White matter damage in Alzheimer’s disease: contribution of oligodendrocytes
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disease seriously influencing the quality of life and is a global health problem. Many factors affect the onset and development of AD, but specific mechanisms underlying the disease are unclear. Most studies investigating AD have focused on neurons and the gray matter in the central nervous system (CNS) but have not led to effective treatments. Recently, an increasing number of studies have focused on white matter (WM). Magnetic resonance imaging and pathology studies have shown different degrees of WM abnormality during the progression of AD. Myelin sheaths, the main component of WM in the CNS, wrap and insulate axons to ensure conduction of the rapid action potential and axonal integrity. WM damage is characterized by progressive degeneration of axons, oligodendrocytes (OLs), and myelin in one or more areas of the CNS. The contributions of OLs to AD progression have, until recently, been largely overlooked. OLs are integral to myelin production, and the proliferation and differentiation of OLs, an early characteristic of AD, provide a promising target for preclinical diagnosis and treatment. However, despite some progress, the key mechanisms underlying the contributions of OLs to AD remain unclear. Given the heavy burden of medical treatment, a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying AD is vital. This review comprehensively summarizes the results on WM abnormalities in AD and explores the relationship between OL progenitor cells and the pathogenesis of AD. Finally, the underlying molecular mechanisms and potential future research directions are discussed.
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.
Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In AD, intercellular networks become maladaptive, leading to sustained inflammation, impaired synaptic support, defective myelination, and breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, ultimately amplifying neurodegeneration.
“In AD, these networks become maladaptive, leading to sustained inflammation, impaired synaptic support, defective myelination (Nasrabady et al.; 2018, Zhou et al., 2022), and breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), ultimately amplifying neurodegeneration (Heneka et al., 2015; Sweeney et al., 2018).”
From Cell-specific MicroRNA networks orchestrate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (2026) · cites this paper as Zhou et al., 2022
Oligodendrocyte lineage cells display impaired myelin maintenance and white-matter abnormalities, increasingly recognized as important contributors to cognitive decline in AD.
“Oligodendrocyte lineage cells display impaired myelin maintenance and white-matter abnormalities, increasingly recognized as important contributors to cognitive decline in AD (Nasrabady et al., 2018; Zhou et al., 2022).”
From Cell-specific MicroRNA networks orchestrate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (2026) · cites this paper as Zhou et al., 2022
AD is consistently associated with white-matter abnormalities and demyelination, contributing to cognitive and structural decline.
“The disease is consistently associated with white-matter abnormalities and demyelination, contributing to cognitive and structural decline (Nasrabady et al., 2018; Zhou et al., 2022; Zovoilis et al., 2011).”
From Cell-specific MicroRNA networks orchestrate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (2026) · cites this paper as Zhou et al., 2022
OLs and OPCs are vulnerable to Aβ toxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation, leading to impaired myelination and OL death.
“OLs and their precursor cells (OPCs) are vulnerable to Aβ toxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation, leading to impaired myelination and OL death (Nasrabady et al., 2018; Wei et al., 2020; Zhou et al., 2022).”
From Cell-specific MicroRNA networks orchestrate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (2026) · cites this paper as Zhou et al., 2022
Converging transcriptomic studies consistently report dysregulation of myelin-regulatory pathways in AD white matter.
“While direct AD-specific data for miR-23a/b remain limited, converging transcriptomic studies consistently report dysregulation of myelin-regulatory pathways in AD white matter, suggesting indirect relevance within OL-mediated degeneration (Nasrabady et al., 2018; Lin et al., 2013; Zhou et al., 2022).”
From Cell-specific MicroRNA networks orchestrate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (2026) · cites this paper as Zhou et al., 2022
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The self-check needs the paper’s full text.
Cites
Oligodendroglia metabolically support axons and contribute to neurodegeneration
Lee, Y., Morrison, B. M., Li, Y., Lengacher, S., Farah, M. H., Hoffman, P. N., Liu, Y., Tsingalia, A., Jin, L., Zhang, P.-W., et al. (2012) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature11314 · Cited by 1,664 · cited 1× · see citing works
“[73, 81] evaluated myelin injury in the corpus callosum and temporal lobe of 6-monthold APP/PS1 mice.”
BackgroundSelf-citationZhang, P., Kishimoto, Y., Grammatikakis, I., Gottimukkala, K., Cutler, R. G., Zhang, S., Abdelmohsen, K., Bohr, V. A., Misra Sen, J., Gorospe, M., et al. (2019) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0372-9 · Cited by 977 · see citing works
Self-citationGrubman, A., Chew, G., Ouyang, J. F., Sun, G., Choo, X. Y., McLean, C., Simmons, R. K., Buckberry, S., Vargas-Landin, D. B., Poppe, D., et al. (2019) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0539-4 · Cited by 956 · see citing works
The case for rejecting the amyloid cascade hypothesis
Herrup, K. (2015) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.4017 · Cited by 768 · see citing works
Enhancing myelin renewal reverses cognitive dysfunction in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease
Chen, J.-F., Liu, K., Hu, B., Li, R.-R., Xin, W., Chen, H., Wang, F., Chen, L., Li, R.-X., Ren, S.-Y., et al. (2021) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2021.05.012 · Cited by 346 · see citing works
Metabolic regulation of <scp>NLRP</scp> 3
Hughes, M. M., & O'Neill, L. A. J. (2018) · Immunological Reviews · doi:10.1111/imr.12608 · Cited by 311 · see citing works
Association of Amyloid Pathology With Myelin Alteration in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
Dean, D. C., Hurley, S. A., Kecskemeti, S. R., O’Grady, J. P., Canda, C., Davenport-Sis, N. J., Carlsson, C. M., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., Asthana, S., et al. (2017) · JAMA Neurology · doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.3232 · Cited by 252 · cited 2× · see citing works
“A clinical trial showed that the pathogenesis of AD is closely related to changes in the amount of myelin, while changes in the volume and microstructure of WM are also associated with brain degeneration, suggesting changes in WM and myelin formation are involved in the pathogenesis of AD [24].”
BackgroundZhang, X., Wang, R., Hu, D., Sun, X., Fujioka, H., Lundberg, K., Chan, E. R., Wang, Q., Xu, R., Flanagan, M. E., et al. (2020) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.abb8680 · Cited by 200 · see citing works
Increased White Matter Inflammation in Aging- and Alzheimer’s Disease Brain
Raj, D., Yin, Z., Breur, M., Doorduin, J., Holtman, I. R., Olah, M., Mantingh-Otter, I. J., Van Dam, D., De Deyn, P. P., den Dunnen, W., et al. (2017) · Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnmol.2017.00206 · Cited by 180 · see citing works
Is Alzheimer’s a disease of the white matter?
Sachdev, P. S., Zhuang, L., Braidy, N., & Wen, W. (2013) · Current Opinion in Psychiatry · doi:10.1097/yco.0b013e32835ed6e8 · Cited by 137 · see citing works
Impaired Wnt Signaling in the Prefrontal Cortex of Alzheimer’s Disease
Folke, J., Pakkenberg, B., & Brudek, T. (2019) · Molecular Neurobiology · doi:10.1007/s12035-018-1103-z · Cited by 123 · see citing works
Autophagy is essential for oligodendrocyte differentiation, survival, and proper myelination
Bankston, A. N., Forston, M. D., Howard, R. M., Andres, K. R., Smith, A. E., Ohri, S. S., Bates, M. L., Bunge, M. B., & Whittemore, S. R. (2019) · Glia · doi:10.1002/glia.23646 · Cited by 112 · see citing works
DNA damage in the oligodendrocyte lineage and its role in brain aging
Tse, K.-H., & Herrup, K. (2017) · Mechanisms of Ageing and Development · doi:10.1016/j.mad.2016.05.006 · Cited by 108 · see citing works
Lin, Y.-C., Shih, Y.-C., Tseng, W.-Y. I., Chu, Y.-H., Wu, M.-T., Chen, T.-F., Tang, P.-F., & Chiu, M.-J. (2014) · Brain Topography · doi:10.1007/s10548-013-0346-2 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 108
- [1]Guo J. Cheng J. North B.J. Wei W. Functional analyses of major cancer related signaling pathways in Alzheimer’s disease etiology. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Rev. Cancer 2017 1868 2 341 358 10.1016/j.bbcan.2017.07.001 28694093 PMC5675793 · DOI
- [2]Lane C.A. Hardy J. Schott J.M. Alzheimer’s disease. Eur. J. Neurol. 2018 25 1 59 70 10.1111/ene.13439 28872215 · DOI · Paper page
- [3]Hodson R. Alzheimer’s disease. Nature 2018 559 7715 S1 10.1038/d41586-018-05717-6 30046078 · DOI
- [4]Breijyeh Z. Karaman R. Comprehensive review on Alzheimer’s disease: Causes and treatment. Molecules 2020 25 24 5789 10.3390/molecules25245789 33302541 PMC7764106 · DOI · Paper page
- [5]Sun B.L. Li W.W. Zhu C. Clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease: Progress and perspectives. Neurosci. Bull. 2018 34 6 1111 1118 10.1007/s12264-018-0249-z 29956105 PMC6246849 · DOI
- [6]Lee W. Kim S.H. Autophagy at synapses in neurodegenerative diseases. Arch. Pharm. Res. 2019 42 5 407 415 10.1007/s12272-019-01148-7 30937842 · DOI
- [7]Fakhoury M. Microglia and astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease: Implications for therapy. Curr. Neuropharmacol. 2018 16 5 508 518 10.2174/1570159X15666170720095240 28730967 PMC5997862 · DOI
- [8]Ivanova N. Liu Q. Agca C. White matter inflammation and cognitive function in a co-morbid metabolic syndrome and prodromal Alzheimer’s disease rat model. J. Neuroinflammation 2020 17 1 29 10.1186/s12974-020-1698-7 31964387 PMC6975033 · DOI
- [10]Fernández J.A. Rojo L. Kuljis R.O. Maccioni R.B. The damage signals hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. J. Alzheimers Dis. 2008 14 3 329 333 10.3233/JAD-2008-14307 18599959 · DOI
- [11]Lorenzini L. Fernandez M. Baldassarro V.A. White matter and neuroprotection in Alzheimer’s dementia. Molecules 2020 25 3 503 10.3390/molecules25030503 31979414 PMC7038211 · DOI
- [12]Wang Y. Cao W. Sun Y. White matter integrity in subcortical vascular cognitive impairment: A multimodal structural MRI study. Curr. Alzheimer Res. 2017 14 9 991 999 28356046
- [13]Bozzali M. Giulietti G. Basile B. Damage to the cingulum contributes to Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology by deafferentation mechanism. Hum. Brain Mapp. 2012 33 6 1295 1308 10.1002/hbm.21287 21520352 PMC6870125 · DOI · Paper page
- [14]Bendlin B.B. Ries M.L. Canu E. White matter is altered with parental family history of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2010 6 5 394 403 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.11.003 20713315 PMC2933285 · DOI
- [15]Takahashi S. Yonezawa H. Takahashi J. Kudo M. Inoue T. Tohgi H. Selective reduction of diffusion anisotropy in white matter of Alzheimer disease brains measured by 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosci. Lett. 2002 332 1 45 48 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00914-X 12377381 · DOI
- [16]Mielke M.M. Kozauer N.A. Chan K.C.G. Regionally-specific diffusion tensor imaging in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroimage 2009 46 1 47 55 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.054 19457371 PMC2688089 · DOI · Paper page
- [17]Liang Y. Chen Y. Li H. Disrupted functional connectivity related to differential degeneration of the cingulum bundle in mild cognitive impairment patients. Curr. Alzheimer Res. 2015 12 3 255 265 10.2174/1567205012666150302155336 25731624 · DOI
- [18]Lüders E. Steinmetz H. Jäncke L. Brain size and grey matter volume in the healthy human brain. Neuroreport 2002 13 17 2371 2374 10.1097/00001756-200212030-00040 12488829 · DOI
- [19]Ozgen H. Baron W. Hoekstra D. Kahya N. Oligodendroglial membrane dynamics in relation to myelin biogenesis. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 2016 73 17 3291 3310 10.1007/s00018-016-2228-8 27141942 PMC4967101 · DOI
- [20]Shahsavani N. Kataria H. Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Mechanisms and repair strategies for white matter degeneration in CNS injury and diseases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Mol. Basis Dis. 2021 1867 6 166117 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166117 33667627 · DOI
- [21]Kang M. Yao Y. Oligodendrocytes in intracerebral hemorrhage. CNS Neurosci. Ther. 2019 25 10 1075 1084 10.1111/cns.13193 31410988 PMC6776757 · DOI
- [22]Roncagliolo M. Schlageter C. León C. Couve E. Bonansco C. Eguibar J.R. Developmental impairment of compound action potential in the optic nerve of myelin mutant taiep rats. Brain Res. 2006 1067 1 78 84 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.010 16360123 · DOI
