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The glymphatic system clears amyloid beta and tau from brain to plasma in humans

1 month 2 weeks ago
Dysfunction of the glymphatic system has been proposed as a mechanistic link between sleep disruption and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In animal models, glymphatic impairment alone can drive AD pathology. Whether this system clears amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau in humans remains unknown. In a randomized crossover trial with 39 participants, we found that glymphatic clearance during normal sleep increased morning plasma levels of AD biomarkers compared to sleep deprivation. Participants underwent...
Paul Dagum

Clonal CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells populate the leptomeninges and coordinate with immune cells in human degenerative brain diseases

1 month 2 weeks ago
Meningeal immune cells monitor the central nervous system (CNS) and influence neuroinflammation in mice, but the human leptomeningeal immune landscape and the changes that occur in this immunological niche in neurodegeneration remain underexplored. Here we performed single-cell RNA and T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing of 99,625 high-quality immune cells from 57 leptomeninges and brain samples from donors with Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease and...
Ryan Hobson