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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2024

Loss of TREM2 diminishes CAA despite an overall increase of amyloid load in Tg-SwDI mice.

Rui Zhong, Yingzheng Xu, Jesse W Williams, Ling Li

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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  8. Roles of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025
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  9. Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormality (ARIA) Beyond the APOE-ε4 Allele.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2025
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  13. Loss of TREM2 diminishes CAA despite an overall increase of amyloid load in Tg-SwDI mice.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Rui ZhongDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8936-6652
Yingzheng XuCenter for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Jesse W WilliamsCenter for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Ling LiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9245-7387

Funding

Impact of Mitochondrial Lipidomic Dynamics and its Interaction with APOE Isoforms on Brain Aging and Alzheimers DiseaseR01AG081426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LING LI, Danni Li · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
Sex and stress hormones control adrenal gland macrophage development and function"R01AI165553 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WILLIAMS, JESSE WARREN · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Acute and Long-Term Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and its Interaction with APOE on Cognitive Function and Neuropathology in Aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG077772 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CHEERAN, MAXIM CHACKO-JOSEPH, LI, LING · 2022 to 2022
$2.2M
HDL Mimetic Peptide-Mediated Enhancement of Neurovascular Function to Mitigate Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG058081 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LI, LING · 2018 to 2018
$1.9M
American Heart Association (AHA) CDA855022 (JWW YX)National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) R01AG081426 (LL)National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) RF1AG058081National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA) RF1AG077772NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI165553NIA NIH HHS R01 AG081426NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058081NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG077772NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) AI165553 (JWW YX)University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy : Cloyd Neuropharmacology Fellowship (RZ) : SURRGE award program (LL)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe microglial receptor triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Experimentally, Trem2 deficiency affects parenchymal amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition. However, the role of TREM2 in cerebrovascular amyloidosis, especially cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), remains unexplored.

methodsTg-SwDI (SwDI) mice, a CAA-prone model of AD, and Trem2 knockout mice were crossed to generate SwDI/TWT, SwDI/THet, and SwDI/TKO mice, followed by pathological and biochemical analyses at 16 months of age.

resultsLoss of Trem2 led to a dramatic decrease in CAA and microglial association, despite a marked increase in overall brain Aβ load. Single nucleus RNA sequencing analysis revealed that in the absence of Trem2, microglia were activated but trapped in transition to the fully reactive state, with distinct responses of vascular cells. DISCUSSION: Our study provides the first evidence that TREM2 differentially modulates parenchymal and vascular Aβ pathologies, offering significant implications for both TREM2- and Aβ-targeting therapies for AD. HIGHLIGHTS: Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) differentially modulates brain parenchymal and vascular amyloidosis. Loss of Trem2 markedly reduces cerebral amyloid angiopathy despite an overall increase of amyloid beta load in Tg-SwDI mice. Microglia are trapped in transition to the fully reactive state without Trem2. Perivascular macrophages and other vascular cells have distinct responses to Trem2 deficiency. Balanced TREM2-targeting therapies may be required for optimal outcomes.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesBrainCerebral Amyloid AngiopathyDisease Models, AnimalMembrane GlycoproteinsMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMicrogliaReceptors, ImmunologicAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsMiceAmyloid beta-PeptidesMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicTrem2 protein, mouseAlzheimer's diseasecerebral amyloid angiopathycerebrovascular cellsmicrogliatriggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2

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PMID39308178
PMCPMC11567860

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