Sonia Gandhi

This study shows that glucose levels in neuronal culture media affect PINK1-dependent mitophagy in human iNeurons, with BrainPhys medium reducing mitophagy compared to N2B27.

This study identifies lipid dysregulation linked to mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease brain regions through multi-omics analysis of lipids, proteomics, and mitochondrial activity.

This study shows that the SNCA A53T mutation increases vulnerability to ferroptosis in neurons and microglia, suggesting 15-LO inhibition as a potential therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease.

This paper introduces ASA-PD, an imaging method to detect and map α-synuclein oligomers in Parkinson's disease brain tissue, revealing a specific subpopulation of nanoscale oligomers as an early hallmark of the disease.

This paper introduces a non-invasive imaging framework combining qMRI and SRT to infer molecular features in neurodegeneration.

The paper identifies splicing dysregulation in Parkinson's disease linked to TDP-43 loss of function and shows its association with genetic mutations and cellular models.

The paper identifies microglial activation and alpha-synuclein oligomers as drivers of early neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease using transcriptomic and aggregate profiling in early-stage brain samples.

The paper maps α-synuclein oligomers in Parkinson's disease brain tissue to identify aggregation-susceptible cells and proposes a population-level model for early pathology.

The paper shows that astrocytic RNA editing via ADAR1 modulates immune responses to alpha-synuclein, contributing to neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease.

The paper introduces VP-CLEM-Kit, a cost-effective SR-vCLEM pipeline for visual proteomics, achieving 5-fold resolution improvement at 7-fold lower cost.

This study compares molecular and cellular signatures of Parkinson's disease and Parkinson's disease with dementia using single-nuclear transcriptomics, finding distinct gene expression patterns and biological pathways.

This study adapts the LIVE-PAINT method for live mammalian cells, demonstrating super-resolution imaging of two proteins in real time.

This study uses bulk and single nuclear RNA-sequencing to analyze transcriptomic changes in repeat expansion ataxias, revealing distinct non-neuronal cell type-specific disease signatures across the human brain.

The paper shows ancestry-specific gene expression in monocytes mediates neurodegenerative disease risk through innate immune cell expression of neurodegeneration-related genes.

This paper introduces T2, a method using RNA editing to estimate transcriptional age and identify transient transcriptional programs in human cells.

The paper shows that sequencing ambiguity between GBA1 and its pseudogene GBAP1 affects transcriptomic analysis, revealing non-lysosomal functions in the brain and widespread annotation inaccuracies.

The paper investigates ligand-receptor interactions (LRIs) in neurological diseases and finds that 96.8% of disease-associated LRIs are interconnected, highlighting their role in disease comorbidity and potential drug targets.

The paper identifies novel SNCA transcripts in human dopaminergic neurons and demonstrates their impact on antisense oligonucleotide therapy for Parkinson's disease.

The paper evaluates neutralising antibody titres against SARS-CoV-2 variant JN.1 using live-virus microneutralisation assays in vaccinated individuals, finding higher titres in monovalent vaccine recipients.

RASP detects fluorescent puncta in complex cellular backgrounds with high precision and speed, outperforming existing methods by using image gradients to separate objects from noise.

This study shows GLP-1R agonism improves Parkinson's disease by restoring neuronal insulin signaling and reducing glial inflammation, with clinical benefits in patients with higher baseline MAPK expression.

This paper introduces a method to specifically detect disease-associated protein aggregates using two-color coincidence single-molecule pull-down, demonstrating its effectiveness with alpha-synuclein in human biofluids.

This study uses hiPSCs with SNCA mutations to identify early molecular events in synucleinopathy, showing protein aggregation precedes functional impairments in midbrain dopaminergic neurons.

The paper identifies KAT8 and KANSL1 as regulators of PINK1-mitophagy linked to Parkinson's disease risk, suggesting a novel pathway for therapeutic targeting.

The paper tracks α-synuclein conformational changes in neurons and shows mitochondrial involvement in oligomerization and toxicity.

This paper develops a method to generate highly enriched midbrain dopaminergic neurons from hiPSCs, which model Parkinson's disease features like synucleinopathy and mitochondrial dysfunction.