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ArticleNature2025

Single-cell transcriptomic and genomic changes in the ageing human brain.

Ailsa M Jeffries, Tianxiong Yu, Jennifer S Ziegenfuss, Allie K Tolles, Christina E Baer, Cesar Bautista Sotelo, Yerin Kim, Zhiping Weng, Michael A Lodato

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ailsa M Jeffries *Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Genome Integrity Program, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6233-4215
Tianxiong Yu *Department of Genomics and Computational Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1151-4624
Jennifer S ZiegenfussDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Genome Integrity Program, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3828-0381
Allie K TollesDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Genome Integrity Program, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5569-0710
Christina E BaerSanderson Center for Optical Experimentation, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8909-2583
Cesar Bautista SoteloDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Genome Integrity Program, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4009-5978
Yerin KimDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Genome Integrity Program, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-1700-8440
Zhiping WengDepartment of Genomics and Computational Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. Zhiping.Weng@umassmed.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3032-7966
Michael A LodatoDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Genome Integrity Program, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. Michael.Lodato@umassmed.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4175-1073

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG019610 · NIA · SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI REIMAN, ERIC MICHAEL · 2001 to 2020
$32.5M
Research Education ComponentP30AG072980 · NIA · BANNER HEALTH · PI ALIREZA ATRI · 2021 to 2026
$24.9M
National Brain and Tissue Resource for Parkinson's Disease and Related DisordersU24NS072026 · NINDS · BANNER SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BEACH, THOMAS G · 2011 to 2015
$7.8M
A Comprehensive Genomic Community Resource of Transcriptional RegulationU24HG012343 · NHGRI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Anshul Kundaje, Zhiping Weng · 2022 to 2026
$4.6M
Spatial single-cell analysis of somatic mutation in human brain during aging and neurodegenerationDP2AG086139 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Michael Anthony Lodato · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Single-cell analysis of DNA damage, somatic mutation, and gene expression in human Alzheimer’s disease brainR56AG078453 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LODATO, MICHAEL ANTHONY, WENG, ZHIPING · 2023 to 2023
$836k
SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS OF SOMATIC MUTATION IN AGING ANO NEUROOEGENERATIVE DISEASE IN THE HUMAN BRAINR00AG054748 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LODATO, MICHAEL ANTHONY · 2019 to 2021
$743k
BD FACSAriaTM Fusion Fluoresence-Activated Cell SorterS10OD028576 · OD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SCHRADER, CAROL E · 2020 to 2020
$565k
NHGRI NIH HHS U24 HG012343NIA NIH HHS DP2 AG086139NIA NIH HHS P30 AG019610NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072980NIA NIH HHS R00 AG054748NIA NIH HHS R56 AG078453NIH HHS S10 OD028576NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS072026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over time, cells in the brain and in the body accumulate damage, which contributes to the ageing process

Indexed as

AgingBrainGenome, HumanGenomicsPrefrontal CortexSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumans

Identifiers

PMID40903571
PMCPMC12527935

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