- [23]Tallantyre E.C. Bø L. Al-Rawashdeh O. Greater loss of axons in primary progressive multiple sclerosis plaques compared to secondary progressive disease. Brain 2009 132 5 1190 1199 10.1093/brain/awp106 19420101 · DOI · Paper page
- [25]A Armstrong R. Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. Folia Neuropathol. 2019 57 2 87 105 10.5114/fn.2019.85929 31556570 · DOI
- [26]Abeysinghe A.A.D.T. Deshapriya R.D.U.S. Udawatte C. Alzheimer’s disease; A review of the pathophysiological basis and therapeutic interventions. Life Sci. 2020 256 117996 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117996 32585249 · DOI
- [27]Xiao Q. Ye T. Wang X. A network pharmacology-based study on key pharmacological pathways and targets of Qi Fu Yin acting on Alzheimer’s disease. Exp. Gerontol. 2021 149 111336 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111336 33785395 · DOI
- [28]Busche M.A. Hyman B.T. Synergy between amyloid-β and tau in Alzheimer’s disease. Nat. Neurosci. 2020 23 10 1183 1193 10.1038/s41593-020-0687-6 32778792 PMC11831977 · DOI · Paper page
- [29]Li S. Selkoe D.J. A mechanistic hypothesis for the impairment of synaptic plasticity by soluble Aβ oligomers from Alzheimer’s brain. J. Neurochem. 2020 154 6 583 597 10.1111/jnc.15007 32180217 PMC7487043 · DOI
- [30]Sengupta U. Nilson A.N. Kayed R. The role of amyloid-β oligomers in toxicity, propagation, and immunotherapy. EBioMedicine 2016 6 42 49 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.03.035 27211547 PMC4856795 · DOI · Paper page
- [32]Walsh D.M. Selkoe D.J. Amyloid β-protein and beyond: The path forward in Alzheimer’s disease. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 2020 61 116 124 10.1016/j.conb.2020.02.003 32197217 · DOI
- [33]Ray W.J. Buggia-Prevot V. Novel targets for Alzheimer’s disease: A view beyond amyloid. Annu. Rev. Med. 2021 72 1 15 28 10.1146/annurev-med-052919-120219 32867590 · DOI
- [34]Li D. Zhang J. Li X. Chen Y. Yu F. Liu Q. Insights into lncRNAs in Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms. RNA Biol. 2021 18 7 1037 1047 10.1080/15476286.2020.1788848 32605500 PMC8216181 · DOI
- [35]Canepa E. Fossati S. Impact of tau on neurovascular pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Front. Neurol. 2021 11 573324 10.3389/fneur.2020.573324 33488493 PMC7817626 · DOI
- [36]Sotiropoulos I. Galas M.C. Silva J.M. Atypical, non-standard functions of the microtubule associated Tau protein. Acta Neuropathol. Commun. 2017 5 1 91 10.1186/s40478-017-0489-6 29187252 PMC5707803 · DOI
- [37]Drummond E. Pires G. MacMurray C. Phosphorylated tau interactome in the human Alzheimer’s disease brain. Brain 2020 143 9 2803 2817 10.1093/brain/awaa223 32812023 PMC7526722 · DOI · Paper page
- [38]Guo T. Zhang D. Zeng Y. Huang T.Y. Xu H. Zhao Y. Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Mol. Neurodegener. 2020 15 1 40 10.1186/s13024-020-00391-7 32677986 PMC7364557 · DOI · Paper page
- [39]Rapoport M. Dawson H.N. Binder L.I. Vitek M.P. Ferreira A. Tau is essential to β-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2002 99 9 6364 6369 10.1073/pnas.092136199 11959919 PMC122954 · DOI · Paper page
- [40]Vossel K.A. Zhang K. Brodbeck J. Tau reduction prevents Abeta-induced defects in axonal transport. Science 2010 330 6001 198 10.1126/science.1194653 20829454 PMC3024010 · DOI · Paper page
- [41]Moreno-Arribas M.V. Bartolomé B. Peñalvo J.L. Pérez-Matute P. Motilva M.J. Relationship between wine consumption, diet and microbiome modulation in Alzheimer’s disease. Nutrients 2020 12 10 3082 10.3390/nu12103082 33050383 PMC7600228 · DOI
- [42]Zhao T. Ye S. Tang Z. Loss of function of p53 isoform Δ113p53 accelerates brain aging in zebrafish. Cell Death Dis. 2021 12 2 151 10.1038/s41419-021-03438-9 33542214 PMC7862496 · DOI
- [43]Carmona J.J. Michan S. Biology of healthy aging and longevity. Clin. Respir. J. 2016 68 1 7 16 27028172
- [44]Gräff J. Rei D. Guan J.S. An epigenetic blockade of cognitive functions in the neurodegenerating brain. Nature 2012 483 7388 222 226 10.1038/nature10849 22388814 PMC3498952 · DOI · Paper page
- [45]Unnikrishnan A. Hadad N. Masser D.R. Jackson J. Freeman W.M. Richardson A. Revisiting the genomic hypomethylation hypothesis of aging. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2018 1418 1 69 79 10.1111/nyas.13533 29363785 PMC5934293 · DOI · Paper page
