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Group of passionate scientists unraveling the mysteries of neurodegeneration at Weill Cornell Medicine 🧠 | Tackling Alzheimer’s, FTD, PD & related diseases 🧬 | Focused on tau, innate immunity, & targeted therapeutics using iPSC & transcriptomics🔬

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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New in Nature Methods! 🔬🧪Joly et al. profiled intact tau molecules one at a time. Across cell models and brain tissue, they found 130 forms of full-length tau and certain phosphorylation sites that tend to show up together on the same molecule. doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Large-scale single-molecule analysis of tau proteoforms - Nature Methods
Iterative Mapping of proteoforms enables large-scale measurement of intact proteoforms with single-molecule resolution. The approach is demonstrated here by quantifying tau proteoform groups across co...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New in Nature Neuro! 🧠 Hao et al., showed tauopathy mice lacking cDC1s or antigen cross-presentation have reduced brain infiltration of CD8+ T cells, glial response, and neurodegeneration; but no change in tau phosphorylation or aggregation. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Priming of CD8+ T cells by peripheral dendritic cells exacerbates tau-mediated neurodegeneration - Nature Neuroscience
The authors identify peripheral dendritic cell priming of T cells as a key driver of brain inflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy, providing new insights into immune mechanis...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Konrad-Vicario et al. developed STARFISH to spatially resolve endogenous mRNA translation in neurons, finding Mapt mRNA as exclusively translated in dendrites and degraded by the neuroproteasome, failure of which leads to accumulation of mislocalized tau aggregates 🔬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dendritic translation and neuroproteasome-mediated degradation of endogenous tau revealed by STARFISH - Nature Neuroscience
STARFISH, a method for visualizing endogenous mRNA translation, is used to show that tau is translated exclusively in neuronal dendrites and rapidly degraded by neuroproteasomes. Failure of this degra...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Congratulations @sarahnaguib.bsky.social !
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Naguib, postdoctoral researcher in the Gan Lab, on receiving an NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award! 🎉 This prestigious award recognizes her research achievements and potential to become an independent investigator. Congrats, Sarah! 🔬🧠 #EarlyCareerResearchers #K99
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#GanLab #AppelInstitute #neurodegenerationresearch #Neuroscience #NIH #Research #EarlyCareerResearchers #WeillCornellMedicine #BioRxiv #tauopathies
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We identified TRAPPC8 as an endogenous brake on UFMylation via direct binding of UBA5. Loss of this brake disrupts lysosomal function and drives tau propagation. Restoration rescues this effect in vivo—revealing it as a potential therapeutic target for tauopathies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#GanLab #AppelInstitute #AlzheimersResearch #Neuroscience #NIH #K99 #Research #EarlyCareerResearchers #WeillCornellMedicine
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Wenhui Qu, post-doc in the Gan Lab, on receiving a NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award! 🎉 This award recognizes outstanding early-career scientists, supporting their transition towards independent investigation. A wonderful achievement in Wenhui’s scientific career! 🧠🔬
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🎉New in Neuron! We identified that microglia-derived soluble DLK1 links aging to hypomyelination. In mouse and human iPSC models, telomere shortening drives microglial senescence, ↑sDLK1, and impaired oligodendrocyte maturation and neuronal activity. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Read the news coverage of our new @natneuro.nature.com paper here: news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2026/07...
