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Michael E. Ward

National Institutes of Health

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Profiling of Aggregated Amyloid β42-induced Proteomic Alterations in KOLF2.1J Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Neurons

Benjamin Jin, Ziyi Li, Ying Hao, Isabelle Kowal, Jacob Epstein, Marianita Santiana, Cory A. Weller, Mike A. Nalls, Dingying Tao, 方圣云, Priyanka S. Narayan, Andrew Singleton, Kendall R. Van Keuren‐Jensen, Luigi Ferrucci, Michael E. Ward, , Yue Andy Qi

This study profiles proteomic changes in iPSC-derived neurons exposed to Aβ42A, revealing AD-related pathways and validating findings in postmortem AD brain tissue.

bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Prevention of Transgene Silencing During Human PluripotentStem Cell Differentiation

Takeshi Uenaka, Alan Napole, A. Saha, Duo Sun, Angelina Singavarapu, Elizabeth Calzada, Jiahui Chen, Lena Erlebach, Amanda McQuade, Daniel M. Ramos, Alessandra Rigamonti, Lisa Salazar, Avi J. Samelson, Kamilla Sedov, Natalie J. Welsh, , Marius Wernig

The paper identifies strategies to prevent transgene silencing during human pluripotent stem cell differentiation and introduces a robust vector construct.

Cell stem cell · Feb 13, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The Neurolipid Atlas: a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases uncovers cholesterol as a regulator of astrocyte reactivity impaired by ApoE4

Femke M. Feringa, Sascha Koppes-den Hertog, Lian Y. Wang, Rico J. E. Derks, Iris Daphne Kruijff, Lena Erlebach, Jorin Heijneman, Ricardo Miramontes, Nadine Pömpner, Niek Blomberg, Damien Olivier‐Jimenez, Lill Eva Johansen, Alexander J. Cammack, Ashling Giblin, Christina E. Toomey, , Rik van der Kant

The paper introduces the Neurolipid Atlas, a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases, revealing that ApoE4 impairs astrocyte reactivity by promoting cholesterol ester accumulation.

Nature Metabolism · Sep 22, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience