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Jason D. Ulrich, Ph.D.

Dr. Ulrich’s research focuses on the pathological mechanisms underlying major genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), such as APOE4 and rare variants in TREM2. In particular, his work focuses on the role of the innate immune response during the onset and progression of amyloid beta and tau pathology, and neurodegeneration. Dr. Ulrich graduated with a B.S. in chemistry and biological sciences from Quincy University in 2004 and a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Iowa in 2011. He has been an assistant professor at Washington University since 2015.

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Funded Research

These projects were made possible from Cure Alzheimer's Fund support.

Project Description Researchers Funding
Characterization of Certain Human APOE Targeted Gene Replacement Mice 2016

$49,600

Selected Publications

These published papers resulted from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund support.

Cheryl E. G. Leyns, Jason D. Ulrich, Mary B. Finn, Floy R. Stewart, Lauren J. Koscal, Javier Remolina Serrano, Grace O. Robinson, Elise Anderson, Marco Colonna, David M. Holtzman TREM2 deficiency attenuates neuroinflammation and protects against neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(43), 24 Oct 2017, 11524–11529, Read More

Susanne Krasemann, Charlotte Madore, Ron Cialic, Caroline Baufeld, Narghes Calcagno, Rachid El Fatimy, Lien Beckers, Elaine O’Loughlin, Yang Xu, Zain Fanek, David J. Greco, Scott T. Smith, George Tweet, Zachary Humulock, Tobias Zrzavy, Patricia Conde-Sanroman, Mar Gacias, Zhiping Weng, Hao Chen, Emily Tjon, Fargol Mazaheri, Kristin Hartmann, Asaf Madi, Jason D. Ulrich, Markus Glatzel, Anna Worthmann, Joerg Heeren, Bogdan Budnik, Cynthia Lemere, Tsuneya Ikezu, Frank L. Heppner, Vladimir Litvak, David M. Holtzman, Hans Lassmann, Howard L. Weiner, Jordi Ochando, Christian Haass, Oleg Butovsky The TREM2-APOE Pathway Drives the Transcriptional Phenotype of Dysfunctional Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Immunity, 47(3), 19 Sep 2017, 566-581, Read More

Tyler K. Ulland, Wilbur M. Song, 7, Stanley Ching-Cheng Huang, Jason D. Ulrich, Alexey Sergushichev, Wandy L. Beatty, Alexander A. Loboda, Yingyue Zhou, Nigel J. Cairns, Amal Kambal, Ekaterina Loginicheva, Susan Gilfillan, Marina Cella, Herbert W. Virgin, Emil R. Unanue, Yaming Wang, Maxim N. Artyomov, David M. Holtzman, Marco Colonna TREM2 Maintains Microglial Metabolic Fitness in Alzheimer’s Disease, Cell, 170(4), 10 Aug 2017, 649–663, Read More

Jason D. Ulrich, Tyler K. Ulland, Marco Colonna, and David M. Holtzman Elucidating the Role of TREM2 in Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuron, 94, 19 Apr 2017, 237-248, Read More, Download Paper

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