- [46]Hase Y. Horsburgh K. Ihara M. Kalaria R.N. White matter degeneration in vascular and other ageing-related dementias. J. Neurochem. 2018 144 5 617 633 10.1111/jnc.14271 29210074 · DOI
- [47]Bae H.G. Kim T.K. Suk H.Y. Jung S. Jo D.G. White matter and neurological disorders. Arch. Pharm. Res. 2020 43 9 920 931 10.1007/s12272-020-01270-x 32975736 · DOI
- [48]de Lange A.M.G. Bråthen A.C.S. Grydeland H. White matter integrity as a marker for cognitive plasticity in aging. Neurobiol. Aging 2016 47 74 82 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.07.007 27565301 PMC5404118 · DOI
- [49]Liu H. Yang Y. Xia Y. Aging of cerebral white matter. Ageing Res. Rev. 2017 34 64 76 10.1016/j.arr.2016.11.006 27865980 PMC5250573 · DOI
- [50]Lebel C. Gee M. Camicioli R. Wieler M. Martin W. Beaulieu C. Diffusion tensor imaging of white matter tract evolution over the lifespan. Neuroimage 2012 60 1 340 352 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.094 22178809 · DOI · Paper page
- [51]Klosinski L.P. Yao J. Yin F. White matter lipids as a ketogenic fuel supply in aging female brain: Implications for Alzheimer’s disease. EBioMedicine 2015 2 12 1888 1904 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.11.002 26844268 PMC4703712 · DOI
- [52]Inano S. Takao H. Hayashi N. Abe O. Ohtomo K. Effects of age and gender on white matter integrity. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 2011 32 11 2103 2109 10.3174/ajnr.A2785 21998104 PMC7964377 · DOI · Paper page
- [53]Phillips O.R. Joshi S.H. Piras F. The superficial white matter in Alzheimer’s disease. Hum. Brain Mapp. 2016 37 4 1321 1334 10.1002/hbm.23105 26801955 PMC5125444 · DOI
- [54]Codron P. Letournel F. Marty S. STochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) reveals the nanoscale organization of pathological aggregates in human brain. Neuropathol. Appl. Neurobiol. 2021 47 1 127 142 10.1111/nan.12646 32688444 PMC7891317 · DOI
- [55]Mito R. Raffelt D. Dhollander T. Fibre-specific white matter reductions in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. Brain 2018 141 3 888 902 10.1093/brain/awx355 29309541 · DOI · Paper page
- [56]Catheline G. Periot O. Amirault M. Distinctive alterations of the cingulum bundle during aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol. Aging 2010 31 9 1582 1592 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.08.012 18829135 · DOI · Paper page
- [57]Choo I.L.H. Lee D.Y. Oh J.S. Posterior cingulate cortex atrophy and regional cingulum disruption in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol. Aging 2010 31 5 772 779 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.06.015 18687503 · DOI · Paper page
- [58]Toniolo S. Serra L. Olivito G. Cerebellar white matter disruption in Alzheimer’s disease patients: A diffusion tensor imaging study. J. Alzheimers Dis. 2020 74 2 615 624 10.3233/JAD-191125 32065792 · DOI
- [59]Li X. Wang H. Tian Y. Impaired white matter connections of the limbic system networks associated with impaired emotional memory in Alzheimer’s disease. Front. Aging Neurosci. 2016 8 250 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00250 27833549 PMC5081353 · DOI
- [60]Bozoki A.C. Korolev I.O. Davis N.C. Hoisington L.A. Berger K.L. Disruption of limbic white matter pathways in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: A DTI/FDG-PET Study. Hum. Brain Mapp. 2012 33 8 1792 1802 10.1002/hbm.21320 21674695 PMC6870438 · DOI
- [61]Huang H. Fan X. Weiner M. Distinctive disruption patterns of white matter tracts in Alzheimer’s disease with full diffusion tensor characterization. Neurobiol. Aging 2012 33 9 2029 2045 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.06.027 21872362 PMC3227739 · DOI
- [63]Fieremans E. Benitez A. Jensen J.H. Novel white matter tract integrity metrics sensitive to Alzheimer’s disease progression. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 2013 34 11 2105 2112 10.3174/ajnr.A3553 23764722 PMC3962262 · DOI
- [64]Haroutunian V. Katsel P. Roussos P. Davis K.L. Altshuler L.L. Bartzokis G. Myelination, oligodendrocytes, and serious mental illness. Glia 2014 62 11 1856 1877 10.1002/glia.22716 25056210 · DOI
