Uncovering Plaque-Glia Niches in Human Alzheimer's Disease Brains Using Spatial Transcriptomics
Denis R. Avey, Bernard Ng, Ricardo A. Vialle, Nicola A. Kearns, Kátia de Paiva Lopes, Artemis Iatrou, Sashini L De Tissera, Himanshu Vyas, Devin M. Saunders, Daniel J. Flood, Jishu Xu, Shinya Tasaki, Chris Gaiteri, David A. Bennett, Yanling Wang
The paper uses spatial transcriptomics to analyze Aβ plaques and glial interactions in AD brains, finding that low Aβ areas show more neuronal loss and high-glia areas show inflammation and neurodegeneration.
Molecular Neurodegeneration Advances · Jul 16, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics