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ArticleScience advances2026

Activation of transposable elements is linked to a region- and cell type-specific interferon response in Parkinson's disease.

Raquel Garza, Anita Adami, Arun Thiruvalluvan, Sasvi Wijesinghe, Annabel Curle, Oliver Tam, Talitha Forcier, Danai A Lagka, Nina L Kazakou, Diahann A M Atacho and 12 more

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Raquel GarzaAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2524-3055
Anita AdamiAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9421-7942
Arun ThiruvalluvanAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7661-9163
Sasvi WijesingheAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-6811-0043
Annabel CurleAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9105-1131
Oliver TamAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1023-3655
Talitha ForcierAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7933-5086
Danai A LagkaAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Nina L KazakouAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3381-2390
Diahann A M AtachoAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6158-0235
Yogita SharmaAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9702-1809
Vivien HorvathAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6536-1710
Sara BermudezAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-0335-4799
Jenny JohanssonAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-2504-0067
Daniel B RainbowAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4931-3289
Laura Castilla-VallmanyaAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2260-9664
Joanne L JonesAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4974-1371
Annelies QuaegebeurAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5357-9341
Molly Gale HammellAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0405-8392
Agnete KirkebyAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8203-6901
Roger A BarkerAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8843-7730
Johan JakobssonAligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0669-7673

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder involving a neuroinflammatory response, the cause of which remains unclear. Transposable elements (TEs) have been linked to inflammation, but their potential role in PD remains unexplored. Using bulk- and single-nuclei RNA-seq of postmortem brain tissue from four brain regions, we studied TE transcription and its correlation with PD neuroinflammation. Over a thousand TEs, including LINE-1 s and ERVs, were expressed in a cell type- and region-specific manner in the human brain. Increased TE expression was found in microglia and neurons in the substantia nigra and putamen of PD brains, but not amygdala or prefrontal cortex, compared to controls. This TE activation correlated with an innate immune response in the same brain regions. The link between an interferon response and TE activation was mechanistically confirmed using human pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia and neurons. Our findings provide insights into TE transcription in the PD brain and suggest that TEs may contribute to neuroinflammation and pathological progression in PD.

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DNA Transposable ElementsInterferonsParkinson DiseaseBrainFemaleHumansMaleMicrogliaNeuronsDNA Transposable ElementsInterferons

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PMID42685224
PMCPMC13537272

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