- [65]Elbaz B. Popko B. Molecular control of oligodendrocyte development. Trends Neurosci. 2019 42 4 263 277 10.1016/j.tins.2019.01.002 30770136 PMC7397568 · DOI
- [66]Chacon-De-La-Rocha I. Fryatt G. Rivera A.D. Accelerated dystrophy and decay of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the APP/PS1 model of Alzheimer’s-like pathology. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 2020 14 575082 10.3389/fncel.2020.575082 33343301 PMC7744306 · DOI · Paper page
- [68]Chu T.H. Cummins K. Sparling J.S. Axonal and myelinic pathology in 5xFAD Alzheimer’s mouse spinal cord. PLoS One 2017 12 11 e0188218 10.1371/journal.pone.0188218 29176903 PMC5703477 · DOI
- [69]Mathys H. Davila-Velderrain J. Peng Z. Single cell transcriptomic analysis of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature 2019 570 7761 332 337 10.1038/s41586-019-1195-2 31042697 PMC6865822 · DOI · Paper page
- [70]Hanf K.J.M. Arndt J.W. Liu Y. Functional activity of anti-LINGO-1 antibody opicinumab requires target engagement at a secondary binding site. MAbs 2020 12 1 1713648 10.1080/19420862.2020.1713648 31928294 PMC6973334 · DOI
- [71]Wu D. Tang X. Gu L.H. LINGO ‐1 antibody ameliorates myelin impairment and spatial memory deficits in the early stage of 5 XFAD mice. CNS Neurosci. Ther. 2018 24 5 381 393 10.1111/cns.12809 29427384 PMC6489849 · DOI · Paper page
- [72]Goldstein EZ Church JS Hesp ZC Popovich PG McTigue DM A silver lining of neuroinflammation: Beneficial effects on myelination. Exp Neurol 2016 283 Pt B 550 9 27151600
- [73]Sun X-H. Dong Y-X. Zhang H-Y. Li H-Y. Liu P-H. Sui Y. Association between Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis and early demyelination and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. Neural Regen. Res. 2018 13 5 908 914 10.4103/1673-5374.232486 29863022 PMC5998637 · DOI · Paper page
- [74]Hoy A.R. Ly M. Carlsson C.M. Microstructural white matter alterations in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease detected using free water elimination diffusion tensor imaging. PLoS One 2017 12 3 e0173982 10.1371/journal.pone.0173982 28291839 PMC5349685 · DOI
- [75]Tascone L.S. Payne M.E. MacFall J. Cortical brain volume abnormalities associated with few or multiple neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease. PLoS One 2017 12 5 e0177169 10.1371/journal.pone.0177169 28481904 PMC5422036 · DOI
- [76]Zhan X. Jickling G. Ander B. Myelin injury and degraded myelin vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease. Curr. Alzheimer Res. 2014 11 3 232 238 10.2174/1567205011666140131120922 24484278 PMC4066812 · DOI
- [78]Agarwal D. Sandor C. Volpato V. A single cell atlas of the human substantia nigra reveals cell specific pathways associated with neurological disorders. Nat. Commun. 2020 11 1 4183 10.1038/s41467-020-17876-0 32826893 PMC7442652 · DOI
- [79]Zhou Y. Song W.M. Andhey P.S. Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2-independent cellular responses in Alzheimer’s disease. Nat. Med. 2020 26 1 131 142 10.1038/s41591-019-0695-9 31932797 PMC6980793 · DOI · Paper page
- [80]Wu Y. Ma Y. Liu Z. Geng Q. Chen Z. Zhang Y. Alterations of myelin morphology and oligodendrocyte development in early stage of Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Neurosci. Lett. 2017 642 102 106 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.02.007 28174059 · DOI
- [82]Wen Q. Risacher S.L. Xie L. Tau related white matter alterations along spatially selective pathways. Neuroimage 2021 226 117560 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117560 33189932 PMC8364310 · DOI
- [83]Honjo Y. Ayaki T. Tomiyama T. Increased GADD34 in oligodendrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurosci. Lett. 2015 602 50 55 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.06.052 26142647 · DOI
- [84]Philips T. Rothstein J.D. Oligodendroglia: Metabolic supporters of neurons. J. Clin. Invest. 2017 127 9 3271 3280 10.1172/JCI90610 28862639 PMC5669561 · DOI