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Inflammation May Drive Dravet Syndrome, Offering a Potential New Treatment Target
An overactive immune response in the brain may play a role in Dravet Syndrome, a rare and severe genetic epilepsy that typically begins in infancy, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our study is out today in @NatureNeuro! We show that stressed neurons release DNA, activating cGAS–type I interferon signaling and driving inflammation, seizures and mortality in Dravet syndrome. Blocking cGAS disrupts this immune cascade and improves outcomes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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cGAS-mediated type I IFN signaling contributes to disease progression in drug-refractory epilepsy - Nature Neuroscience
Huang et al. found that stressed neurons release DNA that activates the immune sensor cGAS, driving inflammatory responses that worsen seizures and mortality in Dravet syndrome. Blocking cGAS interrup...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Proud of @sarahnaguib.bsky.social for her new co-first author paper in @molneurodegen.bsky.social in collaboration with @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social & Paz lab. Transplanted iPSC-derived microglia in progranulin KO mice restores pathology, circuitry, & behavior pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42464356/
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Transplantation of human iPSC-derived microglia ameliorates neuropathology and circuit dysfunction in progranulin-deficient mice - PubMed
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a major cause of early-onset neurodegeneration characterized by progressive behavioral, emotional, and cognitive decline. Progranulin haploinsufficiency, a leading gen...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Excited to see this comprehensive review published in Cell by Dr. Holtzman and colleagues, highlighting the latest advances in Alzheimer's disease and outlining key challenges and opportunities for the field! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Recent advances in Alzheimer’s disease: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies
Alzheimer’s disease is driven by pathological brain changes that progressively impair memory and cognition, with current treatment options being limited. Advances in early, biomarker-based diagnosis a...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Preprint alert⚠️: Using HuMiNAX, an in vivo human iPSC neuroimmune chimera model of tauopathy, we show tau seeds drive neuronal loss, PGRN overexpression in microglia lowers inflammation & protects neurons, & a human neuronal lncRNA pathway mediates degeneration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Humanized tauopathy chimeras uncover microglial and lncRNA strategies for neuroprotection
Human genetics implicates innate immunity as a key modifier of tau toxicity, yet human-specific neuroimmune mechanisms remain difficult to test in vivo. Here, we developed HuMiNAX, the first humanized...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Our new JCI review discusses the cGAS-STING pathway's evolution & molecular roles beyond inflammation & highlights how activation affects glial states, neuronal homeostasis, & BBB integrity, yielding new therapeutic paths in neurodegenerative disease www.jci.org/articles/vie...
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JCI - Expanding roles of cGAS-STING signaling in neuroinflammation
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Lu et al. profiled >10,000 plasma & CSF samples to uncover how APOE2 & APOE4 confer divergent AD risk. APOE2 protects by sustaining homeostatic & anti-inflammatory signatures before Aβ accumulation, whereas APOE4 proteomic changes respond after pathology www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Proteomic signatures of the APOE ε4 and APOE ε2 genetic variants and Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Aging
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the strongest genetic influence in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Compared to the most frequent allele, ε3, the ε4 allele increases AD risk, and the ε2 allele is protective. Here...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Gan lab takes on Central Park zoo! Groups ideated, wrote and shot 2-4min short videos about intriguing CP zoo lore last Friday. Awesome time storytelling and collaborating with everyone!
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In our latest preprint, we show microglia protect against levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID): microglia-derived sTREM2 acts on TrkB, boosts BDNF-TrkB signaling, and points to plasticity as a potential Parkinson’s/LID therapy biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.06.723382v1
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to share our spotlight article in Cell Stem Cell on CAR-A astrocyte therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, an innovative approach for in vivo amyloid clearance. We discuss both the promise and the challenges ahead. 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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CAR-A astrocytes for Alzheimer’s: Promise and challenge
In a recent study in Science, Chen et al. engineer astrocytes with anti-amyloid chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to enable sustained, antigen-directe…
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New in Nature: de Faria et al. show focal white matter lesions trigger remote microglial response to demyelinated neurons in grey matter, which is required for remyelination. Deplete grey matter microglia→repair failures→chronic grey matter inflammation doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Focal white matter lesions drive grey matter inflammation and synapse loss - Nature
A transient grey matter microgliosis is required for remyelination, the failure of which results in a chronic neuroinflammatory state seen in neurodegenerative disorders.
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Paquet lab addresses iPSC limitation: new line with endogenous P301L/S320F 4R tau develops age-related tauopathy phenotypes stem cells typically fail to model. Platform shows pathological tau aggregation for more precise tauopathy research & drug screening www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A human iPSC model of tauopathies engineered for 4R tau isoform expression endogenously develops late-stage neuronal tau pathology
A human iPSC–derived tauopathy model endogenously recapitulates late-stage pathology and enables translational applications.
