (Aβ) immunotherapy induced microhemorrhages are linked to vascular inflammation and cerebrovascular damage in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease40
Tracking reactive astrogliosis in autosomal dominant and sporadic Alzheimer’s disease with multi-modal PET and plasma GFAP39
Current strategies in the management of dementia with lewy bodies and future directions based on disease pathophysiology38
Modulation of O-GlcNAc cycling influences α-synuclein amplification, degradation, and associated neuroinflammatory pathology38
Therapeutic potential of APP antisense oligonucleotides for Alzheimer’s disease and down syndrome-related Alzheimer’s disease38
Increased expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) contributes to synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease37
Proteomic analysis of APOEε4 carriers implicates lipid metabolism, complement and lymphocyte signaling in cognitive resilience37
Effect of antidiabetic drugs in Alzheimer´s disease: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies37
The molecular fidelity of Aβ pathology in 5xFAD and AppNL−FPsen1P117L mice revealed by cryo-EM37
Pathological characteristics of axons and alterations of proteomic and lipidomic profiles in midbrain dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by WDR45-deficiency36
Correction: Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress36
Nuclear pore and nucleocytoplasmic transport impairment in oxidative stress-induced neurodegeneration: relevance to molecular mechanisms in Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s and other related neurodegenerat36
Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology36
Blood platelet factor 4: the elixir of brain rejuvenation36
Proteomic landscape of Alzheimer’s disease: emerging technologies, advances and insights (2021 – 2025)36
Resistant and Resilient mutations in protection against familial Alzheimer’s disease: learning from nature35
Molecular characterization of humanized APOE mouse models reveals source and genotype dependent differences35
Seeding activity of skin misfolded tau as a biomarker for tauopathies35
TDP-43 seeding activity in the olfactory mucosa of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis35
Synaptic dysfunction and glial activation markers throughout aging and early neurodegeneration: a longitudinal CSF biomarker-based study34
Correction: Collusion of α-Synuclein and Aβ aggravating co-morbidities in a novel prion-type mouse model34
Early transcriptional and cellular abnormalities in choroid plexus of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease34
Targeted long-read sequencing to quantify methylation of the C9orf72 repeat expansion33
Elevated nuclear TDP-43 induces constitutive exon skipping33
Age-dependent progression from clearance to vulnerability in the early response of periventricular microglia to α-synuclein toxic species33
Alpha synuclein co-pathology is associated with accelerated amyloid-driven tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease33
Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease33
Microglial ferroptotic stress causes non-cell autonomous neuronal death32
Myelin dysfunction in aging and brain disorders: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities32
Proteo-genomics of soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid provides novel insights and identifies novel modulators for Alzheimer’s disease32
Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease – a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential32
BACE1 regulates expression of Clusterin in astrocytes for enhancing clearance of β-amyloid peptides32
Correction: Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology31
HDGFL2 cryptic protein: a portal to detection and diagnosis in neurodegenerative disease31
cGAS-STING triggers inflammaging-associated neurodegeneration31
Mouse models of Anti-Aβ immunotherapies30
The integrated stress response in neurodegenerative diseases29
Astrocyte reactivity is associated with tau tangle load and cortical thinning in Alzheimer’s disease29
Gut microbiota-host lipid crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease: implications for disease progression and therapeutics29
Amyloid fibril proteomics of AD brains reveals modifiers of aggregation and toxicity29
Specific detection of tau seeding activity in Alzheimer’s disease using rationally designed biosensor cells28
ACSS2-dependent histone acetylation improves cognition in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease28
Current views on meningeal lymphatics and immunity in aging and Alzheimer’s disease28
Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination28
Immune cell metabolic dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease28
Aging-associated sensory decline and Alzheimer’s disease27
TREM2 and microglia exosomes: a potential highway for pathological tau27
Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy27
A novel AAV Vector for gene therapy of RPE-related retinal degenerative diseases via intravitreal delivery26
Microglial CD2AP deficiency exerts protection in an Alzheimer’s disease model of amyloidosis26
An adapted protocol to derive microglia from stem cells and its application in the study of CSF1R-related disorders26
Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice26
Astrocytes of the optic nerve exhibit a region-specific and temporally distinct response to elevated intraocular pressure26
Pioglitazone modulates metabolic adaptation and peripheral nerve regeneration after injury26
Nuclear import receptors are recruited by FG-nucleoporins to rescue hallmarks of TDP-43 proteinopathy25
Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium25
TDP-43 pathology is associated with increased tau burdens and seeding25
Mitochondrial CISD1/Cisd accumulation blocks mitophagy and genetic or pharmacological inhibition rescues neurodegenerative phenotypes in Pink1/parkin models25
A Trem2R47H mouse model without cryptic splicing drives age- and disease-dependent tissue damage and synaptic loss in response to plaques25
Mechanisms of interventions targeting modifiable factors for dementia risk reduction25
TDP-43-regulated cryptic RNAs accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease brains24
Nuclear-import receptors as gatekeepers of pathological phase transitions in ALS/FTD24
Transcriptome deregulation of peripheral monocytes and whole blood in GBA-related Parkinson’s disease24
