Molecular Neurodegeneration

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Neurodegeneration is 8. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
LRP1: a novel receptor for the transmission of pathological α-Synuclein258
Valosin containing protein (VCP): initiator, modifier, and potential drug target for neurodegenerative diseases227
In Memoriam of John T. Trojanowski, MD, PhD 1946-2022153
The informed road map to prevention of Alzheimer Disease: A call to arms148
Regulation of cortical hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: focusing on glial mechanisms148
Mitochondrial CISD1/Cisd accumulation blocks mitophagy and genetic or pharmacological inhibition rescues neurodegenerative phenotypes in Pink1/parkin models142
Tau interactome and RNA binding proteins in neurodegenerative diseases132
Fluid biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a review130
Nuclear import receptors are recruited by FG-nucleoporins to rescue hallmarks of TDP-43 proteinopathy126
The TGFβ/Notch axis facilitates Müller cell-to-epithelial transition to ultimately form a chronic glial scar122
AMPK hyperactivation promotes dendrite retraction, synaptic loss, and neuronal dysfunction in glaucoma120
A proteomic network approach resolves stage-specific molecular phenotypes in chronic traumatic encephalopathy119
A microglial activity state biomarker panel differentiates FTD-granulin and Alzheimer’s disease patients from controls115
Pharmacological rescue of cognitive function in a mouse model of chemobrain114
Regulation of the hippocampal translatome by Apoer2-ICD release113
Glial interference: impact of type I interferon in neurodegenerative diseases112
Modulating innate immune activation states impacts the efficacy of specific Aβ immunotherapy108
AIF3 splicing switch triggers neurodegeneration101
Melatonin: a ferroptosis inhibitor with potential therapeutic efficacy for the post-COVID-19 trajectory of accelerated brain aging and neurodegeneration100
An adapted protocol to derive microglia from stem cells and its application in the study of CSF1R-related disorders99
Astrocytes of the optic nerve exhibit a region-specific and temporally distinct response to elevated intraocular pressure95
News & views: anti-amyloid antibodies and novel emerging approaches to Alzheimer’s disease in 202390
Microglial CD2AP deficiency exerts protection in an Alzheimer’s disease model of amyloidosis82
A Trem2R47H mouse model without cryptic splicing drives age- and disease-dependent tissue damage and synaptic loss in response to plaques72
Cerebrospinal fluid lipoproteins inhibit α-synuclein aggregation by interacting with oligomeric species in seed amplification assays70
A partial Drp1 knockout improves autophagy flux independent of mitochondrial function70
Alzheimer’s disease: targeting the peripheral circulation69
Genome-wide histone acetylation analysis reveals altered transcriptional regulation in the Parkinson’s disease brain69
Unraveling the complex role of MAPT-containing H1 and H2 haplotypes in neurodegenerative diseases67
Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium67
Amyloid-β specific regulatory T cells attenuate Alzheimer’s disease pathobiology in APP/PS1 mice62
Optimizing detection of Alzheimer’s disease in mild cognitive impairment: a 4-year biomarker study of mild behavioral impairment in ADNI and MEMENTO61
CSF proteins of inflammation, proteolysis and lipid transport define preclinical AD and progression to AD dementia in cognitively unimpaired individuals61
Novel App knock-in mouse model shows key features of amyloid pathology and reveals profound metabolic dysregulation of microglia60
Current views on meningeal lymphatics and immunity in aging and Alzheimer’s disease58
Untargeted serum metabolomics reveals novel metabolite associations and disruptions in amino acid and lipid metabolism in Parkinson’s disease57
The gut microbiome regulates astrocyte reaction to Aβ amyloidosis through microglial dependent and independent mechanisms57
ApoE in Alzheimer’s disease: pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies56
Microglial TYROBP/DAP12 in Alzheimer’s disease: Transduction of physiological and pathological signals across TREM255
Positron emission tomography tracers for synucleinopathies55
Brain mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review of symptom-general and –specific lesion patterns54
Specific detection of tau seeding activity in Alzheimer’s disease using rationally designed biosensor cells53
TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease52
APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer’s disease pathology and brain diseases50
Common features of neurodegenerative disease: exploring the brain-eye connection and beyond (Part 1): the 2021 pre-symposium of the 15th international conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease50
Opposing effects of apoE2 and apoE4 on microglial activation and lipid metabolism in response to demyelination50
Guidelines for bioinformatics of single-cell sequencing data analysis in Alzheimer’s disease: review, recommendation, implementation and application48
