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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
In Memoriam of John T. Trojanowski, MD, PhD 1946-2022493
Retraction Note: Hippocampal neuronal cells that accumulate α-synuclein fragments are more vulnerable to Aβ oligomer toxicity via mGluR5– implications for dementia with lewy bodies251
Mis-localization of endogenous TDP-43 leads to ALS-like early-stage metabolic dysfunction and progressive motor deficits251
LRRK2 kinase activity regulates Parkinson’s disease-relevant lipids at the lysosome249
Mutations in PSEN1 predispose inflammation in an astrocyte model of familial Alzheimer’s disease through disrupted regulated intramembrane proteolysis232
Guidelines for bioinformatics of single-cell sequencing data analysis in Alzheimer’s disease: review, recommendation, implementation and application215
Molecular hallmarks of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal resilience to Alzheimer’s disease206
Regulation of the hippocampal translatome by Apoer2-ICD release203
Tau interactome and RNA binding proteins in neurodegenerative diseases178
Emerging targets of α-synuclein spreading in α-synucleinopathies: a review of mechanistic pathways and interventions164
TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease160
Cerebrospinal fluid markers link to synaptic plasticity responses and Alzheimer’s disease genetic pathways146
Microglia sensing of peripheral signals that bridge the brain and body130
Multimarker synaptic protein cerebrospinal fluid panels reflect TDP-43 pathology and cognitive performance in a pathological cohort of frontotemporal lobar degeneration120
A genome-wide search for pleiotropy in more than 100,000 harmonized longitudinal cognitive domain scores118
Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase confers neuroprotection and restores microglial homeostasis in a tauopathy mouse model115
The Parkinson’s disease risk gene cathepsin B promotes fibrillar alpha-synuclein clearance, lysosomal function and glucocerebrosidase activity in dopaminergic neurons107
Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress104
Death-associated protein kinase 1-dependent SENP1 degradation increases tau SUMOylation and leads to cognitive dysfunction in a mouse model for tauopathy101
Astrocytic autophagy plasticity modulates Aβ clearance and cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease100
Cautions on utilizing plasma GFAP level as a biomarker for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases100
Recombinant cathepsins B and L promote α-synuclein clearance and restore lysosomal function in human and murine models with α-synuclein pathology96
Circadian clocks, cognition, and Alzheimer’s disease: synaptic mechanisms, signaling effectors, and chronotherapeutics96
Correction: Blood-brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism92
Human VCP mutant ALS/FTD microglia display immune and lysosomal phenotypes independently of GPNMB91
HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases88
Multi-region brain transcriptomic analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals widespread RNA alterations and substantial cerebellum involvement87
The role of peripheral inflammatory insults in Alzheimer’s disease: a review and research roadmap85
Single-cell peripheral immunoprofiling of Lewy body and Parkinson’s disease in a multi-site cohort85
The role of NURR1 in metabolic abnormalities of Parkinson’s disease81
Immunotherapy against tau fragment diminishes AD pathology, improving synaptic function and cognition81
Unravelling cell type-specific responses to Parkinson’s Disease at single cell resolution80
In Memoriam of Edward H. Koo, MD 1954–202577
Correction: Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner75
Finding memo: versatile interactions of the VPS10p-Domain receptors in Alzheimer’s disease74
Autophagic impairment in sleep–wake circuitry is linked to sleep loss at the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease71
Combination therapy using GDNF and cell transplant in Parkinson’s disease69
Alzheimer risk gene product Pyk2 suppresses tau phosphorylation and phenotypic effects of tauopathy65
Entering the era of precision medicine to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis64
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease: association with peripheral inflammatory regulatory T-cells and SYT664
APOE targeting strategy in Alzheimer’s disease: lessons learned from protective variants63
BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps63
α-Synuclein pathology disrupts mitochondrial function in dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons at-risk in Parkinson’s disease63
Selective reduction of astrocyte apoE3 and apoE4 strongly reduces Aβ accumulation and plaque-related pathology in a mouse model of amyloidosis63
Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease61
Correction: The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus57
ASO-mediated knock-down of GPNMB in mutant-GRN and in Grn-deficient peripheral myeloid cells disrupts lysosomal function and immune responses57
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 activation55
Using mass spectrometry to validate mouse models of tauopathy54
Evidence suggesting that microglia make amyloid from neuronally expressed APP: a hypothesis54
Methylome analysis of FTLD patients with TDP-43 pathology identifies epigenetic signatures specific to pathological subtypes53
The PKCι-β-arrestin2 axis disrupts SORLA retrograde trafficking, driving its degradation and amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease53
Correction: HDGFL2 cryptic proteins report presence of TDP-43 pathology in neurodegenerative diseases53
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 disease53
Dementia with lewy bodies patients with high tau levels display unique proteome profiles53
The transcription factor combination MEF2 and KLF7 promotes axonal sprouting in the injured spinal cord with functional improvement and regeneration-associated gene expression50
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Aging exacerbates the brain inflammatory micro-environment contributing to α-synuclein pathology and functional deficits in a mouse model of DLB/PD50
Contribution of amyloid deposition from oligodendrocytes in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease49
The endotoxin hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease49
Blood-based biomarkers of inflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis49
Molecular mechanisms and consequences of TDP-43 phosphorylation in neurodegeneration47
Neuropathology of incidental Lewy body & prodromal Parkinson’s disease46
Microglial function, INPP5D/SHIP1 signaling, and NLRP3 inflammasome activation: implications for Alzheimer’s disease46
Novel App knock-in mouse model shows key features of amyloid pathology and reveals profound metabolic dysregulation of microglia45
Diagnostic biomarkers for α-synucleinopathies- state of the art and future developments: a systematic review45
APOE genotype influences on the brain metabolome of aging mice – role for mitochondrial energetics in mechanisms of resilience in APOE2 genotype45
The role of n-3-derived specialised pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) in microglial mitochondrial respiration and inflammation resolution in Alzheimer’s disease45
VCP suppresses proteopathic seeding in neurons44
Glial phagocytosis for synapse and toxic proteins in neurodegenerative diseases44
Microglial TYROBP/DAP12 in Alzheimer’s disease: Transduction of physiological and pathological signals across TREM244
Cerebrospinal fluid proteome profiling across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum: a step towards solving the equation for ‘X’43
Mechanisms of astrocyte aging in reactivity and disease43
The Hippo signaling pathway as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease43
Correction: Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease43
Sex specific molecular networks and key drivers of Alzheimer’s disease42
Correction: Predominant expression of Alzheimer’s disease-associated BIN1 in mature oligodendrocytes and localization to white matter tracts41
Peripheral and central neuroimmune mechanisms in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis40
Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner40
Interplay between astrocyte reactivity and APOE ε4 status is associated with accelerated pTau-related tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease40
NF-κB is a critical mediator of post-mitotic senescence in oligodendrocytes and subsequent white matter loss39
Amyloid-β (Aβ) immunotherapy induced microhemorrhages are linked to vascular inflammation and cerebrovascular damage in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease39
GBA1 inactivation in oligodendrocytes affects myelination and induces neurodegenerative hallmarks and lipid dyshomeostasis in mice39
Tracking reactive astrogliosis in autosomal dominant and sporadic Alzheimer’s disease with multi-modal PET and plasma GFAP39
Trem2 deletion enhances tau dispersion and pathology through microglia exosomes39
Modulation of O-GlcNAc cycling influences α-synuclein amplification, degradation, and associated neuroinflammatory pathology38
Correction: Blood–brain barrier-associated pericytes internalize and clear aggregated amyloid-β42 by LRP1-dependent apolipoprotein E isoform-specific mechanism38
Correction: Border-associated macrophages promote cerebral amyloid angiopathy and cognitive impairment through vascular oxidative stress38
Effect of antidiabetic drugs in Alzheimer´s disease: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies37
Current strategies in the management of dementia with lewy bodies and future directions based on disease pathophysiology37
Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology36
Proteomic analysis of APOEε4 carriers implicates lipid metabolism, complement and lymphocyte signaling in cognitive resilience36
Nuclear pore and nucleocytoplasmic transport impairment in oxidative stress-induced neurodegeneration: relevance to molecular mechanisms in Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s and other related neurodegenerat36
Proteomic landscape of Alzheimer’s disease: emerging technologies, advances and insights (2021 – 2025)35
The role of inflammasomes in vascular cognitive impairment35
Pathological characteristics of axons and alterations of proteomic and lipidomic profiles in midbrain dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by WDR45-deficiency35
Increased expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) contributes to synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease35
