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Title
Spatial transcriptomics and in situ sequencing to study Alzheimer's disease
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Abstract
Although complex inflammatory-like alterations are observed around the amyloid plaques of Alzheimer's disease (AD), little is known about the molecular changes and cellular interactions that characterize this response, We investigate here, in an AD mouse model, the transcriptional changes occurring in tissue domains in a 100-mu m diameter around amyloid plaques using spatial transcriptomics. We demonstrate early alterations in a gene co-expression network enriched for myelin and oligodendrocyte genes (OLIGs), whereas a multicellular gene co-expression network of plaque-induced genes (PIGs) involving the complement system, oxidative stress, lysosomes, and inflammation is prominent in the later phase of the disease. We confirm the majority of the observed alterations at the cellular level using in situ sequencing on mouse and human brain sections. Genome-wide spatial transcriptomics analysis provides an unprecedented approach to untangle the dysregulated cellular network in the vicinity of pathogenic hallmarks of AD and other brain diseases.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Cell. - Cambridge, Mass.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : 2020
ISSN
0092-8674
DOI
10.1016/J.CELL.2020.06.038
Volume/pages
182 :4 (2020) , p. 976-991.e19
ISI
000561488500017
Pubmed ID
32702314
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Web of Science
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Creation 07.12.2020
Last edited 13.12.2024
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