Publications

  1. Li Y, Izhar T, Kanekiyo T. HDAC3 as an Emerging Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease and other Neurological Disorders. Mol Neurobiol. 2025 Mar 24 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Liu C, Chen X, Ene J, Esmonde C, Kanekiyo T, Zeng C, Sun L, Li Y. Engineering Extracellular Vesicles Secreted by Human Brain Organoids with Different Regional Identity. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 Mar 12; 17 (10):15145-15162 Epub 2025 Mar 03
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  3. Li Z, Martens YA, Ren Y, Jin Y, Sekiya H, Doss SV, Kouri N, Castanedes-Casey M, Christensen TA, Miller Nevalainen LB, Takegami N, Chen K, Liu CC, Soto-Beasley A, Boon BDC, Labuzan SA, Ikezu TC, Chen Y, Bartkowiak AD, Xhafkollari G, Wetmore AM, Bennett DA, Reichard RR, Petersen RC, Kanekiyo T, Ross OA, Murray ME, Dickson DW, Bu G, Zhao N. APOE genotype determines cell-type-specific pathological landscape of Alzheimer's disease. Neuron. 2025 Mar 11 [Epub ahead of print]
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  4. Ma X, Prokopenko D, Wang N, Aikawa T, Choi Y, Zhang C, Lei D, Ren Y, Kawatani K, Starling SC, Perkerson RB, Roy B, Quintero AC, Parsons TM, Pan Y, Li Z, Wang M, Bao H, Han X, Bu G, Tanzi RE, Kanekiyo T. Alzheimer's disease risk ABCA7 p.A696S variant disturbs the microglial response to amyloid pathology in mice. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 Mar; 206:106813 Epub 2025 Jan 27
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  5. Andrews TD, Day GS, Irani SR, Kanekiyo T, Hickson LJ. Uremic Toxins, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Cognitive Dysfunction. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Feb 26 [Epub ahead of print]
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  6. Yousaf I, Domanico L, Nambara T, Yadav K, Kelly LK, Trejo-Lopez J, Shieh WJ, Rota PA, Devaux P, Kanekiyo T, Taylor MP, Cattaneo R. The measles virus matrix F50S mutation from a lethal case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis promotes receptor-independent neuronal spread. J Virol. 2025 Jan 31; 99 (1):e0175024 Epub 2024 Dec 06
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  7. Muolokwu CE, Gothwal A, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Synthesis and Characterization of Transferrin and Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Functionalized Liposomal Nanoparticles to Deliver Plasmid ApoE2 In Vitro and In Vivo in Mice. Mol Pharm. 2025 Jan 6; 22 (1):229-241 Epub 2024 Dec 12
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  8. Qian K, Omana Suarez G, Nambara T, Kanekiyo T, Liao AS, Webster-Wood VA, Zhang YJ. Neurodevelopmental disorders modeling using isogeometric analysis, dynamic domain expansion and local refinement. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 2025; 433:117534
  9. Kawatani K, Omana Suarez G, Perkerson RB 3rd, Parent EE, Nambara T, Knight JA, Parsons TM, Gupta K, Shue F, Alnobani A, Vibhute P, Cai H, Guerrero-Cázares H, Copland JA 3rd, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Kanekiyo T. Human iPSC-Derived MSCs Induce Neurotrophic Effects and Improve Metabolic Activity in Acute Neuronal Injury Models. J Neurosci. 2025 Jan 01; 45(1).
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  10. Lu W, Shue F, Kurti A, Jeevaratnam S, Macyczko JR, Roy B, Izhar T, Wang N, Bu G, Kanekiyo T, Li Y. Amyloid pathology and cognitive impairment in hAbeta-KI and APP(SAA)-KI mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2025 Jan; 145:13-23 Epub 2024 Oct 19
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  11. Cardenas-Trowers OO, Parsons TM, Zhao J, Perkerson RB 3rd, Glembotski CC, Zenhausern F, Gurtner GC, Alperin M, Kanekiyo T. Comparison of Culturing Methods of Primary Vaginal Fibroblasts. Urogynecology (Phila). 2024 Dec 2 Epub 2024 Dec 02
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  12. Wang N, Parsons TM, Ren Y, Pan Y, Kurti A, Starling SC, Muolokwu C, Singh J, Kanekiyo T. Brain-targeting liposome-based APOE2 gene delivery exacerbates soluble amyloid-beta accumulation in App (NL-G-F) mice. Heliyon. 2024 Oct 30; 10 (20):e39607 Epub 2024 Oct 18
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  13. Jin Y, Li F, Li Z, Ikezu TC, O'Leary J, Selvaraj M, Zhu Y, Martens YA, Koga S, Santhakumar H, Li Y, Lu W, You Y, Lolo K, DeTure M, Beasley AI, Davis MD, McLean PJ, Ross OA, Kanekiyo T, Ikezu T, Caulfield T, Carr J, Wszolek ZK, Bu G, Dickson DW, Zhao N. Modeling Lewy body disease with SNCA triplication iPSC-derived cortical organoids and identifying therapeutic drugs. Sci Adv. 2024 Sep 13; 10 (37):eadk3700 Epub 2024 Sept 11
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  14. Tayran H, Yilmaz E, Bhattarai P, Min Y, Wang X, Ma Y, Wang N, Jeong I, Nelson N, Kassara N, Cosacak MI, Dogru RM, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Stenersen JM, Reddy JS, Qiao M, Flaherty D, Gunasekaran TI, Yang Z, Jurisch-Yaksi N, Teich AF, Kanekiyo T, Tosto G, Vardarajan BN, Is O, Ertekin-Taner N, Mayeux R, Kizil C. ABCA7-dependent induction of neuropeptide Y is required for synaptic resilience in Alzheimer's disease through BDNF/NGFR signaling. Cell Genom. 2024 Sep 11; 4 (9):100642 Epub 2024 Aug 30
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  15. Kloske CM, Belloy ME, Blue EE, Bowman GR, Carrillo MC, Chen X, Chiba-Falek O, Davis AA, Paolo GD, Garretti F, Gate D, Golden LR, Heinecke JW, Herz J, Huang Y, Iadecola C, Johnson LA, Kanekiyo T, Karch CM, Khvorova A, Koppes-den Hertog SJ, Lamb BT, Lawler PE, Guen YL, Litvinchuk A, Liu CC, Mahinrad S, Marcora E, Marino C, Michaelson DM, Miller JJ, Morganti JM, Narayan PS, Naslavsky MS, Oosthoek M, Ramachandran KV, Ramakrishnan A, Raulin AC, Robert A, Saleh RNM, Sexton C, Shah N, Shue F, Sible IJ, Soranno A, Strickland MR, Tcw J, Thierry M, Tsai LH, Tuckey RA, Ulrich JD, van der Kant R, Wang N, Wellington CL, Weninger SC, Yassine HN, Zhao N, Bu G, Goate AM, Holtzman DM. Advancements in APOE and dementia research: Highlights from the 2023 AAIC Advancements: APOE conference. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Sep; 20 (9):6590-6605 Epub 2024 July 19
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  16. Gupta K, Perkerson RB 3rd, Parsons TM, Angom R, Amerna D, Burgess JD, Ren Y, McLean PJ, Mukhopadhyay D, Vibhute P, Wszolek ZK, Zubair AC, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Kanekiyo T. Secretome from iPSC-derived MSCs exerts proangiogenic and immunosuppressive effects to alleviate radiation-induced vascular endothelial cell damage. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2024 Jul 29; 15 (1):230 Epub 2024 July 29
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  17. Singh NA, Alnobani A, Graff-Radford J, Machulda MM, Mielke MM, Schwarz CG, Senjem ML, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Kanekiyo T, Josephs KA, Whitwell JL. Relationships between PET and blood plasma biomarkers in corticobasal syndrome. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Jul; 20(7):4765-4774. Epub 2024 Jun 17.
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  18. Is Ö, Wang X, Reddy JS, Min Y, Yilmaz E, Bhattarai P, Patel T, Bergman J, Quicksall Z, Heckman MG, Tutor-New FQ, Can Demirdogen B, White L, Koga S, Krause V, Inoue Y, Kanekiyo T, Cosacak MI, Nelson N, Lee AJ, Vardarajan B, Mayeux R, Kouri N, Deniz K, Carnwath T, Oatman SR, Lewis-Tuffin LJ, Nguyen T, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Carrasquillo MM, Graff-Radford J, Petersen RC, Jr Jack CR, Kantarci K, Murray ME, Nho K, Saykin AJ, Dickson DW, Kizil C, Allen M, Ertekin-Taner N. Gliovascular transcriptional perturbations in Alzheimer's disease reveal molecular mechanisms of blood brain barrier dysfunction. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 20; 15(1):4758.