Leveraging the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic systems as therapeutic strategies in Alzheimer’s disease: an updated overview of nonpharmacological therapies48
Extracellular protein components of amyloid plaques and their roles in Alzheimer’s disease pathology47
Plasma phospho-tau in Alzheimer’s disease: towards diagnostic and therapeutic trial applications45
Pathophysiology and probable etiology of cerebral small vessel disease in vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease44
High dose expression of heme oxigenase-1 induces retinal degeneration through ER stress-related DDIT343
TDP-43 pathology is associated with increased tau burdens and seeding43
Challenge accepted: uncovering the role of rare genetic variants in Alzheimer’s disease42
Correction to: Plaque associated microglia hyper-secrete extracellular vesicles and accelerate tau propagation in a humanized APP mouse model41
A novel AAV Vector for gene therapy of RPE-related retinal degenerative diseases via intravitreal delivery40
Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy39
TREM2 and microglia exosomes: a potential highway for pathological tau39
Targeted degradation of ⍺-synuclein aggregates in Parkinson’s disease using the AUTOTAC technology39
Correction: Multi-modal proteomic characterization of lysosomal function and proteostasis in progranulin-deficient neurons39
Drug development targeting degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: its time has come37
Aging-associated sensory decline and Alzheimer’s disease36
Emerging targets of α-synuclein spreading in α-synucleinopathies: a review of mechanistic pathways and interventions36
Chitinase-3-like-1: a multifaceted player in neuroinflammation and degenerative pathologies with therapeutic implications36
Mis-localization of endogenous TDP-43 leads to ALS-like early-stage metabolic dysfunction and progressive motor deficits36
Brain clearance of protein aggregates: a close-up on astrocytes35
Cellular stress signaling and the unfolded protein response in retinal degeneration: mechanisms and therapeutic implications35
Astrocytic APOE4 removal confers cerebrovascular protection despite increased cerebral amyloid angiopathy35
Impaired antioxidant KEAP1-NRF2 system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: NRF2 activation as a potential therapeutic strategy34
Are oligodendrocytes the missing link in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research?34
Multimarker synaptic protein cerebrospinal fluid panels reflect TDP-43 pathology and cognitive performance in a pathological cohort of frontotemporal lobar degeneration34
In memoriam of Huaxi Xu, PhD, 1964–202233
Common mouse models of tauopathy reflect early but not late human disease33
Anti-acetylated-tau immunotherapy is neuroprotective in tauopathy and brain injury33
Characterization of mitochondrial DNA quantity and quality in the human aged and Alzheimer’s disease brain32
TDP-43 Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease32
Misfolded protein oligomers: mechanisms of formation, cytotoxic effects, and pharmacological approaches against protein misfolding diseases30
CSF protein ratios with enhanced potential to reflect Alzheimer’s disease pathology and neurodegeneration30
Rejuvenating aged microglia by p16ink4a-siRNA-loaded nanoparticles increases amyloid-β clearance in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease29
Knock-in models related to Alzheimer’s disease: synaptic transmission, plaques and the role of microglia29
Nuclear-import receptors as gatekeepers of pathological phase transitions in ALS/FTD29
TDP-43-regulated cryptic RNAs accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease brains29
Clarifying the association of CSF Aβ, tau, BACE1, and neurogranin with AT(N) stages in Alzheimer disease28
One immune cell to bind them all: platelet contribution to neurodegenerative disease27
VCP suppresses proteopathic seeding in neurons26
Neuronal and glial vulnerability of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in tauopathies: evidence from human studies and animal models25
Edaravone activates the GDNF/RET neurotrophic signaling pathway and protects mRNA-induced motor neurons from iPS cells25
Collagen in the central nervous system: contributions to neurodegeneration and promise as a therapeutic target25
Transcriptome deregulation of peripheral monocytes and whole blood in GBA-related Parkinson’s disease25
α-Synuclein serine129 phosphorylation – the physiology of pathology24
Parkinson mice show functional and molecular changes in the gut long before motoric disease onset23
Global neuropathologic severity of Alzheimer’s disease and locus coeruleus vulnerability influences plasma phosphorylated tau levels23
Circadian clocks, cognition, and Alzheimer’s disease: synaptic mechanisms, signaling effectors, and chronotherapeutics23
SETD7-mediated monomethylation is enriched on soluble Tau in Alzheimer’s disease22
The Parkinson’s disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons22
“Don’t Phos Over Tau”: recent developments in clinical biomarkers and therapies targeting tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies22
CX3CR1 deficiency aggravates amyloid driven neuronal pathology and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease22
