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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2022

Glial profiling of human tauopathy brain demonstrates enrichment of astrocytic transcripts in tau-related frontotemporal degeneration.

Ashlyn G Johnson, James A Webster, Chadwick M Hales

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Exploring the PLD1-tau interaction in Frontotemporal Dementia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashlyn G JohnsonCenter for Neurodegenerative Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
James A WebsterCenter for Neurodegenerative Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chadwick M HalesCenter for Neurodegenerative Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: cmhales@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
The Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG066511 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Amy D Rodriguez · 2020 to 2026
$29.0M
Training In Systems And Integrative Biology NeuroscienceT32NS096050 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Yoland Smith · 2016 to 2026
$3.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066511NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS096050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand how glia may be altered in frontotemporal degeneration with tau pathology (FTD-tau), we used a NanoString glial profiling panel to measure 770 transcripts related to glial biology in human control (n = 8), Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 8), and FTD-tau (n = 8) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Compared to control, 43 genes were upregulated and 86 genes were downregulated in the FTD-tau samples. Only 3 genes were upregulated and 2 were downregulated in AD. Pathway analysis revealed many astrocyte-, microglia-, and oligodendrocyte-related pathway scores increased in FTD-tau, while neuron-related pathway scores decreased. We compared these results to a previously published proteomic dataset containing many of the same samples and found that the targeted panel approach obtained measurements for genes whose proteins were not measured in the proteomics. Our results point to the utility of multiomic approaches and marked dysregulation of glia in FTD-tau.

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Alzheimer DiseaseFrontotemporal DementiaTauopathiesAstrocytesBrainHumansNeurogliaProteomicstau Proteinstau ProteinsAlzheimer's diseaseAstrocyteFrontotemporal degenerationGliaTau

Identifiers

PMID35051675
PMCPMC8976718
OpenAlexW4200207581

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