Therapeutic potential of APP antisense oligonucleotides for Alzheimer’s disease and down syndrome-related Alzheimer’s disease35
Correction: Collusion of α-Synuclein and Aβ aggravating co-morbidities in a novel prion-type mouse model34
Resistant and Resilient mutations in protection against familial Alzheimer’s disease: learning from nature34
Blood platelet factor 4: the elixir of brain rejuvenation34
Targeted long-read sequencing to quantify methylation of the C9orf72 repeat expansion34
Myelin dysfunction in aging and brain disorders: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities33
Synaptic dysfunction and glial activation markers throughout aging and early neurodegeneration: a longitudinal CSF biomarker-based study33
BACE1 regulates expression of Clusterin in astrocytes for enhancing clearance of β-amyloid peptides32
Alpha synuclein co-pathology is associated with accelerated amyloid-driven tau accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease32
Network proteomics of the Lewy body dementia brain reveals presynaptic signatures distinct from Alzheimer’s disease31
Seeding activity of skin misfolded tau as a biomarker for tauopathies31
Microglial ferroptotic stress causes non-cell autonomous neuronal death31
TDP-43 seeding activity in the olfactory mucosa of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis31
Proteo-genomics of soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid provides novel insights and identifies novel modulators for Alzheimer’s disease30
Age-dependent progression from clearance to vulnerability in the early response of periventricular microglia to α-synuclein toxic species30
Elevated nuclear TDP-43 induces constitutive exon skipping30
HDGFL2 cryptic protein: a portal to detection and diagnosis in neurodegenerative disease29
Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease – a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential29
Correction: Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology29
Early transcriptional and cellular abnormalities in choroid plexus of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease29
Amyloid fibril proteomics of AD brains reveals modifiers of aggregation and toxicity28
cGAS-STING triggers inflammaging-associated neurodegeneration28
Mouse models of Anti-Aβ immunotherapies28
ACSS2-dependent histone acetylation improves cognition in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease27
Astrocyte reactivity is associated with tau tangle load and cortical thinning in Alzheimer’s disease27
Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination27
Gut microbiota-host lipid crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease: implications for disease progression and therapeutics27
The integrated stress response in neurodegenerative diseases27
Pioglitazone modulates metabolic adaptation and peripheral nerve regeneration after injury26
Aging-associated sensory decline and Alzheimer’s disease26
Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice26
TREM2 and microglia exosomes: a potential highway for pathological tau26
Microglial CD2AP deficiency exerts protection in an Alzheimer’s disease model of amyloidosis26
Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy26
TDP-43 pathology is associated with increased tau burdens and seeding25
Immune cell metabolic dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease25
Nuclear import receptors are recruited by FG-nucleoporins to rescue hallmarks of TDP-43 proteinopathy25
Current views on meningeal lymphatics and immunity in aging and Alzheimer’s disease24
Astrocytes of the optic nerve exhibit a region-specific and temporally distinct response to elevated intraocular pressure24
A novel AAV Vector for gene therapy of RPE-related retinal degenerative diseases via intravitreal delivery24
Specific detection of tau seeding activity in Alzheimer’s disease using rationally designed biosensor cells24
A Trem2R47H mouse model without cryptic splicing drives age- and disease-dependent tissue damage and synaptic loss in response to plaques23
Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium23
Are oligodendrocytes the missing link in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research?22
Mechanisms of interventions targeting modifiable factors for dementia risk reduction22
Nuclear-import receptors as gatekeepers of pathological phase transitions in ALS/FTD22
An adapted protocol to derive microglia from stem cells and its application in the study of CSF1R-related disorders22
TDP-43-regulated cryptic RNAs accumulate in Alzheimer’s disease brains22
Mitochondrial CISD1/Cisd accumulation blocks mitophagy and genetic or pharmacological inhibition rescues neurodegenerative phenotypes in Pink1/parkin models22
Edaravone activates the GDNF/RET neurotrophic signaling pathway and protects mRNA-induced motor neurons from iPS cells21
Inactivation of NLRP3 inflammasome by dephosphorylation at Serine 658 alleviates glial inflammation in the mouse model of Parkinson’s disease21
hiPSC-based models to decipher the contribution of human astrocytes to Alzheimer’s disease and potential therapeutics21
Correction: Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals new susceptibility loci and structural variants associated with progressive supranuclear palsy21
