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A 3D human triculture system modeling neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by beta-amyloid accumulation, phosphorylated tau formation, hyperactivation of glial cells, and neuronal loss. The mechanisms of AD pathogenesis, however, remain poorly understood, partially due to the lack of relevant models that can comprehensively recapitulate multistage intercellular interactions in human AD brains. Here we present a new three-dimensional (3D) human AD triculture model using neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in a 3D microfluidic platform. Our model provided key representative AD features: beta-amyloid aggregation, phosphorylated tau accumulation, and neuroinflammatory activity. In particular, the model mirrored microglial recruitment, neurotoxic activities such as axonal cleavage, and NO release damaging AD neurons and astrocytes. Our model will serve to facilitate the development of more precise human brain models for basic mechanistic studies in neural-glial interactions and drug discovery.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Park, J., Wetzel, I., Marriott, I., Dréau, D., D’Avanzo, C., Kim, D. Y., Tanzi, R. E., & Cho, H.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cho, Hansang
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2018-06-27
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 941-951
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- PMC
- PMC6800152
- OpenAlex
- W2809913775
- Cited by
- 644
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 78 · 2024: 90 · 2023: 91 · 2022: 78 · 2021: 110 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 12
- FWCI
- 46.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG015379, R01AG061891, RF1AG048080, R01AG014713)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, microfluidic platform, neuroinflammation, amyloid-beta aggregation, phosphorylated tau, microglial recruitment, human brain model
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Astrocytes, Humans, Inflammation, Nerve Degeneration, Neurons, Phosphorylation, Amyloid beta-Peptides, tau Proteins, Microglia, Cell Culture Techniques
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