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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Dementia is rare in midlife rugby players, but long-term risk may be increased
A study of 200 former professional rugby players (aged 30-61 years old), researchers from the UK DRI, Imperial College London and University College London (affiliated...
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...
Amyloid β oligomers constrict human capillaries in Alzheimer's disease via signaling to pericytes.
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Ross Nortley, Nils Korte, Pablo Izquierdo, Chanawee Hirunpattarasilp, Anusha Mishra, Zane Jaunmuktane, Vasiliki Kyrargyri, Thomas Pfeiffer, Lila Khennouf, Christian Madry, Hui Gong, Angela Richard-Loendt, Wenhui Huang, Takashi Saito, Takaomi C Saido, Sebastian Brandner, Huma Sethi, David Attwell
Derivation and maintenance of mouse haploid embryonic stem cells.
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Ulrich Elling, Michael Woods, Josep V Forment, Beiyuan Fu, Fengtang Yang, Bee Ling Ng, Jose R Vicente, David J Adams, Brendan Doe, Stephen P Jackson, Josef M Penninger, Gabriel Balmus
The protective effect of inflammatory monocytes during systemic C. albicans infection is dependent on collaboration between C-type lectin-like receptors.
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Aiysha Thompson, Luke C Davies, Chia-Te Liao, Diogo M da Fonseca, James S Griffiths, Robert Andrews, Adam V Jones, Mathew Clement, Gordon D Brown, Ian R Humphreys, Philip R Taylor, Selinda J Orr
E46K-like α-synuclein mutants increase lipid interactions and disrupt membrane selectivity.
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Matteo Rovere, Alex E Powers, Haiyang Jiang, Julia C Pitino, Luis Fonseca-Ornelas, Dushyant S Patel, Alessandro Achille, Ralf Langen, Jobin Varkey, Tim Bartels
SILK studies - capturing the turnover of proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases.
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Ross W Paterson, Audrey Gabelle, Brendan P Lucey, Nicolas R Barthélemy, Claire A Leckey, Christophe Hirtz, Sylvain Lehmann, Chihiro Sato, Bruce W Patterson, Tim West, Kevin Yarasheski, Jonathan D Rohrer, Norelle C Wildburger, Jonathan M Schott, Celeste M Karch, Selina Wray, Timothy M Miller, Donald L Elbert, Henrik Zetterberg, Nick C Fox, Randall J Bateman
MSH3 modifies somatic instability and disease severity in Huntington's and myotonic dystrophy type 1.
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Michael Flower, Vilija Lomeikaite, Marc Ciosi, Sarah Cumming, Fernando Morales, Kitty Lo, Davina Hensman Moss, Lesley Jones, Peter Holmans, , , Darren G Monckton, Sarah J Tabrizi
Targeting Huntingtin Expression in Patients with Huntington's Disease.
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Sarah J Tabrizi, Blair R Leavitt, G Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Edward J Wild, Carsten Saft, Roger A Barker, Nick F Blair, David Craufurd, Josef Priller, Hugh Rickards, Anne Rosser, Holly B Kordasiewicz, Christian Czech, Eric E Swayze, Daniel A Norris, Tiffany Baumann, Irene Gerlach, Scott A Schobel, Erika Paz, Anne V Smith, C Frank Bennett, Roger M Lane,
Central nervous system regeneration is driven by microglia necroptosis and repopulation.
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Amy F Lloyd, Claire L Davies, Rebecca K Holloway, Yasmine Labrak, Graeme Ireland, Dario Carradori, Alessandra Dillenburg, Eva Borger, Daniel Soong, Jill C Richardson, Tanja Kuhlmann, Anna Williams, Jeffrey W Pollard, Anne des Rieux, Josef Priller, Veronique E Miron
Safe targeting of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia by pathology-specific NOTCH inhibition.
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Roger A Habets, Charles E de Bock, Lutgarde Serneels, Inge Lodewijckx, Delphine Verbeke, David Nittner, Rajeshwar Narlawar, Sofie Demeyer, James Dooley, Adrian Liston, Tom Taghon, Jan Cools, Bart de Strooper
Lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation induces presynaptic disruption through a direct action on brain tissue involving microglia-derived interleukin 1 beta.
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Olivia Sheppard, Michael P Coleman, Claire S Durrant
Health management and pattern analysis of daily living activities of people with dementia using in-home sensors and machine learning techniques.
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Shirin Enshaeifar, Ahmed Zoha, Andreas Markides, Severin Skillman, Sahr Thomas Acton, Tarek Elsaleh, Masoud Hassanpour, Alireza Ahrabian, Mark Kenny, Stuart Klein, Helen Rostill, Ramin Nilforooshan, Payam Barnaghi