sPLA2-IIA modifies progranulin deficiency phenotypes in mouse models21
Transcriptome deregulation of peripheral monocytes and whole blood in GBA-related Parkinson’s disease21
Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type I interferon signaling in mouse brain aging21
Non-invasive systemic viral delivery of human alpha-synuclein mimics selective and progressive neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease in rodent brains21
Does proteopathic tau propagate trans-synaptically in the brain?20
Single-domain antibody-based protein degrader for synucleinopathies20
A novel alpha-synuclein G14R missense variant is associated with atypical neuropathological features20
The neuroimmune nexus: unraveling the role of the mtDNA-cGAS-STING signal pathway in Alzheimer’s disease20
Lewy body diseases and the gut20
The concept of resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms20
Translation dysregulation in neurodegenerative diseases: a focus on ALS19
BIN1 is a key regulator of proinflammatory and neurodegeneration-related activation in microglia19
When the infectious environment meets the AD brain19
Genome-wide analyses identify NEAT1 as genetic modifier of age at onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis19
18F-MK-6240 tau PET in patients at-risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy19
Alzheimer’s genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating19
Tau protein profiling in tauopathies: a human brain study19
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)18
Making tracks: microglia and the extracellular matrix18
Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges18
Large-scale CSF proteome profiling identifies biomarkers for accurate diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia18
Correction: Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease18
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pathological tau phosphorylation in traumatic brain injury: implications for chronic traumatic encephalopathy18
Plasma TDP-43 is a potential biomarker for advanced limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change18
Disparate and shared transcriptomic signatures associated with cortical atrophy in genetic behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration18
CD8+ T cells in neurodegeneration: friend or foe?17
Early intervention anti-Aβ immunotherapy attenuates microglial activation without inducing exhaustion at residual plaques17
Insights from new in vivo models of TREM2 variants17
Regulation of human microglial gene expression and function via RNAase-H active antisense oligonucleotides in vivo in Alzheimer’s disease17
Advanced structural brain aging in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease17
Variants in the MS4A cluster interact with soluble TREM2 expression on biomarkers of neuropathology17
Alzheimer’s disease associated isoforms of human CD33 distinctively modulate microglial cell responses in 5XFAD mice16
Crosstalk of organelles in Parkinson’s disease – MiT family transcription factors as central players in signaling pathways connecting mitochondria and lysosomes16
Single-cell microglial transcriptomics during demyelination defines a microglial state required for lytic carcass clearance16
Correction: Cerebrospinal fluid tau levels are associated with abnormal neuronal plasticity markers in Alzheimer’s disease16
Urolithin A promotes p62-dependent lysophagy to prevent acute retinal neurodegeneration15
Dynamic changes of CSF sPDGFRβ during ageing and AD progression and associations with CSF ATN biomarkers15
Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies15
Genetic context modulates aging and degeneration in the murine retina15
Calcium-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation is implicated in neuroinflammation and oxidative stress associated with ApoE415
Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis: standing at the crossroad of lipid metabolism and immune response15
Comparison of immunoassay- with mass spectrometry-derived p-tau quantification for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology14
Updates on mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease14
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 disease14
The Alzheimer’s disease-linked protease BACE1 modulates neuronal IL-6 signaling through shedding of the receptor gp13014
A manifesto for Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery in the era of disease-modifying therapies14
Midbrain degeneration triggers astrocyte reactivity and tau pathology in experimental Alzheimer’s Disease14
Altered plasma protein profiles in genetic FTD – a GENFI study13
Author response to “post-infection cognitive impairments in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19”13
Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson’s disease13
The role of inflammation in neurodegeneration: novel insights into the role of the immune system in C9orf72 HRE-mediated ALS/FTD12
Regulatory T cells limit age-associated retinal inflammation and neurodegeneration12
Proteostasis failure exacerbates neuronal circuit dysfunction and sleep impairments in Alzheimer’s disease12
Research models to study lewy body dementia12
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
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