Publications

S Minami S, Min S-W, Krabbe G, Wang C, Zhou Y, Asgarov R, Li Y, Martens LH, Elia LP, Ward ME et al..  2014.  Progranulin protects against amyloid β deposition and toxicity in Alzheimer's disease mouse models.. Nat Med. 20(10):1157-64.

Min S-W, Chen X, Tracy TE, Li Y, Zhou Y, Wang C, Shirakawa K, S Minami S, Defensor E, Mok SAnn et al..  2015.  Critical role of acetylation in tau-mediated neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits.. Nat Med. 21(10):1154-62.

S Minami S, Shen V, Le D, Krabbe G, Asgarov R, Perez-Celajes L, Lee C-H, Li J, Donnelly-Roberts D, Gan L.  2015.  Reducing inflammation and rescuing FTD-related behavioral deficits in progranulin-deficient mice with α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists.. Biochem Pharmacol. 97(4):454-462.

Cho S-H, Chen JA, Sayed F, Ward ME, Gao F, Nguyen TA, Krabbe G, Sohn PDongmin, Lo I, Minami S et al..  2015.  SIRT1 deficiency in microglia contributes to cognitive decline in aging and neurodegeneration via epigenetic regulation of IL-1β.. J Neurosci. 35(2):807-18.

Sohn PDongmin, Tracy TE, Son H-I, Zhou Y, Leite REP, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Grinberg LT, Gan L.  2016.  Acetylated tau destabilizes the cytoskeleton in the axon initial segment and is mislocalized to the somatodendritic compartment.. Mol Neurodegener. 11(1):47.

Tracy TE, Sohn PDongmin, S Minami S, Wang C, Min S-W, Li Y, Zhou Y, Le D, Lo I, Ponnusamy R et al..  2016.  Acetylated Tau Obstructs KIBRA-Mediated Signaling in Synaptic Plasticity and Promotes Tauopathy-Related Memory Loss.. Neuron. 90(2):245-60.

Möller T, Bard F, Bhattacharya A, Biber K, Campbell B, Dale E, Eder C, Gan L, Garden GA, Hughes ZA et al..  2016.  Critical data-based re-evaluation of minocycline as a putative specific microglia inhibitor.. Glia. 64(10):1788-94.

Wes PD, Sayed FA, Bard F, Gan L.  2016.  Targeting microglia for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.. Glia. 64(10):1710-32.

Sha SJ, Miller ZA, Min S-W, Zhou Y, Brown J, Mitic LL, Karydas A, Koestler M, Tsai R, Corbetta-Rastelli C et al..  2017.  An 8-week, open-label, dose-finding study of nimodipine for the treatment of progranulin insufficiency from gene mutations.. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 3(4):507-512.

Tracy TE, Gan L.  2017.  Acetylated tau in Alzheimer's disease: An instigator of synaptic dysfunction underlying memory loss: Increased levels of acetylated tau blocks the postsynaptic signaling required for plasticity and promotes memory deficits associated with tauopathy.. Bioessays. 39(4)

Ward ME, Chen R, Huang H-Y, Ludwig C, Telpoukhovskaia M, Taubes A, Boudin H, Minami SS, Reichert M, Albrecht P et al..  2017.  Individuals with progranulin haploinsufficiency exhibit features of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.. Sci Transl Med. 9(385)

Boselli M, Lee B-H, Robert J, Prado MA, Min S-W, Cheng C, M Silva C, Seong C, Elsasser S, Hatle KM et al..  2017.  An inhibitor of the proteasomal deubiquitinating enzyme USP14 induces tau elimination in cultured neurons.. J Biol Chem. 292(47):19209-19225.

Krabbe G, S Minami S, Etchegaray JI, Taneja P, Djukic B, Davalos D, Le D, Lo I, Zhan L, Reichert MC et al..  2017.  Microglial NFκB-TNFα hyperactivation induces obsessive-compulsive behavior in mouse models of progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(19):5029-5034.

Wang C, Ward ME, Chen R, Liu K, Tracy TE, Chen X, Xie M, Sohn PDongmin, Ludwig C, Meyer-Franke A et al..  2017.  Scalable Production of iPSC-Derived Human Neurons to Identify Tau-Lowering Compounds by High-Content Screening.. Stem Cell Reports. 9(4):1221-1233.

Krencik R, Seo K, van Asperen JV, Basu N, Cvetkovic C, Barlas S, Chen R, Ludwig C, Wang C, Ward ME et al..  2017.  Systematic Three-Dimensional Coculture Rapidly Recapitulates Interactions between Human Neurons and Astrocytes.. Stem Cell Reports. 9(6):1745-1753.

Gan L, Cookson MR, Petrucelli L, La Spada AR.  2018.  Converging pathways in neurodegeneration, from genetics to mechanisms.. Nat Neurosci. 21(10):1300-1309.

Sayed FA, Telpoukhovskaia M, Kodama L, Li Y, Zhou Y, Le D, Hauduc A, Ludwig C, Gao F, Clelland C et al..  2018.  Differential effects of partial and complete loss of TREM2 on microglial injury response and tauopathy.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115(40):10172-10177.

Wang C, Telpoukhovskaia MA, Bahr BA, Chen X, Gan L.  2018.  Endo-lysosomal dysfunction: a converging mechanism in neurodegenerative diseases.. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 48:52-58.

Snyder HM, Carare RO, DeKosky ST, de Leon MJ, Dykxhoorn D, Gan L, Gardner R, Hinds SR, Jaffee M, Lamb BT et al..  2018.  Military-related risk factors for dementia.. Alzheimers Dement. 14(12):1651-1662.

Martinez-Losa M, Tracy TE, Ma K, Verret L, Clemente-Perez A, Khan AS, Cobos I, Ho K, Gan L, Mucke L et al..  2018.  Nav1.1-Overexpressing Interneuron Transplants Restore Brain Rhythms and Cognition in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.. Neuron. 98(1):75-89.e5.

A Willsey J, Morris MT, Wang S, Willsey HR, Sun N, Teerikorpi N, Baum TB, Cagney G, Bender KJ, Desai TA et al..  2018.  The Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative: A Convergent Systems Biological Approach to Illuminating Key Molecular Pathways in Neuropsychiatric Disorders.. Cell. 174(3):505-520.

Min S-W, Sohn PDongmin, Li Y, Devidze N, Johnson JR, Krogan NJ, Masliah E, Mok S-A, Gestwicki JE, Gan L.  2018.  SIRT1 Deacetylates Tau and Reduces Pathogenic Tau Spread in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy.. J Neurosci. 38(15):3680-3688.

Tracy TE, Gan L.  2018.  Tau-mediated synaptic and neuronal dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease.. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 51:134-138.

Fernandopulle MS, Prestil R, Grunseich C, Wang C, Gan L, Ward ME.  2018.  Transcription Factor-Mediated Differentiation of Human iPSCs into Neurons.. Curr Protoc Cell Biol. 79(1):e51.

Udeochu J, Sayed FA, Gan L.  2018.  TREM2 and Amyloid Beta: A Love-Hate Relationship.. Neuron. 97(5):991-993.