The role of ATP-binding cassette subfamily A in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease21
TREM2/PLCγ2 signalling in immune cells: function, structural insight, and potential therapeutic modulation21
The gut microbiome in Alzheimer’s disease: what we know and what remains to be explored21
Talking points for physicians, patients and caregivers considering Aduhelm® infusion and the accelerated pathway for its approval by the FDA20
Sex specific molecular networks and key drivers of Alzheimer’s disease20
Neuroprotection by WldS depends on retinal ganglion cell type and age in glaucoma20
Proteomic landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease: novel insights into pathogenesis and biomarker discovery20
Correction: Predominant expression of Alzheimer’s disease-associated BIN1 in mature oligodendrocytes and localization to white matter tracts20
Protective genes and pathways in Alzheimer’s disease: moving towards precision interventions20
A genome-wide search for pleiotropy in more than 100,000 harmonized longitudinal cognitive domain scores20
Astrocytic autophagy plasticity modulates Aβ clearance and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease20
Moving fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease from research tools to routine clinical diagnostics20
Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner20
Correction: Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy20
Human iPSC-derived astrocytes transplanted into the mouse brain undergo morphological changes in response to amyloid-β plaques20
Comparing anti-tau antibodies under clinical trials and their epitopes on tau pathologies20
Post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-1920
Correction: Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease20
Correction: Drug development targeting degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: its time has come20
Correction to: New approaches to symptomatic treatments for Alzheimer’s disease20
Microglial lactate metabolism as a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease20
Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress19
hiPSC-based models to decipher the contribution of human astrocytes to Alzheimer’s disease and potential therapeutics19
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Calcium-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation is implicated in neuroinflammation and oxidative stress associated with ApoE419
Farnesyltransferase inhibitor LNK-754 attenuates axonal dystrophy and reduces amyloid pathology in mice18
Cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric correlates of regional tau pathology in autopsy-confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy18
Sex dependent glial-specific changes in the chromatin accessibility landscape in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease brains18
Increased serum QUIN/KYNA is a reliable biomarker of post-stroke cognitive decline18
Tracking reactive astrogliosis in autosomal dominant and sporadic Alzheimer’s disease with multi-modal PET and plasma GFAP18
Mechanisms of ARIA: is it time to focus on the unique immune environment of the neurovascular unit?17
Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies17
Opinion: more mouse models and more translation needed for ALS17
Frontotemporal dementia-like disease progression elicited by seeded aggregation and spread of FUS17
Measuring the cognitive costs of the COVID-19 pandemic17
Single-domain antibody-based protein degrader for synucleinopathies17
The role of NURR1 in metabolic abnormalities of Parkinson’s disease17
Trem2 deletion enhances tau dispersion and pathology through microglia exosomes16
Identification of sixteen novel candidate genes for late onset Parkinson’s disease16
Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans16
Accumulation of saposin in dystrophic neurites is linked to impaired lysosomal functions in Alzheimer’s disease brains16
Relationships of gut microbiota, short-chain fatty acids, inflammation, and the gut barrier in Parkinson’s disease16
GBA1 inactivation in oligodendrocytes affects myelination and induces neurodegenerative hallmarks and lipid dyshomeostasis in mice15
Regional desynchronization of microglial activity is associated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease14
NF-κB is a critical mediator of post-mitotic senescence in oligodendrocytes and subsequent white matter loss14
Peptide-based approaches to directly target alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease14
The Q/R editing site of AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit acts as an epigenetic switch regulating dendritic spines, neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease14
A panel of CSF proteins separates genetic frontotemporal dementia from presymptomatic mutation carriers: a GENFI study14
The Golgi apparatus: Site for convergence of COVID-19 brain fog and Alzheimer’s disease?14
Wild-type FUS corrects ALS-like disease induced by cytoplasmic mutant FUS through autoregulation14
VPS35 and α-Synuclein fail to interact to modulate neurodegeneration in rodent models of Parkinson’s disease13