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  19. Shue F, White LJ, Hendrix R, Ulrich J, Henson RL, Knight W, Martens YA, Wang N, Roy B, Starling SC, Ren Y, Xiong C, Asmann YW, Syrjanen JA, Vassilaki M, Mielke MM, Timsina J, Sung YJ, Cruchaga C, Holtzman DM, Bu G, Petersen RC, Heckman MG, Kanekiyo T. CSF biomarkers of immune activation and Alzheimer's disease for predicting cognitive impairment risk in the elderly. Sci Adv. 2024 Apr 5; 10 (14):eadk3674 Epub 2024 Apr 03
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  20. Kawatani K, Holm ML, Starling SC, Martens YA, Zhao J, Lu W, Ren Y, Li Z, Jiang P, Jiang Y, Baker SK, Wang N, Roy B, Parsons TM, Perkerson RB 3rd, Bao H, Han X, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. ABCA7 deficiency causes neuronal dysregulation by altering mitochondrial lipid metabolism. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Mar; 29 (3):809-819 Epub 2023 Dec 22
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  21. Raulin AC, Doss SV, Heckman MG, Craver EC, Li Z, Ikezu TC, Sekiya H, Liu CC, Martens YA, Rosenberg CL, Kuchenbecker LA, DeTure M, Reichard RR, Nguyen AT, Constantopoulos E, Larsen RA, Kounaves EK, Murray ME, Dickson DW, Petersen RC, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. Impact of APOE on amyloid and tau accumulation in argyrophilic grain disease and Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2024 Feb 9; 12 (1):25 Epub 2024 Feb 09
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  22. Inoue Y, Ren Y, Zhang S, Bamkole M, Islam NN, Selvaraj M, Lu W, Caulfield TR, Li Y, Kanekiyo T. A novel histone deacetylase inhibitor W2A-16 improves the barrier integrity in brain vascular endothelial cells. Front Cell Neurosci. 2024; 18:1368018 Epub 2024 July 19
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  23. Baninameh Z, Watzlawik JO, Hou X, Richardson T, Kurchaba NW, Yan T, Di Florio DN, Fairweather D, Kang L, Nguyen JH, Kanekiyo T, Dickson DW, Noda S, Sato S, Hattori N, Goldberg MS, Ganley IG, Stauch KL, Fiesel FC, Springer W. Alterations of PINK1-PRKN signaling in mice during normal aging. Autophagy Rep. 2024; 3 (1) Epub 2024 Dec 07
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  24. Burgess JD, Amerna D, Norton ES, Parsons TM, Perkerson RB 3rd, Faroqi AH, Wszolek ZK, Guerrero Cazares H, Kanekiyo T, Delenclos M, McLean PJ. A mutant methionyl-tRNA synthetase-based toolkit to assess induced-mesenchymal stromal cell secretome in mixed-culture disease models. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2023 Oct 5; 14 (1):289 Epub 2023 Oct 05
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  25. You Y, Zhang Z, Sultana N, Ericsson M, Martens YA, Sun M, Kanekiyo T, Ikezu S, Shaffer SA, Ikezu T. ATP1A3 as a target for isolating neuron-specific extracellular vesicles from human brain and biofluids. Sci Adv. 2023 Sep 15; 9 (37):eadi3647 Epub 2023 Sept 15
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  26. Zhao J, Ikezu TC, Lu W, Macyczko JR, Li Y, Lewis-Tuffin LJ, Martens YA, Ren Y, Zhu Y, Asmann YW, Ertekin-Taner N, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. APOE deficiency impacts neural differentiation and cholesterol biosynthesis in human iPSC-derived cerebral organoids. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2023 Aug 21; 14 (1):214
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  27. Inoue Y, Shue F, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. Pathophysiology and probable etiology of cerebral small vessel disease in vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Mol Neurodegener. 2023 Jul 11; 18 (1):46 Epub 2023 July 11
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  28. Oue H, Yamazaki Y, Qiao W, Yuanxin C, Ren Y, Kurti A, Shue F, Parsons TM, Perkerson RB, Kawatani K, Wang N, Starling SC, Roy B, Mosneag IE, Aikawa T, Holm ML, Liu CC, Inoue Y, Sullivan PM, Asmann YW, Kim BY, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. LRP1 in vascular mural cells modulates cerebrovascular integrity and function in the presence of APOE4. JCI Insight. 2023 Apr 10; 8 (7)
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  29. Le LTM, Thompson JR, Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh S, Pant S, Dang PX, French JB, Kanikeyo T, Tajkhorshid E, Alam A. Cryo-EM structures of human ABCA7 provide insights into its phospholipid translocation mechanisms. EMBO J. 2023 Feb 01; 42(3):e111065. Epub 2022 Dec 09.