Are oligodendrocytes the missing link in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research?24
Lipid alterations in hereditary peripheral neuropathies: common mechanisms in disease heterogeneity?24
Inactivation of NLRP3 inflammasome by dephosphorylation at Serine 658 alleviates glial inflammation in the mouse model of Parkinson’s disease23
Inflammatory signaling differentially changes chromatin accessibility and gene expression of the PD- associated kinase LRRK2 between human and mice23
hiPSC-based models to decipher the contribution of human astrocytes to Alzheimer’s disease and potential therapeutics23
Tau oligomers modulate synapse fate by eliciting progressive bipartite synapse dysregulation and synapse loss22
sPLA2-IIA modifies progranulin deficiency phenotypes in mouse models22
The neuroimmune nexus: unraveling the role of the mtDNA-cGAS-STING signal pathway in Alzheimer’s disease22
Single-domain antibody-based protein degrader for synucleinopathies22
Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type I interferon signaling in mouse brain aging22
Correction: Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy22
Non-invasive systemic viral delivery of human alpha-synuclein mimics selective and progressive neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease in rodent brains22
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pathological tau phosphorylation in traumatic brain injury: implications for chronic traumatic encephalopathy21
The concept of resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms21
A novel alpha-synuclein G14R missense variant is associated with atypical neuropathological features21
Genome-wide analyses identify NEAT1 as genetic modifier of age at onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis21
Tau protein profiling in tauopathies: a human brain study21
18F-MK-6240 tau PET in patients at-risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy20
When the infectious environment meets the AD brain20
BIN1 is a key regulator of proinflammatory and neurodegeneration-related activation in microglia20
Translation dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases: a focus on ALS20
Urolithin A promotes p62-dependent lysophagy to prevent acute retinal neurodegeneration19
To the editor: Response to post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19, by Wang, Y.J. et al. (2021)19
Genetic context modulates aging and degeneration in the murine retina19
Alzheimer’s genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating19
Calcium-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation is implicated in neuroinflammation and oxidative stress associated with ApoE419
Lewy body diseases and the gut19
Correction: Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease18
Single-cell microglial transcriptomics during demyelination defines a microglial state required for lytic carcass clearance18
Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease18
Midbrain degeneration triggers astrocyte reactivity and tau pathology in experimental Alzheimer’s Disease18
Variants in the MS4A cluster interact with soluble TREM2 expression on biomarkers of neuropathology18
Insights from new in vivo models of TREM2 variants17
CD8+ T cells in neurodegeneration: friend or foe?16
Making tracks: microglia and the extracellular matrix16
Real-time imaging of mitochondrial redox reveals increased mitochondrial oxidative stress associated with amyloid β aggregates in vivo in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease16
Correction: Cerebrospinal fluid tau levels are associated with abnormal neuronal plasticity markers in Alzheimer’s disease15
A manifesto for Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery in the era of disease-modifying therapies15
Regulation of human microglial gene expression and function via RNAase-H active antisense oligonucleotides in vivo in Alzheimer’s disease15
Large-scale CSF proteome profiling identifies biomarkers for accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia15
Comparison of immunoassay- with mass spectrometry-derived p-tau quantification for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology15
Plasma TDP-43 is a potential biomarker for advanced limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change15
Early intervention anti-Aβ immunotherapy attenuates microglial activation without inducing exhaustion at residual plaques14
Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies14
Alzheimer’s disease associated isoforms of human CD33 distinctively modulate microglial cell responses in 5XFAD mice14
Advanced structural brain aging in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease14
Disparate and shared transcriptomic signatures associated with cortical atrophy in genetic behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration14
Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis: standing at the crossroad of lipid metabolism and immune response13
Altered plasma protein profiles in genetic FTD – a GENFI study13
Crosstalk of organelles in Parkinson’s disease – MiT family transcription factors as central players in signaling pathways connecting mitochondria and lysosomes13
Author response to “post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19”13
The Alzheimer’s disease-linked protease BACE1 modulates neuronal IL-6 signaling through shedding of the receptor gp13013
Research models to study lewy body dementia12
Proteostasis failure exacerbates neuronal circuit dysfunction and sleep impairments in Alzheimer’s disease12
Valosin containing protein (VCP): initiator, modifier, and potential drug target for neurodegenerative diseases12
A microglial activity state biomarker panel differentiates FTD-granulin and Alzheimer’s disease patients from controls12
17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson’s disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes12
Regulatory T cells limit age-associated retinal inflammation and neurodegeneration12
The complement cascade in Alzheimer’s disease: modern implications of an ancient immune protagonist12
TREM2 and sTREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease: from mechanisms to therapies12
Mitovesicles secreted into the extracellular space of brains with mitochondrial dysfunction impair synaptic plasticity12
RNA-Targeting CRISPR/CasRx system relieves disease symptoms in Huntington’s disease models12
Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson’s disease12
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