Autophagy activators normalize aberrant Tau proteostasis and rescue synapses in human familial Alzheimer's disease iPSC-derived cortical organoids
Sergio R. Labra, Jadon Compher, Akhil Prabhavalkar, Mireya Almaraz, Claudia Cedeño Kwong, Christine Baal, Maria V. Talantova, Nima Dolatabadi, Julian Piña‐Sanz, Yubo Wang, Leonard Yoon, Swagata Ghatak, Zi Gao, Yuting Zhang, Dorit Trudler, , Stuart A. Lipton
This study uses human iPSC-derived cortical organoids to model familial Alzheimer's disease and shows that autophagy activators reduce pathological Tau and Aβ accumulation and rescue synaptic loss.
Advanced Science · Jan 27, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience