These projects were made possible from Cure Alzheimer's Fund support.
Project Description | Researchers | Funding |
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APOE Consortium: APOE4 Accelerates CD8 Exhaustion via Glucocorticoid Signaling in Alzheimer’s Female Carriers |
2024 $575,000 |
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A New Model of Microglia Genetic Perturbation in Vivo to Screen All Risk Factors Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease |
2023 $431,250 |
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Fleming APOE Consortium: APOE4-Mediated Dysfunction of CD8 T-Cell-Microglia Crosstalk in Alzheimer’s Disease |
2022, 2023 $575,000 |
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The Role of MGnD-neurodegenerative Clec7a+ Microglia in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model |
2019, 2021 $345,000 |
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The Role of APOE in Microglia Regulation in Neurodegeneration |
2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 $1,000,000 |
These published papers resulted from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund support.
Rosenzweig, N., Kleemann, K. L., Rust, T., Carpenter, M., Grucci, M., Aronchik, M., Brouwer, N., Valenbreder, I., Cooper-Hohn, J., Iyer, M., Krishnan, R. K., Sivanathan, K. N., Brandão, W., Yahya, T., Durao, A., Yin, Z., Chadarevian, J. P., Properzi, M. J., Nowarski, R., Davtyan, H., Weiner, L. H., Blurton Jones, M., … Butovsky, O. Sex-dependent APOE4 neutrophil–microglia interactions drive cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease, Nature Medicine, July 3, 2024, Read More
Wasén, C., Beauchamp, L. C., Vincentini, J., Li, S., LeServe, D. S., Gauthier, C., Lopes, J. R., Moreira, T. G., Ekwudo, M. N., Yin, Z., da Silva, P., Krishnan, R. K., Butovsky, O., Cox, L. M., & Weiner, H. L. Bacteroidota inhibit microglia clearance of amyloid-beta and promote plaque deposition in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models, Nature Communications, May 8, 2024, Read More
Bosch, M. E., Dodiya, H. B., Michalkiewicz, J., Lee, C., Shaik, S. M., Weigle, I. Q., Zhang, C., Osborn, J., Nambiar, A., Patel, P., Parhizkar, S., Zhang, X., Laury, M. L., Mondal, P., Gomm, A., Schipma, M. J., Mallah, D., Butovsky, O., Chang, E. B., Tanzi, R. E., Gilbert, J. A., Holtzman, D. M. & Sisodia, S. S. Sodium oligomannate alters gut microbiota, reduces cerebral amyloidosis and reactive microglia in a sex-specific manner, Molecular Neurodegeneration, February 17, 2024, Read More
Parhizkar, S., Arzberger, T., Brendel, M., Kleinberger, G., Deussing, M., Focke, C., Nuscher, B., Xiong, M., Ghasemigharagoz, A., Katzmarski, N., Krasemann, S., Lichtenthaler, S. F., Müller, S. A., Colombo, A., Monasor, L. S., Tahirovic, S., Herms, J., Willem, M., Pettkus, N., Butovsky, O., Bartenstein, P., Edbauer, D., Rominger, A., Erturk, A., Grathwohl, S. A., Neher, J. J., Holtzman, D., Meyer-Leuhmann, M., & Haass, C. Loss of TREM2 function increases amyloid seeding but reduces plaque-associated ApoE, Nature Neuroscience, February 1, 2019, Read More
Yin, Z., Herron, S., Silveira, S., Kleemann, K., ... Ikezu, S., Ikezu, T., Butovsky, O. Identification of a protective microglial state mediated by miR-155 and interferon-γ signaling in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, Nature Neuroscience, June 8, 2023, Read More
Shi, H., Yin, Z., Koronyo, Y., Fuchs, D. T., Sheyn, J., Davis, M. R., Wilson, J. W., Margeta, M. A., Pitts, K. M., Herron, S., Ikezu, S., Ikezu, T., Graham, S. L., Gupta, V. K., Black, K. L., Mirzaei, M., Butovsky, O., & Koronyo-Hamaoui, M. Regulating microglial miR-155 transcriptional phenotype alleviates Alzheimer’s-induced retinal vasculopathy by limiting Clec7a/Galectin-3+ neurodegenerative microglia, Acta Neuropathologica Communications, September 8, 2022, Read More
Krasemann, S., Madore, C., Cialic, R., Baufeld, C., ... Ulrich, J. D., … Lemere, C., Ikezu, T., ... Holtzman, D. M. … Haass, C., Butovsky, O. The TREM2-APOE Pathway drives the transcriptional phenotype of dysfunctional microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Immunity, September 19, 2017, Read More
Dodiya, H. B., Kuntz, T., Shaik, S. M., Baufeld, C., Leibowitz, J., Zhang, X., Gottel, N., Zhang, X., Butovsky, O., Gilbert, J. A., & Sisodia, S. S. Sex-specific effects of microbiome perturbations on cerebral amyloid beta amyloidosis and microglia phenotypes, Journal of Experimental Medicine, May 16, 2019, Read More