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  30. Oatman SR, Reddy JS, Quicksall Z, Carrasquillo MM, Wang X, Liu CC, Yamazaki Y, Nguyen TT, Malphrus K, Heckman M, Biswas K, Nho K, Baker M, Martens YA, Zhao N, Kim JP, Risacher SL, Rademakers R, Saykin AJ, DeTure M, Murray ME, Kanekiyo T, Dickson DW, Bu G, Allen M, Ertekin-Taner N, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Genome-wide association study of brain biochemical phenotypes reveals distinct genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease related proteins. Mol Neurodegener. 2023 Jan 7; 18 (1):2 Epub 2023 Jan 07
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  31. Dehghan A, Pinto RC, Karaman I, Huang J, Durainayagam BR, Ghanbari M, Nazeer A, Zhong Q, Liggi S, Whiley L, Mustafa R, Kivipelto M, Solomon A, Ngandu T, Kanekiyo T, Aikawa T, Radulescu CI, Barnes SJ, Graca G, Chekmeneva E, Camuzeaux S, Lewis MR, Kaluarachchi MR, Ikram MA, Holmes E, Tzoulaki I, Matthews PM, Griffin JL, Elliott P. Metabolome-wide association study on ABCA7 indicates a role of ceramide metabolism in Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Oct 25; 119 (43):e2206083119 Epub 2022 Oct 21
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  32. Chen K, Martens YA, Meneses A, Ryu DH, Lu W, Raulin AC, Li F, Zhao J, Chen Y, Jin Y, Linares C, Goodwin M, Li Y, Liu CC, Kanekiyo T, Holtzman DM, Golde TE, Bu G, Zhao N. LRP1 is a neuronal receptor for alpha-synuclein uptake and spread. Mol Neurodegener. 2022 Sep 2; 17 (1):57 Epub 2022 Sept 02
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  33. Liu CC, Zhao J, Fu Y, Inoue Y, Ren Y, Chen Y, Doss SV, Shue F, Jeevaratnam S, Bastea L, Wang N, Martens YA, Qiao W, Wang M, Zhao N, Jia L, Yamazaki Y, Yamazaki A, Rosenberg CL, Wang Z, Kong D, Li Z, Kuchenbecker LA, Trottier ZA, Felton L, Rogers J, Quicksall ZS, Linares C, Knight J, Chen Y, Kurti A, Kanekiyo T, Fryer JD, Asmann YW, Storz P, Wang X, Peng J, Zhang B, Kim BYS, Bu G. Peripheral apoE4 enhances Alzheimer's pathology and impairs cognition by compromising cerebrovascular function. Nat Neurosci. 2022 Aug; 25 (8):1020-1033 Epub 2022 Aug 01
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  34. Arora S, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Functionalized nanoparticles for brain targeted BDNF gene therapy to rescue Alzheimer's disease pathology in transgenic mouse model. Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 May 31; 208:901-911 Epub 2022 Apr 02
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  35. Li Z, Heckman MG, Kanekiyo T, Martens YA, Day GS, Vassilaki M, Liu CC, Bennett DA, Petersen RC, Zhao N, Bu G. Clinicopathologic Factors Associated With Reversion to Normal Cognition in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neurology. 2022 May 17; 98 (20):e2036-e2045 Epub 2022 Mar 21
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  36. Martens YA, Zhao N, Liu CC, Kanekiyo T, Yang AJ, Goate AM, Holtzman DM, Bu G. ApoE Cascade Hypothesis in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Neuron. 2022 Apr 20; 110 (8):1304-1317 Epub 2022 Mar 16
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  37. Zhao J, Lu W, Ren Y, Fu Y, Martens YA, Shue F, Davis MD, Wang X, Chen K, Li F, Liu CC, Graff-Radford NR, Wszolek ZK, Younkin SG, Brafman DA, Ertekin-Taner N, Asmann YW, Dickson DW, Xu Z, Pan M, Han X, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. Apolipoprotein E regulates lipid metabolism and alpha-synuclein pathology in human iPSC-derived cerebral organoids. Acta Neuropathol. 2021 Nov; 142 (5):807-825 Epub 2021 Aug 28
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  38. Martens YA, Xu S, Tait R, Li G, Zhao XC, Lu W, Liu CC, Kanekiyo T, Bu G, Zhao J. Generation and validation of APOE knockout human iPSC-derived cerebral organoids. STAR Protoc. 2021 Jun 18; 2 (2):100571 Epub 2021 June 05