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
MAPT p.R406W disrupts autophagy–lysosome pathway, impairing Tau degradation. Mutant neurons accumulate Tau/pTau in lysosomes, impairing motility, autophagosome fusion, & clearance. Autophagy enhancement lowers Tau & restores degradation but doesn't rescue trafficking www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A pathogenic Tau mutation drives autophagy-lysosome dysfunction that limits Tau degradation in a model of frontotemporal dementia - Nature Communications
Researchers show that a disease-causing Tau mutation disrupts the autophagy-lysosome pathway in human neurons, leading to Tau accumulation, and that enhancing autophagy can partially restore protein c...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The 13th Annual Appel Symposium on Mar 24 spotlighted the interconnectedness of neurodegenerative diseases. Drs. Sreeganga Chandra (Yale), Eddie Lee (UPenn), & Anna Orr (Appel) gave keynote presentations, preceded by over two dozen trainee posters from Appel & collaborating labs
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
PanNDA leverages deep proteomics of 2,279 human brain samples in AD, LBD, FTD-TDP-43, PSP, VD, & PD to reveal shared disease mechanisms, spotlighting GPNMB (microglial/lysosomal activation) & NPTX2 (synaptic regulation). Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex.... Data: penglab.shinyapps.io/pannda.
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Pan-neurodegeneration proteomics reveals disease subtypes and molecular signatures
A pan-neurodegeneration atlas built from multilayer, deep proteomics of 2,279 brain samples across 6 major diseases integrates whole proteome, detergent-insoluble proteome, and posttranslational modif...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
18 protein panel captures CSF microglia innate immune & cellular recruitment dynamics across AD stages, from preclinical to dementia. Protein profiles track disease progression & could serve as biomarkers for microglia-directed therapeutic interventions link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Microglia protein profiles in CSF across Alzheimer’s disease clinical stages - Nature Aging
Microglia are implicated in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology from its earliest stages, suggesting that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) microglia profiling across clinical AD stages can ...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Key insights for microglial therapeutic strategies: Phase 2 trial of TREM2 agonistic antibody AL002 in early AD reduced soluble TREM2 & increased osteopontin in CSF but failed primary cognitive endpoint. ARIA-like MRI abnormalities observed www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The TREM2 agonistic antibody AL002 in early Alzheimer’s disease: a phase 2 randomized trial - Nature Medicine
In this phase 2, randomized trial in early Alzheimer’s disease, the TREM2 agonistic antibody AL002 showed target engagement but did not meet the primary endpoint of change from baseline in Clinical De...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
New in Science, Cao lab created a single-cell atlas spanning 21 mouse tissues over 3 age groups. Analysis shows broad changes in cellular composition, chromatin accessibility, & transcription factors in immune cells particularly & major sex differences www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Organism-wide cellular dynamics and epigenomic remodeling in mammalian aging
To investigate organism-wide cellular alterations and epigenomic dynamics during aging, we constructed a single-cell chromatin accessibility atlas spanning 21 mouse tissues across three age groups and...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Congratulations, Nessa Foxe, on receiving the Frank & Blanche Mowrer Memorial 2025-2026 WCGS Merit Fellowship! Nessa is a graduate student in our lab & this award recognizes her for her outstanding productivity & academic record. We couldn't be more proud!
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Excited to share our new preprint showing cGAS mediates innate immune activity in TDP-43 proteinopathy. Pharmacological inhibition of cGAS restores microglial function, corrects RNA mis-splicing, & protects motor neurons across human iPSC & mouse models of ALS www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
McGavern lab discovers dural venous sinuses are active neuroimmune interfaces. Fenestrated endothelial cells dynamically open/close borders (RAMP2 dependent) to balance fluid exchange with immune cell trafficking. Disruption compromises antiviral immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Highly dynamic dural sinuses support meningeal immunity - Nature
Microscopic imaging and biochemical studies show that sinuses in mouse and human form a highly dynamic surface that regulates fluid movement and immune cell surveillance via RAMP1-dependent regul...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Lu lab shows tumor-derived cystatin-C attenuates AD amyloid pathology by acting as molecular glue between microglial TREM2 & amyloid oligomers. This study links cancer biology & AD, spotlighting therapies aimed at clearing existing amyloid plaques www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Peripheral cancer attenuates amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease via cystatin-c activation of TREM2
Peripheral cancer inhibits amyloid pathology and rescues cognition of Alzheimer’s disease through secretion of cystatin-c (Cyst-C), which binds amyloid oligomers and activates TREM2 in microglia and e...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
PtdIns(3,5)P2 identified as endogenous lipid ligand of STING, cooperating with cGAMP to promote STING oligomerization, ER-Golgi trafficking, & TBK1 activation. PIKfyve–PtdIns(3,5)P2–STING axis is critical lipid-based mechanism for innate immune signaling www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PtdIns(3,5)P2 is an endogenous ligand of STING in innate immune signalling - Nature
Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate is a ligand of STING and, together with cGAMP, induces STING activation and innate immune responses.
