Rik van der Kant
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Researcher, all things Alzheimer, brain diseases and lipids
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The Science of Parkinson's
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New research presents a data common named the "Neurolipid Atlas" - a useful resource prepopulated with isogenic iPS cell-derived lipidomics data for different brain conditions (
#Alzheimers
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#Parkinsons
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www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Nature Metabolism
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The Neurolipid Atlas: a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases
Nature Metabolism, Published online: 22 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s42255-025-01365-zThe authors introduce the Neurolipid Atlas, a dynamic resource for the community to gain insight into lipid alterations in neurodegenerative disease, and they leverage the platform to show how cholesterol alterations in astrocytes can dysregulate neuroinflammatory pathways in Alzheimer disease.
https://bit.ly/47QigWf
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Proud to present our new paper in
@natmetabolism.nature.com
The Neurolipid Atlas: a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases
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Check out our open-access platform chock-full with iPSC- and š§ lipidomics data (
www.neurolipidatlas.com
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Priyanka Narayan
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š§ŖNew preprintš¬š§« Not all lipid droplets are created equal! š„ APOE shapes the LD proteome & lipidome in astrocytes; itās the dynamics that distinguish E2 protection from E4 risk. Led by Carla Cuni-Lopez w/ CARD proteomics, Giera lab &
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APOE genotypes differentially remodel the astrocytic lipid droplet-associated proteome to shape lipid droplet dynamics
The lipids and proteins that comprise lipid droplets regulate several cellular functions including lipid storage, stress responses, and inflammation. Glial lipid droplets have been implicated in the p...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.19.669163v1
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Rik van der Kant
5 months ago
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is out
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
! We show that Alzheimer's disease protective CLU alleles upregulate CLU in response to neuropathology, dampening inflammatory signaling between microglia and astrocytes. Read here
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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CLU alleviates Alzheimerās disease-relevant processes by modulating astrocyte reactivity and microglia-dependent synaptic density
Genetic studies implicate clusterin (CLU) in the pathogenesis of Alzheimerās disease (AD), yet its precise molecular impact remains unclear. Through uā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627325002545?dgcid=author
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Leon Smyth
5 months ago
Our perspective in
@natrevimmunol.nature.com
on new concepts in neuroimmune interactions that have challenged the old dogma that immune privilege is a result of the isolation of the nervous and immune systems.
@jonykipnis.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Redefining CNS immune privilege - Nature Reviews Immunology
In this Perspective, Smyth and Kipnis reappraise the concept of immune privilege in the central nervous system. Although immune privilege was originally thought to involve isolation of the central ner...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-025-01175-0
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Rik van der Kant
6 months ago
Grateful for the opportunity to co-chair and present at
#ADPD2025.Thanks
to my co-chair Ole Isacson &other session speakers Thomas Sudhof,Silke Nuber,Alexander Ehrenberg
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Tim Bartels. Wonderful to see progress on lipid metabolism research in AD & PD.
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Anyone going to
#adpd
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Bowles Lab
8 months ago
Here's our incredible FULL LINEUP of speakers for
#SCMND2025
! Abstract submission closes Friday!
scmnd.com
@rikvanderkant.bsky.social
@selinawray.bsky.social
@carlescalatayud.bsky.social
@rcasterton.bsky.social
@annawilliamslab.bsky.social
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Marah C Runtsch
8 months ago
Fresh off the press! š„³ Congrats to
@alessiazotta.bsky.social
@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social
and team for this awesome paper, about mitochondrial complex III driving IL-10 production by macrophages. Thanks for having me and my Austrian colleagues as a part of this! āŗļø
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Mitochondrial respiratory complex III sustains IL-10 production in activated macrophages and promotes tumor-mediated immune evasion
Mitochondrial respiratory complex III sustains IL-10 production in macrophages and promotes tumor-mediated immune evasion.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq7307
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Shannon Macauley
8 months ago
Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation regulates monocytic type I interferon signaling via histone acetylation
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Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation regulates monocytic type I interferon signaling via histone acetylation
Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is essential for the epigenetic control of type I interferon signaling.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq9301
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John Lukens
9 months ago
A neurodegenerative cellular stress response linked to dark microglia and toxic lipid secretion
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Lance Johnson
9 months ago
new preprint!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
a characterization of APOE effects on the lipid droplet-ome (turns out you see a lot of "AD-related" proteins!) first authors Cassi Friday & Isaiah Stephens + great collaborators Scott Gordon,
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Rik van der Kant
10 months ago
Abstract submissions for
#AAICAdvancements
: APOE & Lipid Biology, and
#Tau2025
close Dec. 6 for ISTAART members! Share your work on APOEās role in neurodegeneration or tauopathies like PSP, CBD & FTD. Donāt miss out on these two meetingsāSubmit now!
www.alz.org/research/for...
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Scientific Conferences
Find upcoming Alzheimer's Association conferences. Attend virtually or in person to learn and network with the dementia research community.
https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/scientific-conferences
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Bowles Lab
10 months ago
Abstract submission for Stem Cell Models of Neurodegeneration 2025 is open until January 31st 2025! Come register and share your work with us!
scmnd.com
We look forward to hosting you in Edinburgh next year :-)
#neuroscience
#iPSC
#neurodegeneration
#stemcells
#dementia
#organoids
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Tal Nuriel, PhD
10 months ago
Happy to share a new paper from the lab, published in Alzheimerās & Dementia: APOE4-associated heterogeneity in neuroimaging biomarkers across the Alzheimerās disease continuum
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APOE ε4āassociated heterogeneity of neuroimaging biomarkers across the Alzheimer's disease continuum
INTRODUCTION While the role of apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 in Alzheimer's disease (AD) susceptibility has been studied extensively, much less is known about the differences in disease presentation in...
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/alz.14392
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Tal Nuriel, PhD
10 months ago
Since everyone else is doing it⦠Hereās a starter pack for researchers studying the most interesting allele in AD.
go.bsky.app/PDtaUP6
Let me know if you want to be added (doesnāt have to be the sole focus of your research). Also, it turns out a lot of my favorite APOE4 folks arenāt on bluesky yet.
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I also made a starters pack for all Riks working on Tau. Are you a Rik that works on Tau? Comment below and I will add you.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Sergiu P. Pasca
10 months ago
This spring, we reported in Nature a therapeutic approach for Timothy syndrome This has been a long journey starting with making hiPS cell-derived neurons in 2D cultured 15 years ago when I was a postdoc & continued with creating in the lab
#organoid
and then
#assembloid
models of this disease
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Happy Sinterklaas for all Dutchies! We had a thematic journal club this week!
10 months ago
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For my first post, an invitation to join us in Miami! A lot of thing on ApoE and lipids are moving fast, catch up! Abstract submission is now open!
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Andrew Octavian Sasmita
10 months ago
APOE from astrocytes restores Alzheimerās Aβ-pathology and DAM-like responses in APOE deficient microglia
#gliasky
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APOE from astrocytes restores Alzheimerās Aβ-pathology and DAM-like responses in APOE deficient microglia | EMBO Molecular Medicine
imageimageIn the early phase of Alzheimerās disease, astrocytes are the primary source of APOE in the brain. This study examined the effects of astrocyte-derived human APOE isoforms in APOE-deficient ...
https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44321-024-00162-7
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Shane Liddelow
10 months ago
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!WELCOME! thought we might need a starter pack for all those coming over from the birdhouse - here's a GliaSky list. apologies for missing many of you - please do reply to get added and remember to repost so the newbies can find us!
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