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  39. Reddy JS, Allen M, Ho CCG, Oatman SR, Is Ö, Quicksall ZS, Wang X, Jin J, Patel TA, Carnwath TP, Nguyen TT, Malphrus KG, Lincoln SJ, Carrasquillo MM, Crook JE, Kanekiyo T, Murray ME, Bu G, Dickson DW, Ertekin-Taner N. Genome-wide analysis identifies a novel LINC-PINT splice variant associated with vascular amyloid pathology in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021 May 21; 9(1):93.
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  40. Yamazaki Y, Liu CC, Yamazaki A, Shue F, Martens YA, Chen Y, Qiao W, Kurti A, Oue H, Ren Y, Li Y, Aikawa T, Cherukuri Y, Fryer JD, Asmann YW, Kim BYS, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. Vascular ApoE4 Impairs Behavior by Modulating Gliovascular Function. Neuron. 2021 Feb 3; 109 (3):438-447.e6 Epub 2020 Dec 14
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  41. Stojakovic A, Trushin S, Sheu A, Khalili L, Chang SY, Li X, Christensen T, Salisbury JL, Geroux RE, Gateno B, Flannery PJ, Dehankar M, Funk CC, Wilkins J, Stepanova A, O'Hagan T, Galkin A, Nesbitt J, Zhu X, Tripathi U, Macura S, Tchkonia T, Pirtskhalava T, Kirkland JL, Kudgus RA, Schoon RA, Reid JM, Yamazaki Y, Kanekiyo T, Zhang S, Nemutlu E, Dzeja P, Jaspersen A, Kwon YIC, Lee MK, Trushina E. Partial inhibition of mitochondrial complex I ameliorates Alzheimer's disease pathology and cognition in APP/PS1 female mice. Commun Biol. 2021 Jan 8; 4 (1):61 Epub 2021 Jan 08
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  42. Stojakovic A, Chang SY, Nesbitt J, Pichurin NP, Ostroot MA, Aikawa T, Kanekiyo T, Trushina E. Partial Inhibition of Mitochondrial Complex I Reduces Tau Pathology and Improves Energy Homeostasis and Synaptic Function in 3xTg-AD Mice. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021; 79 (1):335-353
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  43. Aikawa T, Ren Y, Holm ML, Asmann YW, Alam A, Fitzgerald ML, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. ABCA7 Regulates Brain Fatty Acid Metabolism During LPS-Induced Acute Inflammation. Front Neurosci. 2021; 15:647974 Epub 2021 Apr 07
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  44. Zhao J, Fu Y, Yamazaki Y, Ren Y, Davis MD, Liu CC, Lu W, Wang X, Chen K, Cherukuri Y, Jia L, Martens YA, Job L, Shue F, Nguyen TT, Younkin SG, Graff-Radford NR, Wszolek ZK, Brafman DA, Asmann YW, Ertekin-Taner N, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 2; 11 (1):5540 Epub 2020 Nov 02
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  45. Shinohara M, Kanekiyo T, Tachibana M, Kurti A, Shinohara M, Fu Y, Zhao J, Han X, Sullivan PM, Rebeck GW, Fryer JD, Heckman MG, Bu G. APOE2 is associated with longevity independent of Alzheimer's disease. Elife. 2020 Oct 19; 9
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  46. Liu CC, Yamazaki Y, Heckman MG, Martens YA, Jia L, Yamazaki A, Diehl NN, Zhao J, Zhao N, DeTure M, Davis MD, Felton LM, Qiao W, Li Y, Li H, Fu Y, Wang N, Wren M, Aikawa T, Holm ML, Oue H, Linares C, Allen M, Carrasquillo MM, Murray ME, Petersen RC, Ertekin-Taner N, Dickson DW, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. Tau and apolipoprotein E modulate cerebrovascular tight junction integrity independent of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2020 Oct; 16 (10):1372-1383 Epub 2020 Aug 22
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  47. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Lakkadwala S, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Dual-Modified Liposome for Targeted and Enhanced Gene Delivery into Mice Brain. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2020 Sep; 374 (3):354-365 Epub 2020 June 19
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  48. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. In vitro and in vivo characterization of CPP and transferrin modified liposomes encapsulating pDNA. Nanomedicine. 2020 Aug; 28:102225 Epub 2020 May 30