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We identify microglial cGAS-STING-IFN signaling as a key accelerator of drug-refractory epilepsy in Dravet model. Neuronal hyperexcitability releases DNA that activates microglial cGAS. Pharmacologic cGAS inhibition reduces heat-induced seizures & premature mortality www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
DeepMind debuts AlphaGenome to predict functional genomic features from DNA sequences at single-base resolution. Capturing long-range context, AlphaGenome excels at estimating how genetic variants affect gene expression, splicing, & chromatin accessibility www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome - Nature
AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that inputs 1-Mb DNA sequence to predict functional genomic tracks at single-base resolution across diverse modalities, outperforms existing models in variant effect...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
New study in Nat Neurosci finds TGFβ signaling is crucial for maintaining microglial resilience to myelin degeneration in the dorsal column of the spinal cord during aging & emergence of TGFβ signaling-sensitive microglial & disease-associated oligodendrocyte subsets www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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TGFβ signaling mediates microglial resilience to spatiotemporally restricted myelin degeneration - Nature Neuroscience
Zhu et al. find that aging causes region-specific myelin damage in the spinal cord, which is counteracted by enhanced TGFβ signaling in microglia, revealing a protective mechanism for healthy aging.
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Excited to share our new study identifying soluble DLK1 as a novel microglia-derived senescence factor. sDLK1 induced hypomyelination, oligodendrocyte dysfunction, & altered neuronal activity in iPSC-derived neurons @gladstoneinst.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Proud to announce our collaboration with @blurtonjoneslab.bsky.social & the Paz lab showing that transplanted human iPSC-derived microglia in a PGRN KO mouse model restores progranulin in microglia and rescues pathology, circuitry, and behavior. Preprint out now: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Transplantation of Human IPSC-derived Microglia Ameliorates Neuropathology and Circuit Dysfunction in Progranulin-Deficient Mice
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a major cause of early-onset neurodegeneration characterized by progressive behavioral, emotional, and cognitive decline. Progranulin haploinsufficiency, a leading gen...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🌲Season’s greetings from the Gan Lab!🌲 Warm wishes for a restful, connected, & rejuvenating turn of the year. For a glimpse into our lab life and research this year, check out: www.ganlab.org
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
AD genetic risk links microglial immunity and cholesterol. Our new BioRxiv study identifies CH25H-derived 25-HC as a toxic lipid downstream of cGAS–STING–IFN that drives tau spread, inflammation, and neurodegeneration, offering a tractable therapeutic pathway. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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STING_IFN_CH25H lipid axis links innate immune activation to tau pathology
Genetic risk for Alzheimers disease is strongly enriched in pathways governing microglial activation and cholesterol metabolism, yet how these processes converge to drive neurodegeneration remains unc...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Congratulations, Dr. Caitlin Castagnola! Last Friday, Dr. Castagnola defended her thesis on microglia-neuron interactions. Her humble manner, as always, belied the magnitude of work she’s accomplished in the Gan lab. We are so proud of her and excited for all her future chapters!🥳👩‍🔬🧪
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Our new study in @molneurodegen.bsky.social shows that microglial DAP12 controls tau buildup and drives myelin loss by mediating a harmful tau-induced SLIT2 signal from neurons to oligodendrocytes link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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DAP12 deletion reduces neuronal SLIT2 and demyelination and enhances brain resilience in female tauopathy mice - Molecular Neurodegeneration
Background Pathogenic tau accumulation drives neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Enhancing the aging brain’s resilience to tau pathology would lead to novel therapeutic strategies. DAP12 (...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New study in Neuron: ApoE2 and ApoE3 Christchurch-containing lipid particles protect neurons from ferroptosis by effluxing oxidized lipids through ABCA7. This rescues lysosomal defects, shields ApoE4 hippocampi from lipid toxicity, and restores neural activity www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