Wang, C., Xiong, M., Gratuze, M., Bao, X., Shi, Y., Andhey, P. S., Manis, M., Schroeder, C., Yin, Z., Madore, C., Butovsky, O., Artyomov, M., Ulrich, J. D., & Holtzman, D. M. Selective removal of astrocytic APOE4 strongly protects against tau-mediated neurodegeneration and decreases synaptic phagocytosis by microglia, Neuron, April 7, 2021, Read More
Mazaheri, F., Snaidero, N., Kleinberger, G., Madore, C., Daria, A., Werner, G., Krasemann, S., Capell, A., Trümbach, D., Wurst, W., Brunner, B., Bultmann, S., Tahirovic, S., Kerschensteiner, M., Misgeld, T., Butovsky, O., & Haass, C. TREM2 deficiency impairs chemotaxis and microglial responses to neuronal injury, EMBO Reports, May 8, 2017, Read More
Butovsky, O., & Weiner, H. L. Microglia signatures and their role in health and disease, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, September 11, 2018, Read More
Baufeld, C., O'Loughlin, E., Calcagno, N., Madore, C., & Butovsky, O. Differential contribution of microglia and monocytes in neurodegenerative diseases, Journal of Neural Transmission, October 23, 2017, Read More
Roy, E. R., Wang, B., Wan, Y. W., Chiu, G., Cole, A., Yin, Z., Propson, N. E., Xu, Y., Jankowsky, J. L., Liu, Z., Lee, V. M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Ginsberg, S. D., Butovsky, O., Zheng, H., & Cao, W. Type I interferon response drives neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer disease, Journal of Clinical Investigation, March 9, 2020, Read More
Margeta, M. A., Letcher, S. M., Igo, R. P., Jr, Cooke Bailey, J. N., Pasquale, L. R., Haines, J. L., Butovsky, O., Wiggs, J. L., & NEIGHBORHOOD consortium Association of APOE With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Suggests a Protective Effect for APOE ε4., Investigative Ophtalmology & Visual Science, July 1, 2020, Read More
Madore, C., Yin, Z., Leibowitz, J., & Butovsky, O. Microglia, Lifestyle Stress, and Neurodegeneration, Immunity, January 7, 2020, Read More
Fiore, N. T., Yin, Z., Guneykaya, D., Gauthier, C. D., Hayes, J. P., D'Hary, A., Butovsky, O., & Moalem-Taylor, G. Sex-specific transcriptome of spinal microglia in neuropathic pain due to peripheral nerve injury, Glia, January 20, 2022, Read More
Guneykaya, D., Ugursu, B., Logiacco, F., Popp, O., Feiks, M. A., Meyer, N., Wendt, S., Semtner, M., Cherif, F., Gauthier, C., Madore, C., Yin, Z., Çınar, Ö., Arslan, T., Gerevich, Z., Mertins, P., Butovsky, O., Kettenmann, H., & Wolf, S. A. Sex-specific microglia state in the Neuroligin-4 knock-out mouse model of autism spectrum disorder, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, March 29, 2023, Read More
Kempthorne, L., Yoon, H., Madore, C., Smith, S., Wszolek, Z. K., Rademakers, R., Kim, J., Butovsky, O., & Dickson, D. W. Loss of homeostatic microglial phenotype in CSF1R-related Leukoencephalopathy, Acta Neuropathologica Communications, May 19, 2020, Read More
Götzl, J. K., Brendel, M., Werner, G., Parhizkar, S., Sebastian Monasor, L., Kleinberger, G., Colombo, A. V., Deussing, M., Wagner, M., Winkelmann, J., Diehl-Schmid, J., Levin, J., Fellerer, K., Reifschneider, A., Bultmann, S., Bartenstein, P., Rominger, A., Tahirovic, S., Smith, S. T., Madore, C., Butovsky, O., Capell, A., & Haass, C. Opposite microglial activations stages upon loss of PGRN or TREM2 result in reduced cerebral glucose metabolism, EMBO Molecular Medicine, June 1, 2019, Read More
Yin, Z., Rosenzweig, N., … Ikezu, T., … Tanzi, R., E., … Holtzman, D., M., & Butovsky, O. APOE4 impairs the microglial response in Alzheimer’s disease by inducing TGFβ-mediated checkpoints, Nature Immunology, September 25, 2023, Read More
Paolicelli, R. C., Sierra, A., Stevens, B., et al. Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads, Neuron, November 2, 2022, Read More
Margeta, M. A., Yin, Z., Madore, C., Pitts, K. M., Letcher, S. M., Tang, J., Jiang, S., Gauthier, C. D., Silveira, S. R., Schroeder, C. M., Lad, E. M., Proia, A. D., Tanzi, R. E., Holtzman, D. M., Krasemann, S., Chen, D. F., & Butovsky, O. Apolipoprotein E4 impairs the response of neurodegenerative retinal microglia and prevents neuronal loss in glaucoma, Immunity, August 16, 2022, Read More
Shi, Y., Yamada, K., Liddelow, S. A., Smith, S. T., Zhao, L., Luo, W., Tsai, R. M., Spina, S., Grinberg, L. T., Rojas, J. C., Gallardo, G., Wang, K., Roh, J., Robinson, G., Finn, M. B., Jiang, H., Sullivan, P. M., Baufeld, C., Wood, M. W., Sutphen, C., McCue, L., Xiong, C., Del-Aquila, J.L., Morris, J.C., Cruchage, C., Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Fagan, A.M., Miller, B.L., Boxer, A.L., Seeley, W.W., Butovsky, O., Barres, B.B., Paul, S.M., & Holtzman, D.M. ApoE4 markedly exacerbates tau-mediated neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy, Nature, September 28, 2017, Read More