Elevated ganglioside GM2 activator (GM2A) in human brain tissue reduces neurite integrity and spontaneous neuronal activity13
FUS-ALS hiPSC-derived astrocytes impair human motor units through both gain-of-toxicity and loss-of-support mechanisms13
Multi-analyte proteomic analysis identifies blood-based neuroinflammation, cerebrovascular and synaptic biomarkers in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease13
The concept of resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms13
APOE effects on regional tau in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease13
Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type I interferon signaling in mouse brain aging13
Oleoylethanolamide facilitates PPARα and TFEB signaling and attenuates Aβ pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease12
SRSF1-dependent inhibition of C9ORF72-repeat RNA nuclear export: genome-wide mechanisms for neuroprotection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis12
Discrimination of MSA-P and MSA-C by RT-QuIC analysis of olfactory mucosa: the first assessment of assay reproducibility between two specialized laboratories12
Amyloid-β (Aβ) immunotherapy induced microhemorrhages are linked to vascular inflammation and cerebrovascular damage in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease12
APOΕ4 lowers energy expenditure in females and impairs glucose oxidation by increasing flux through aerobic glycolysis12
Single-cell peripheral immunoprofiling of Lewy body and Parkinson’s disease in a multi-site cohort12
Correction: The Parkinson’s disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons11
Correction: Blood-brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism11
Unravelling cell type-specific responses to Parkinson’s Disease at single cell resolution11
NOTCH2NLC GGC intermediate repeat with serine induces hypermyelination and early Parkinson’s disease-like phenotypes in mice11
Human VCP mutant ALS/FTD microglia display immune and lysosomal phenotypes independently of GPNMB11
Correction: Blood–brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism11
Anti-amyloid therapies for Alzheimer disease: finally, good news for patients11
Correction: Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy11
Correction to: A pharmacological chaperone improves memory by reducing Aβ and tau neuropathology in a mouse model with plaques and tangles10
Non-invasive systemic viral delivery of human alpha-synuclein mimics selective and progressive neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease in rodent brains10
SIRT2 and ALDH1A1 as critical enzymes for astrocytic GABA production in Alzheimer’s disease10
HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases10
VCP regulates early tau seed amplification via specific cofactors10
Altered network properties in C9ORF72 repeat expansion cortical neurons are due to synaptic dysfunction10
LRP1 is a neuronal receptor for α-synuclein uptake and spread10
The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus10
Biophysical mapping of TREM2-ligand interactions reveals shared surfaces for engagement of multiple Alzheimer’s disease ligands10
Anti-malaria drug artesunate prevents development of amyloid-β pathology in mice by upregulating PICALM at the blood-brain barrier10
The role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer’s disease: a review and research roadmap10
BIN1 is a key regulator of proinflammatory and neurodegeneration-related activation in microglia9
Microbial-derived metabolites as a risk factor of age-related cognitive decline and dementia9
Increased expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) contributes to synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease9
Single molecule array measures of LRRK2 kinase activity in serum link Parkinson’s disease severity to peripheral inflammation9
A blood-based diagnostic test incorporating plasma Aβ42/40 ratio, ApoE proteotype, and age accurately identifies brain amyloid status: findings from a multi cohort validity analysis9
The CD33 short isoform is a gain-of-function variant that enhances Aβ1–42 phagocytosis in microglia9
Differential regulation of progranulin derived granulin peptides9
Donald Lowell Price, M.D. In memoriam9
Pathological characteristics of axons and alterations of proteomic and lipidomic profiles in midbrain dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by WDR45-deficiency8
APOE4 genotype and aging impair injury-induced microglial behavior in brain slices, including toward Aβ, through P2RY128
Heparin-enriched plasma proteome is significantly altered in Alzheimer’s disease8
Vesicle trafficking and pathways to neurodegeneration8
Plasma N-terminal containing tau fragments (NTA-tau): a biomarker of tau deposition in Alzheimer’s Disease8
Proteomic analysis of APOEε4 carriers implicates lipid metabolism, complement and lymphocyte signaling in cognitive resilience8
Alzheimer’s genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating8
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease: association with peripheral inflammatory regulatory T-cells and SYT68
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