Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

N-acetylneuraminic acid links immune exhaustion and accelerated memory deficit in diet-induced obese Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

  • Stefano Suzzi,
  • Tommaso Croese,
  • Adi Ravid,
  • Or Gold,
  • Abbe R. Clark,
  • Sedi Medina,
  • Daniel Kitsberg,
  • Miriam Adam,
  • Katherine A. Vernon,
  • Eva Kohnert,
  • Inbar Shapira,
  • Sergey Malitsky,
  • Maxim Itkin,
  • Alexander Brandis,
  • Tevie Mehlman,
  • Tomer M. Salame,
  • Sarah P. Colaiuta,
  • Liora Cahalon,
  • Michal Slyper,
  • Anna Greka,
  • Naomi Habib,
  • Michal Schwartz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36759-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Obesity and aging increase Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk. Here, using an AD mouse model and high-fat diet, we suggest that immune exhaustion links the two risk factors, and identify a metabolite that can hasten immune dysfunction and memory deficit.