Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

An immune response characterizes early Alzheimer’s disease pathology and subjective cognitive impairment in hydrocephalus biopsies

  • Wenrui Huang,
  • Anne Marie Bartosch,
  • Harrison Xiao,
  • Suvrajit Maji,
  • Elliot H. H. Youth,
  • Xena Flowers,
  • Sandra Leskinen,
  • Zeljko Tomljanovic,
  • Gail Iodice,
  • Deborah Boyett,
  • Eleonora Spinazzi,
  • Vilas Menon,
  • Robert A. McGovern,
  • Guy M. McKhann,
  • Andrew F. Teich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25902-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Specific transcriptional changes in microglia associated with Alzheimer’s disease have been reported. Here, the authors show that transcriptional analysis of human hydrocephalus biopsies identifies changes in immune response genes associated with early AD pathology, including cognitive decline.