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Differential compartmentalization of myeloid cell phenotypes and responses towards the CNS in Alzheimer’s disease

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Fernández Zapata, Camila, Giacomello, Ginevra, Spruth, Eike J., Middeldorp, Jinte, Gallaccio, Gerardina, Dehlinger, Adeline, Dames, Claudia, Leman, Julia K. H. +9 more·2022·Nature Communications

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Myeloid cells are suggested as an important player in Alzheimer´s disease (AD). However, its continuum of phenotypic and functional changes across different body compartments and their use as a biomarker in AD remains elusive. Here, we perform multiple state-of-the-art analyses to phenotypically and metabolically characterize immune cells between peripheral blood (n = 117), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF, n = 117), choroid plexus (CP, n = 13) and brain parenchyma (n = 13). We find that CSF cells increase expression of markers involved in inflammation, phagocytosis, and metabolism. Changes in phenotype of myeloid cells from AD patients are more pronounced in CP and brain parenchyma and upon in vitro stimulation, suggesting that AD-myeloid cells are more vulnerable to environmental changes. Our findings underscore the importance of myeloid cells in AD and the detailed characterization across body compartments may serve as a resource for future studies focusing on the assessment of these cells as biomarkers in AD.

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  • Postmortem AD brain tissues show extensive monocyte infiltration into the brain parenchyma, where monocytes cluster around amyloid-β plaques.

    “End point analyses of postmortem AD brain tissues show extensive monocyte infiltration into the brain parenchyma of patients with AD, where they cluster around amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques (13, 14).”

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    The Results section on the choroid plexus and brain parenchyma reports infiltrating macrophages in postmortem AD grey frontal matter, but it does not establish extensive monocyte infiltration: it found no difference in cell-cluster abundance between AD and controls. The passages do not report monocytes clustering around Aβ plaques. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Fernández Zapata, C., Giacomello, G., Spruth, E. J., Middeldorp, J., Gallaccio, G., Dehlinger, A., Dames, C., Leman, J. K. H., van Dijk, R. E., Meisel, A., Schlickeiser, S., Kunkel, D., Hol, E. M., Paul, F., Parr, M. K., Priller, J., & Böttcher, C.
Affiliations
  • Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
  • Max Delbrück Center (DE)
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
  • Berlin-Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Priller, Josef
  • Böttcher, Chotima
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2022-11-23
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
7210-7210
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4309908757
Cited by
27
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1
FWCI
2.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC/TRR 167, 259373024, TRR 167)
  • Fondation Leducq (19CVD01)
  • ZonMw (733050107)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, myeloid cells, cerebrospinal fluid, choroid plexus, brain parenchyma, peripheral blood, immune cell phenotypes, inflammation, phagocytosis, cellular metabolism, biomarkers, compartmentalization
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Choroid Plexus, Humans, Phenotype, Biomarkers, Myeloid Cells, Myeloid Progenitor Cells

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