Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease microglia across brain regions

Mathys H, Davila-Velderrain J, Peng Z, et al. • Science • PMID SEED003 • View on PubMed ↑

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By analyzing nearly 100,000 individual brain immune cells, scientists identified twelve distinct subtypes of microglia that behave differently in different brain regions, providing new targets for Alzheimer's disease therapies.

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Abstract

Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of 94,000 microglia isolated from seven distinct brain regions in post-mortem Alzheimer's disease and control tissue identified twelve discrete microglial subtypes with region-specific and disease-stage-specific gene expression patterns.

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