- [88]Gagyi E. Kormos B. Castellanos K.J. Decreased oligodendrocyte nuclear diameter in Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Brain Pathol. 2012 22 6 803 810 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00595.x 22429607 PMC4181948 · DOI · Paper page
- [89]Li J.S. Yao Z.X. Modulation of FGF receptor signaling as an intervention and potential therapy for myelin breakdown in Alzheimer’s disease. Med. Hypotheses 2013 80 4 341 344 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.12.008 23321060 · DOI
- [90]Kuhn S. Gritti L. Crooks D. Dombrowski Y. Oligodendrocytes in development, myelin generation and beyond. Cells 2019 8 11 1424 10.3390/cells8111424 31726662 PMC6912544 · DOI · Paper page
- [91]Duncan I.D. Radcliff A.B. Heidari M. Kidd G. August B.K. Wierenga L.A. The adult oligodendrocyte can participate in remyelination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2018 115 50 E11807 E11816 10.1073/pnas.1808064115 30487224 PMC6294923 · DOI · Paper page
- [92]Duran-Aniotz C. Hetz C. Glucose metabolism: A sweet relief of Alzheimer’s disease. Curr. Biol. 2016 26 17 R806 R809 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.060 27623263 · DOI
- [93]Ferrer I. Oligodendrogliopathy in neurodegenerative diseases with abnormal protein aggregates: The forgotten partner. Prog. Neurobiol. 2018 169 24 54 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2018.07.004 30077775 · DOI
- [94]Vanzulli I. Papanikolaou M. De-La-Rocha I.C. Disruption of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells is an early sign of pathology in the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol. Aging 2020 94 130 139 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.05.016 32619874 PMC7453384 · DOI · Paper page
- [95]Rodríguez J.J. Butt A.M. Gardenal E. Parpura V. Verkhratsky A. Complex and differential glial responses in Alzheimer’s disease and ageing. Curr. Alzheimer Res. 2016 13 4 343 358 10.2174/1567205013666160229112911 26923267 · DOI
- [96]Nielsen H.M. Ek D. Avdic U. NG2 cells, a new trail for Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms? Acta Neuropathol. Commun. 2013 1 1 7 10.1186/2051-5960-1-7 24252600 PMC4046664 · DOI · Paper page
- [97]Jennings A.R. Carroll W.M. Oligodendrocyte lineage cells in chronic demyelination of multiple sclerosis optic nerve. Brain Pathol. 2015 25 5 517 530 10.1111/bpa.12193 25175564 PMC8028859 · DOI
- [98]Neumann B. Baror R. Zhao C. Metformin restores CNS remyelination capacity by rejuvenating aged stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2019 25 4 473 485.e8 10.1016/j.stem.2019.08.015 31585093 PMC6863391 · DOI · Paper page
- [99]Segel M. Neumann B. Hill M.F.E. Niche stiffness underlies the ageing of central nervous system progenitor cells. Nature 2019 573 7772 130 134 10.1038/s41586-019-1484-9 31413369 PMC7025879 · DOI · Paper page
- [101]Behrendt G. Baer K. Buffo A. Dynamic changes in myelin aberrations and oligodendrocyte generation in chronic amyloidosis in mice and men. Glia 2013 61 2 273 286 10.1002/glia.22432 23090919 · DOI · Paper page
- [102]Chao F. Zhang L. Zhang Y. Running exercise protects against myelin breakdown in the absence of neurogenesis in the hippocampus of AD mice. Brain Res. 2018 1684 50 59 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.01.007 29317290 · DOI
- [103]Rahimifard M. Maqbool F. Moeini-Nodeh S. Targeting the TLR4 signaling pathway by polyphenols: A novel therapeutic strategy for neuroinflammation. Ageing Res. Rev. 2017 36 11 19 10.1016/j.arr.2017.02.004 28235660 · DOI · Paper page
- [105]Zou D. Li R. Huang X. Identification of molecular correlations of RBM8A with autophagy in Alzheimer’s disease. Aging 2019 11 23 11673 11685 10.18632/aging.102571 31816601 PMC6932873 · DOI
- [106]Osama A. Zhang J. Yao J. Yao X. Fang J. Nrf2: A dark horse in Alzheimer’s disease treatment. Ageing Res. Rev. 2020 64 101206 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101206 33144124 · DOI
- [107]Qu Z. Sun J. Zhang W. Yu J. Zhuang C. Transcription factor NRF2 as a promising therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2020 159 87 102 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.06.028 32730855 · DOI
- [108]Bahn G. Jo D.G. Therapeutic approaches to Alzheimer’s disease through modulation of NRF2. Neuromolecular Med. 2019 21 1 1 11 10.1007/s12017-018-08523-5 30617737 · DOI
- [109]Zhang W. Feng C. Jiang H. Novel target for treating Alzheimer’s diseases: Crosstalk between the Nrf2 pathway and autophagy. Ageing Res. Rev. 2021 65 101207 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101207 33144123 · DOI
- [110]Martínez M. Inestrosa N.C. The transcriptional landscape of Alzheimer’s disease and its association with Wnt signaling pathway. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 2021 128 454 466 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.029 34224789 · DOI
- [112]Yao Y. Wang Y. Kong L. Chen Y. Yang J. Osthole decreases tau protein phosphorylation via PI3K/AKT/GSK-3β signaling pathway in Alzheimer’s disease. Life Sci. 2019 217 16 24 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.11.038 30471283 · DOI
- [113]Sun P. Yin J.B. Liu L.H. Protective role of Dihydromyricetin in Alzheimer’s disease rat model associated with activating AMPK/SIRT1 signaling pathway. Biosci. Rep. 2019 39 1 BSR20180902 10.1042/BSR20180902 30498091 PMC6328867 · DOI
- [114]Yang L. Jiang Y. Shi L. AMPK: Potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease. Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. 2020 21 1 66 77 10.2174/1389203720666190819142746 31424367 · DOI
- [115]McLeod F. Salinas P.C. Wnt proteins as modulators of synaptic plasticity. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 2018 53 90 95 10.1016/j.conb.2018.06.003 29975877 PMC6246922 · DOI
- [116]Rosi M.C. Luccarini I. Grossi C. Increased Dickkopf-1 expression in transgenic mouse models of neurodegenerative disease. J. Neurochem. 2010 112 6 1539 1551 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06566.x 20050968 · DOI
- [117]Wang Y. Chen F. Wang P. Mana L. Sheng N. Huang S. Study on myelin injury of AD mice treated with Shenzhiling oral liquid in the PI3K/Akt–mTOR pathway. Int. J. Immunopathol. Pharmacol. 2020 34 2058738420923907 10.1177/2058738420923907 32462951 PMC7262987 · DOI
- [119]Lau S.F. Cao H. Fu A.K.Y. Ip N.Y. Single-nucleus transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of angiogenic endothelial cells and neuroprotective glia in Alzheimer’s disease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2020 117 41 25800 25809 10.1073/pnas.2008762117 32989152 PMC7568283 · DOI · Paper page
- [120]Poon C.H. Tse L.S.R. Lim L.W. DNA methylation in the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease: From gene to cognition. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2020 1475 1 15 33 10.1111/nyas.14373 32491215 · DOI
- [121]Yu C.C. Jiang T. Yang A.F. Du Y.J. Wu M. Kong L.H. Epigenetic modulation on tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer’s disease. Neural Plast. 2019 2019 6856327 10.1155/2019/6856327 31093272 PMC6481020 · DOI
- [122]Wu R. Li A. Sun B. A novel m6A reader Prrc2a controls oligodendroglial specification and myelination. Cell Res. 2019 29 1 23 41 10.1038/s41422-018-0113-8 30514900 PMC6318280 · DOI · Paper page
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Cell-specific MicroRNA networks orchestrate the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease
Donepudi, K., Eadha, S., Rodarte, D., Sharma, B., & Kumar, S. (2026) · Ageing Research Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.arr.2026.103211
- Authors
- Zhou, J., Zhang, P., Zhang, B., & Kong, Y.
- Affiliations
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing- 400042, China
- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing- 400010, China
- Department of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing- 401331, China
- ORCID
- Zhou, Jinyu
- Venue
- Current Alzheimer Research
- Publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
- Published
- 2022-08
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 629-640
- ISSN
- 1567-2050
- PMC
- PMC9982194
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 14
- Language
- en
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81401865)
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau (cstc2019jcyjmsxmX0339)
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review