Cited by 142Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Multicellular communities are perturbed in the aging human brain and Alzheimer’s disease

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Cain, Anael, Taga, Mariko, McCabe, Cristin, Green, Gilad S., Hekselman, Idan, White, Charles C., Lee, Dylan I., Gaur, Pallavi +9 more·2023·Nature Neuroscience

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The role of different cell types and their interactions in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and open question. Here, we pursued this question by assembling a high-resolution cellular map of the aging frontal cortex using single-nucleus RNA sequencing of 24 individuals with a range of clinicopathologic characteristics. We used this map to infer the neocortical cellular architecture of 638 individuals profiled by bulk RNA sequencing, providing the sample size necessary for identifying statistically robust associations. We uncovered diverse cell populations associated with AD, including a somatostatin inhibitory neuronal subtype and oligodendroglial states. We further identified a network of multicellular communities, each composed of coordinated subpopulations of neuronal, glial and endothelial cells, and we found that two of these communities are altered in AD. Finally, we used mediation analyses to prioritize cellular changes that might contribute to cognitive decline. Thus, our deconstruction of the aging neocortex provides a roadmap for evaluating the cellular microenvironments underlying AD and dementia.

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  • Several cellular taxonomies for myeloid immune cells in the brain have been proposed using snRNA-seq data from healthy and diseased humans, and these taxonomies generally agree on three major types: monocytes, CNS-associated macrophages/PVMs, and a heterogeneous group of microglia.

    “Several cellular taxonomies for myeloid immune cells in the brain have been proposed using snRNA-seq data from healthy and diseased humans7,12,13. These taxonomies generally agree on three major types of brain myeloid lineage cells: monocytes, central nervous system (CNS)-associated macrophages (CAMs)/perivascular macrophages (PVMs) and a heterogenous group of microglia that has been difficult to”

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  • Previous studies described AD-associated molecular and cellular changes; however, cross-study comparisons are challenging without common cell annotations.

    “Previous studies described AD-associated molecular and cellular changes5–15; however, cross-study comparisons are challenging without common cell annotations.”

    From Integrated multimodal cell atlas of Alzheimer’s disease (2024) · cites this paper as [12]

  • The study harmonized snRNA-seq data and associated donor metadata from the PFC from ten additional AD studies spanning 707 donors.

    “To corroborate the results, we harmonized snRNA-seq data and associated donor metadata from the PFC from ten additional AD studies spanning 707 donors5–14.”

    From Integrated multimodal cell atlas of Alzheimer’s disease (2024) · cites this paper as [12]

  • Our sample sizes are similar to those reported in previous publications.

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Cain, A., Taga, M., McCabe, C., Green, G. S., Hekselman, I., White, C. C., Lee, D. I., Gaur, P., Rozenblatt-Rosen, O., Zhang, F., Yeger-Lotem, E., Bennett, D. A., Yang, H.-S., Regev, A., Menon, V., Habib, N., & De Jager, P. L.
Affiliations
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
  • Menon, Vilas
  • Habib, Naomi
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2023-06-19
Volume
26
Issue
7
Pages
1267-1280
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W4381189833
Cited by
142
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 34 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 2
FWCI
10.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Rush University
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
  • Israel Science Foundation (1709/19)
  • Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG017917, P30 AG72975, P30-AG 10161, R01‐AG17917, R01 AG15819, U01AG046152, R01AG015819, P30AG010161, U01AG061356, R21AG075754, R01AG066831, RF1AG057473, RF1AG036042, U54AG076040, P30AG072975)
  • H2020 European Research Council (853409)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • 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, brain aging, frontal cortex, somatostatin interneurons, oligodendrocytes, endothelial cells, glial cells, cognitive decline, dementia, single-nucleus RNA sequencing, cell-cell interactions
MeSH terms
Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Humans, Neocortex, Endothelial Cells, Cognitive Dysfunction

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