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From groundbreaking discoveries in basic science to innovative clinical insights, our publications showcase the breadth and depth of research taking place at the UK DRI. 

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Sleep problems could double risk of dementia in later life

People who experience sleep disorders are at greater risk of developing dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions later in life, new research led by Prof Valentina...

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Acta Neuropathol Commun
Published

Cathepsin B abundance, activity and microglial localisation in Alzheimer's disease-Down syndrome and early onset Alzheimer's disease; the role of elevated cystatin B.

Authors
Yixing Wu, Paige Mumford, Suzanna Noy, Karen Cleverley, Alicja Mrzyglod, Dinghao Luo, Floris van Dalen, Martijn Verdoes, Elizabeth M C Fisher, Frances K Wiseman
Cathepsin B abundance, activity and microglial localisation in Alzheimer's disease-Down syndrome and early onset Alzheimer's disease; the role of elevated cystatin B.
JAMA
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Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease: The TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Authors
John R Sims, Jennifer A Zimmer, Cynthia D Evans, Ming Lu, Paul Ardayfio, JonDavid Sparks, Alette M Wessels, Sergey Shcherbinin, Hong Wang, Emel Serap Monkul Nery, Emily C Collins, Paul Solomon, Stephen Salloway, Liana G Apostolova, Oskar Hansson, Craig Ritchie, Dawn A Brooks, Mark Mintun, Daniel M Skovronsky,
Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease: The TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.
BMJ Open
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Multicohort cross-sectional study of cognitive and behavioural digital biomarkers in neurodegeneration: the Living Lab Study protocol.

Authors
Mark Crook-Rumsey, Sarah J C Daniels, Subati Abulikemu, Helen Lai, Adrien Rapeaux, Charalambos Hadjipanayi, Eyal Soreq, Lucia M Li, James Bashford, Julian Jeyasingh-Jacob, Dragos C Gruia, Damion Lambert, Rimona Weil, Adam Hampshire, David J Sharp, Shlomi Haar
Multicohort cross-sectional study of cognitive and behavioural digital biomarkers in neurodegeneration: the Living Lab Study protocol.
Brain
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Microglial activation in the frontal cortex predicts cognitive decline in frontotemporal dementia.

Authors
Maura Malpetti, Thomas E Cope, Duncan Street, P Simon Jones, Frank H Hezemans, Elijah Mak, Kamen A Tsvetanov, Timothy Rittman, W Richard Bevan-Jones, Karalyn Patterson, Luca Passamonti, Tim D Fryer, Young T Hong, Franklin I Aigbirhio, John T O'Brien, James B Rowe
Microglial activation in the frontal cortex predicts cognitive decline in frontotemporal dementia.
Cell Rep
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Super-resolution imaging unveils the self-replication of tau aggregates upon seeding.

Authors
Eleni Dimou, Taxiarchis Katsinelos, Georg Meisl, Benjamin J Tuck, Sophie Keeling, Annabel E Smith, Eric Hidari, Jeff Y L Lam, Melanie Burke, Sofia Lövestam, Rohan T Ranasinghe, William A McEwan, David Klenerman
Super-resolution imaging unveils the self-replication of tau aggregates upon seeding.
iScience
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Calcium dysregulation combined with mitochondrial failure and electrophysiological maturity converge in Parkinson's iPSC-dopamine neurons.

Authors
Dayne A Beccano-Kelly, Marta Cherubini, Yassine Mousba, Kaitlyn M L Cramb, Stefania Giussani, Maria Claudia Caiazza, Pavandeep Rai, Siv Vingill, Nora Bengoa-Vergniory, Bryan Ng, Gabriele Corda, Abhirup Banerjee, Jane Vowles, Sally Cowley, Richard Wade-Martins
Calcium dysregulation combined with mitochondrial failure and electrophysiological maturity converge in Parkinson's iPSC-dopamine neurons.
Neuron
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Synaptic oligomeric tau in Alzheimer’s disease - A potential culprit in the spread of tau pathology through the brain.

Authors
Martí Colom-Cadena, Caitlin Davies , Sònia Sirisi, Ji-Eun Lee, Elizabeth M. Simzer, Makis Tzioras, Marta Querol-Vilaseca, Érika Sánchez-Aced, Ya Yin Chang, Kristjan Holt, Robert I. McGeachan, Jamie Rose, Jane Tulloch, Lewis Wilkins, Colin Smith, Teodora Andrian, Olivia Belbin, Sílvia Pujals, Mathew H. Horrocks, Alberto Lleó, Tara L. Spires-Jones
Synaptic oligomeric tau in Alzheimer’s disease - A potential culprit in the spread of tau pathology through the brain.
EMBO J
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HNRNPH1 regulates the neuroprotective cold-shock protein RBM3 expression through poison exon exclusion.

Authors
Julie Qiaojin Lin, Deepak Khuperkar, Sofia Pavlou, Stanislaw Makarchuk, Nikolaos Patikas, Flora Cy Lee, Julia M Zbiegly, Jianning Kang, Sarah F Field, David Md Bailey, Joshua L Freeman, Jernej Ule, Emmanouil Metzakopian, Marc-David Ruepp, Giovanna R Mallucci
HNRNPH1 regulates the neuroprotective cold-shock protein RBM3 expression through poison exon exclusion.