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Protective ApoE variants support neuronal function by effluxing oxidized phospholipids
Ralhan et al. show that ApoE2 and ApoE3 Christchurch on lipid particles efflux oxidized phospholipids from neurons via the ABCA7 transporter. This reduces the burden of oxidized lipids, which improves...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
New study from Jiang group gives clues to Down syndrome patients' resilience to AD: a DS-linked myeloid mutation (CSF2RB A455D) protects engrafted human microglia against tau by suppressing harmful IFN signaling, boosting phagocytosis, & reducing microglial senescence www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A myeloid trisomy 21-associated gene variant is protective from Alzheimer’s disease - Nature Neuroscience
Engineering human microglia with a Down-syndrome-linked myeloid gene variant resists tau-induced dysfunction and protects neurons in chimeric brains, offering proof of concept for transformative micro...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🍁Feeling grateful. Happy Thanksgiving from the Gan lab & Appel Institute!🍁
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A study from the Sun lab reveals that biased CCKBR–Gq/Gi signaling regulates AD pathology & a synthesized CCKBR–Gq agonist (3r1) provides therapeutic benefits by upregulating ADAM10 & PLCB4. This work highlights CCKBR biased signaling as a promising drug target for AD www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Elucidating pathway-selective biased CCKBR agonism for Alzheimer’s disease treatment
Clinical evidence from AD patients reveals an association between impaired CCKBR-Gq signaling and disease severity, guiding structure-based design of a Gq-biased agonist that rescues memory and pathol...
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
New in Science!: Microglial FPR1 is a CNS-specific driver of demyelination. Deletion in MG or CNS macrophages protects against myelin loss, while peripheral deletion helps only partly. CNS-penetrant FPR1 antagonist (T0080) reduces ROS, inflammation & disease severity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Targeting formyl peptide receptor 1 reduces brain inflammation and neurodegeneration
Multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses through brain region–specific inflammation and degeneration, with poorly defined mechanisms. In individuals with MS, we identified increased expression of formyl pep...
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Orr laboratory @orrlaboratory.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Thrilled to publish our new study on #mitochondrial ROS coming from complex III, revealing this key site in #astrocytes 🎯as a crucial immunometabolic signal transducer🤯 and potential therapeutic target for #dementia #FTD 💊 rdcu.be/eOc0m 👈💪 Great commentary by H. Pan and F. Yin🤩! tinyurl.com/4hdytw4c
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Gan Lab @liganlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Two separate studies from Gitler & Fratta labs reveal nuclear loss of TDP-43 disrupts RNA processing by altering alternative 3′ end cleavage & polyadenylation. They uncover new molecular signatures & shed new light on TDP-43 pathology www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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TDP-43 loss induces cryptic polyadenylation in ALS/FTD - Nature Neuroscience
The authors find that TDP-43 loss of function—the pathology defining the neurodegenerative conditions ALS and FTD—induces novel mRNA polyadenylation events, which have different effects, including an ...
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Junjie Guo @junjieguo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
New article @natneuro.nature.com by @yaleneuro.bsky.social Suzhou Yang & @kavliatyale.bsky.social Postdoc Fellow @zhenlei.bsky.social, highlighting studies by @frattalab.bsky.social Gitler & La Spada labs on the role of TDP-43 on mRNA 3' end in ALS @yalerna.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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TDP-43 loss brings RNA to a twist ending - Nature Neuroscience
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), nuclear depletion and cytoplasmic aggregation of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43 cause widespread dysregulation of mRNA splicing. Two recent studies have now rev...
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