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  49. Zhao N, Ren Y, Yamazaki Y, Qiao W, Li F, Felton LM, Mahmoudiandehkordi S, Kueider-Paisley A, Sonoustoun B, Arnold M, Shue F, Zheng J, Attrebi ON, Martens YA, Li Z, Bastea L, Meneses AD, Chen K, Thompson JW, St John-Williams L, Tachibana M, Aikawa T, Oue H, Job L, Yamazaki A, Liu CC, Storz P, Asmann YW, Ertekin-Taner N, Kanekiyo T, Kaddurah-Daouk R, Bu G. Alzheimer's Risk Factors Age, APOE Genotype, and Sex Drive Distinct Molecular Pathways. Neuron. 2020 Jun 3; 106 (5):727-742.e6 Epub 2020 Mar 20
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  50. Rodrigues BDS, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Nerve Growth Factor Gene Delivery across the Blood-Brain Barrier to Reduce Beta Amyloid Accumulation in AD Mice. Mol Pharm. 2020 Jun 1; 17 (6):2054-2063 Epub 2020 Apr 30
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  51. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Arora S, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Efficient neuronal targeting and transfection using RVG and transferrin-conjugated liposomes. Brain Res. 2020 May 1; 1734:146738 Epub 2020 Feb 17
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  52. Jamali SA, Turnbull MT, Kanekiyo T, Vishnu P, Zubair AC, Raper CC, Tawk RG, Freeman WD. Elevated Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio is Predictive of Poor Outcomes Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Apr; 29 (4):104631 Epub 2020 Jan 18
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  53. Yamazaki Y, Shinohara M, Yamazaki A, Ren Y, Asmann YW, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. ApoE (Apolipoprotein E) in Brain Pericytes Regulates Endothelial Function in an Isoform-Dependent Manner by Modulating Basement Membrane Components. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020 Jan; 40 (1):128-144 Epub 2019 Oct 31
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  54. Aikawa T, Ren Y, Yamazaki Y, Tachibana M, Johnson MR, Anderson CT, Martens YA, Holm ML, Asmann YW, Saito T, Saido TC, Fitzgerald ML, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. ABCA7 haplodeficiency disturbs microglial immune responses in the mouse brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Nov 19; 116 (47):23790-23796 Epub 2019 Nov 05
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  55. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. ApoE-2 Brain-Targeted Gene Therapy Through Transferrin and Penetratin Tagged Liposomal Nanoparticles. Pharm Res. 2019 Sep 16; 36 (11):161 Epub 2019 Sept 16
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  56. Marzano M, Bejoy J, Cheerathodi MR, Sun L, York SB, Zhao J, Kanekiyo T, Bu G, Meckes DG Jr, Li Y. Differential Effects of Extracellular Vesicles of Lineage-Specific Human Pluripotent Stem Cells on the Cellular Behaviors of Isogenic Cortical Spheroids. Cells. 2019 Aug 28; 8 (9)
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  57. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Banerjee A, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Functionalized liposomal nanoparticles for efficient gene delivery system to neuronal cell transfection. Int J Pharm. 2019 Jul 20; 566:717-730 Epub 2019 June 13
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  58. Yamazaki Y, Shinohara M, Shinohara M, Yamazaki A, Murray ME, Liesinger AM, Heckman MG, Lesser ER, Parisi JE, Petersen RC, Dickson DW, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. Selective loss of cortical endothelial tight junction proteins during Alzheimer's disease progression. Brain. 2019 Apr 1; 142 (4):1077-1092
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  59. Shinohara M, Shinohara M, Zhao J, Fu Y, Liu CC, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. 5-HT3 Antagonist Ondansetron Increases apoE Secretion by Modulating the LXR-ABCA1 Pathway. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Mar 25; 20 (6)
