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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2025

Decoding Alzheimer's Disease: Single-Cell Sequencing Uncovers Brain Cell Heterogeneity and Pathogenesis.

Ya-Nan Ma, Ying Xia, Kenji Karako, Peipei Song, Wei Tang, Xiqi Hu

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. BDCD: a comprehensive Brain Disease Cell-cell communication Database.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Ya-Nan MaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Haikou Affiliated Hospital of Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, Haikou, 570208, China.
Ying XiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Haikou Affiliated Hospital of Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, Haikou, 570208, China.
Kenji KarakoDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Peipei SongDivision of Global Health & Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. psong@it.ncgm.go.jp.
Wei TangDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Xiqi HuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Haikou Affiliated Hospital of Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine, Haikou, 570208, China. 218302048@csu.edu.cn.

Funding

Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan 24K14216Hainan Province Clinical Medical Research Center No. LCYX202410, LCYX202309Hainan Province Postdoctoral Research Project 403254National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 82460268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder marked by progressive cognitive decline and diverse neuropathological features. Recent advances in single-cell sequencing technologies have provided unprecedented insights into the cellular and molecular heterogeneity of the AD brain. This review systematically summarizes the applications of single-cell transcriptomic and epigenomic approaches in AD research, with a focus on the characterization of cell type- and subtype-specific transcriptomic alterations. This review highlights key discoveries related to selectively vulnerable neuronal and glial subpopulations, as well as transcriptional dysregulation associated with genetic risk loci such as APOE and TREM2. This review also discusses how the integration of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), assays for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq), and spatial transcriptomics elucidates disease trajectories and cellular communication networks across pathological stages. These insights not only enhance the understanding of the pathogenesis of AD but also pave the way for precision medicine through the identification of novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainSingle-Cell AnalysisEpigenomicsGene Expression ProfilingHumansSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisSpatial TranscriptomicsAlzheimer’s diseaseATAC-seqCell heterogeneityGene regulationNeuropathologySingle-cell sequencing

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