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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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Genetic changes in brain cells link ageing and Alzheimer’s

Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer’s disease have been identified in a new study led...

Learn more Genetic changes in brain cells link ageing and Alzheimer’s
Brain
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Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.

Authors
Maura Malpetti, Rogier A Kievit, Luca Passamonti, P Simon Jones, Kamen A Tsvetanov, Timothy Rittman, Elijah Mak, Nicolas Nicastro, W Richard Bevan-Jones, Li Su, Young T Hong, Tim D Fryer, Franklin I Aigbirhio, John T O'Brien, James B Rowe
Microglial activation and tau burden predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.
Nat Genet
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Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease.

Authors
Julien Bryois, Nathan G Skene, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Lisette J A Kogelman, Hunna J Watson, Zijing Liu, , , , Leo Brueggeman, Gerome Breen, Cynthia M Bulik, Ernest Arenas, Jens Hjerling-Leffler, Patrick F Sullivan
Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease.
Lancet Neurol
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Efficacy of three neuroprotective drugs in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS-SMART): a phase 2b, multiarm, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial.

Authors
Jeremy Chataway, Floriana De Angelis, Peter Connick, Richard A Parker, Domenico Plantone, Anisha Doshi, Nevin John, Jonathan Stutters, David MacManus, Ferran Prados Carrasco, Frederik Barkhof, Sebastien Ourselin, Marie Braisher, Moira Ross, Gina Cranswick, Sue H Pavitt, Gavin Giovannoni, Claudia Angela Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, Clive Hawkins, Basil Sharrack, Roger Bastow, Christopher J Weir, Nigel Stallard, Siddharthan Chandran,
Efficacy of three neuroprotective drugs in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS-SMART): a phase 2b, multiarm, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Acta Neuropathol
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Biallelic mutations in NRROS cause an early onset lethal microgliopathy.

Authors
Colin Smith, Barry W McColl, Anirudh Patir, Jack Barrington, Jeremy Armishaw, Antonia Clarke, Jenny Eaton, Vivienne Hobbs, Sahar Mansour, Melinda Nolan, Gillian I Rice, Mathieu P Rodero, Luis Seabra, Carolina Uggenti, John H Livingston, Leslie R Bridges, Iona J M Jeffrey, Yanick J Crow
Biallelic mutations in NRROS cause an early onset lethal microgliopathy.
Brain Commun
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Analysis of α-synuclein species enriched from cerebral cortex of humans with sporadic dementia with Lewy bodies.

Authors
John B Sanderson, Suman De, Haiyang Jiang, Matteo Rovere, Ming Jin, Ludovica Zaccagnini, Aurelia Hays Watson, Laura De Boni, Valentina N Lagomarsino, Tracy L Young-Pearse, Xinyue Liu, Thomas C Pochapsky, Bradley T Hyman, Dennis W Dickson, David Klenerman, Dennis J Selkoe, Tim Bartels
Analysis of α-synuclein species enriched from cerebral cortex of humans with sporadic dementia with Lewy bodies.
Nat Neurosci
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A tau homeostasis signature is linked with the cellular and regional vulnerability of excitatory neurons to tau pathology.

Authors
Hongjun Fu, Andrea Possenti, Rosie Freer, Yoshikazu Nakano, Nancy C Hernandez Villegas, Maoping Tang, Paula V M Cauhy, Benjamin A Lassus, Shuo Chen, Stephanie L Fowler, Helen Y Figueroa, Edward D Huey, Gail V W Johnson, Michele Vendruscolo, Karen E Duff
A tau homeostasis signature is linked with the cellular and regional vulnerability of excitatory neurons to tau pathology.
Acta Neuropathol
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Symmetric dimethylation of poly-GR correlates with disease duration in C9orf72 FTLD and ALS and reduces poly-GR phase separation and toxicity.

Authors
Lauren M Gittings, Steven Boeynaems, Daniel Lightwood, Alison Clargo, Sarfaraj Topia, Lisa Nakayama, Claire Troakes, David M A Mann, Aaron D Gitler, Tammaryn Lashley, Adrian M Isaacs
Symmetric dimethylation of poly-GR correlates with disease duration in C9orf72 FTLD and ALS and reduces poly-GR phase separation and toxicity.
Science
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Brain cell type-specific enhancer-promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association.

Authors
Alexi Nott, Inge R Holtman, Nicole G Coufal, Johannes C M Schlachetzki, Miao Yu, Rong Hu, Claudia Z Han, Monique Pena, Jiayang Xiao, Yin Wu, Zahara Keulen, Martina P Pasillas, Carolyn O'Connor, Christian K Nickl, Simon T Schafer, Zeyang Shen, Robert A Rissman, James B Brewer, David Gosselin, David D Gonda, Michael L Levy, Michael G Rosenfeld, Graham McVicker, Fred H Gage, Bing Ren, Christopher K Glass
Brain cell type-specific enhancer-promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association.