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  60. Tachibana M, Holm ML, Liu CC, Shinohara M, Aikawa T, Oue H, Yamazaki Y, Martens YA, Murray ME, Sullivan PM, Weyer K, Glerup S, Dickson DW, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. APOE4-mediated amyloid-beta pathology depends on its neuronal receptor LRP1. J Clin Invest. 2019 Mar 1; 129 (3):1272-1277 Epub 2019 Feb 11
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  61. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Lakkadwala S, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Development and screening of brain-targeted lipid-based nanoparticles with enhanced cell penetration and gene delivery properties. Int J Nanomedicine. 2019; 14:6497-6517 Epub 2019 Aug 14
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  62. Dos Santos Rodrigues B, Oue H, Banerjee A, Kanekiyo T, Singh J. Dual functionalized liposome-mediated gene delivery across triple co-culture blood brain barrier model and specific in vivo neuronal transfection. J Control Release. 2018 Sep 28; 286:264-278 Epub 2018 July 31
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  63. Yan Y, Song L, Bejoy J, Zhao J, Kanekiyo T, Bu G, Zhou Y, Li Y. Modeling Neurodegenerative Microenvironment Using Cortical Organoids Derived from Human Stem Cells. Tissue Eng Part A. 2018 Jul; 24 (13-14):1125-1137 Epub 2018 Feb 27
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  64. Ogaki K, Martens YA, Heckman MG, Koga S, Labbe C, Lorenzo-Betancor O, Wernick AI, Walton RL, Soto AI, Vargas ER, Nielsen HM, Fujioka S, Kanekiyo T, Uitti RJ, van Gerpen JA, Cheshire WP, Wszolek ZK, Low PA, Singer W, Dickson DW, Bu G, Ross OA. Multiple system atrophy and apolipoprotein E. Mov Disord. 2018 Apr; 33 (4):647-650 Epub 2018 Feb 14
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  65. Tachibana M, Yamazaki Y, Liu CC, Bu G, Kanekiyo T. Pericyte implantation in the brain enhances cerebral blood flow and reduces amyloid-beta pathology in amyloid model mice. Exp Neurol. 2018 Feb; 300:13-21 Epub 2017 Oct 26
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  66. Yamazaki Y, Kanekiyo T. Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction and the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Sep 13; 18 (9) Epub 2017 Sept 13
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  67. Zhao J, Davis MD, Martens YA, Shinohara M, Graff-Radford NR, Younkin SG, Wszolek ZK, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. APOE epsilon4/epsilon4 diminishes neurotrophic function of human iPSC-derived astrocytes. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Jul 15; 26 (14):2690-2700
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  68. Shinohara M, Tachibana M, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. Role of LRP1 in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: evidence from clinical and preclinical studies. J Lipid Res. 2017 Jul; 58 (7):1267-1281 Epub 2017 Apr 04
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  69. Rogers JT, Liu CC, Zhao N, Wang J, Putzke T, Yang L, Shinohara M, Fryer JD, Kanekiyo T, Bu G. Subacute ibuprofen treatment rescues the synaptic and cognitive deficits in advanced-aged mice. Neurobiol Aging. 2017 May; 53:112-121 Epub 2017 Feb 09
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  70. Liu CC, Hu J, Zhao N, Wang J, Wang N, Cirrito JR, Kanekiyo T, Holtzman DM, Bu G. Astrocytic LRP1 Mediates Brain Abeta Clearance and Impacts Amyloid Deposition. J Neurosci. 2017 Apr 12; 37 (15):4023-4031 Epub 2017 Mar 08
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  71. Yang L, Liu CC, Zheng H, Kanekiyo T, Atagi Y, Jia L, Wang D, N'songo A, Can D, Xu H, Chen XF, Bu G. LRP1 modulates the microglial immune response via regulation of JNK and NF-kappaB signaling pathways. J Neuroinflammation. 2016 Dec 8; 13 (1):304 Epub 2016 Dec 08
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