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Decoding senescence of aging single cells at the nexus of biomaterials, microfluidics, and spatial omics

11 months 2 weeks ago
Aging has profound effects on the body, most notably an increase in the prevalence of several diseases. An important aging hallmark is the presence of senescent cells that no longer multiply nor die off properly. Another characteristic is an altered immune system that fails to properly self-surveil. In this multi-player aging process, cellular senescence induces a change in the secretory phenotype, known as senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), of many cells with the intention of...
Abhijeet Venkataraman

Long-term exposure to excessive norepinephrine in the brain induces tau aggregation, neuronal death, and cognitive deficits in early tau transgenic mice

11 months 2 weeks ago
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is marked by the presence of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), which are primarily composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. The locus coeruleus (LC), the brain's main source of norepinephrine (NE), is one of the earliest regions to develop NFTs and experience neurodegeneration in AD. While LC-derived NE plays beneficial roles in cognition, emotion, locomotion, and the sleep-wake cycle, its impact on tau pathology is unclear. To explore this relationship,...
June-Hyun Jeong

Expression of alpha smooth muscle actin decreases with ageing and increases upon lumen obstruction in mouse brain pericytes

11 months 2 weeks ago
Cerebral pericytes are mural cells covering brain microvessels, organized as ensheathing, mesh and thin-strand pericytes. These latter two, together called capillary pericytes, have low levels of alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), regulating basal vascular tone and applying a slow influence on cerebral blood flow. Pericytes are subject to alterations in ageing which may be even more pronounced in age-related pathologies, including microinfarcts, which usually affect a large number of vessels in...
Fanni Győri

Decoding senescence of aging single cells at the nexus of biomaterials, microfluidics, and spatial omics

11 months 2 weeks ago
Aging has profound effects on the body, most notably an increase in the prevalence of several diseases. An important aging hallmark is the presence of senescent cells that no longer multiply nor die off properly. Another characteristic is an altered immune system that fails to properly self-surveil. In this multi-player aging process, cellular senescence induces a change in the secretory phenotype, known as senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), of many cells with the intention of...
Abhijeet Venkataraman