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Jose Davila-Velderrain

Human Technopole
Verified email at fht.org
Cited by 6303

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease

H Mathys, J Davila-Velderrain, Z Peng, F Gao… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer’s disease is a pervasive neurodegenerative disorder, the molecular complexity of
which remains poorly understood. Here, we analysed 80,660 single-nucleus transcriptomes …

Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

…, DM Brazel, F Chen, G Datta, J Davila-Velderrain… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex
diseases and disorders 1 . They are heritable 2 , 3 and etiologically related 4 , 5 behaviors …

Reconstruction of the human blood–brain barrier in vitro reveals a pathogenic mechanism of APOE4 in pericytes

JW Blanchard, M Bula, J Davila-Velderrain, LA Akay… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
In Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid deposits along the brain vasculature lead to a condition known
as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), which impairs blood–brain barrier (BBB) function …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human retina identifies cell types associated with age-related macular degeneration

M Menon, S Mohammadi, J Davila-Velderrain… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with
age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the leading causes of blindness in the …

Mapping the epigenomic and transcriptomic interplay during memory formation and recall in the hippocampal engram ensemble

…, V Dileep, RM Raju, J Davila-Velderrain… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The epigenome and three-dimensional (3D) genomic architecture are emerging as key
factors in the dynamic regulation of different transcriptional programs required for neuronal …

APOE4 impairs myelination via cholesterol dysregulation in oligodendrocytes

JW Blanchard, LA Akay, J Davila-Velderrain… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease 1 , 2 – 3 . However, the
effects of APOE4 on the human brain are not fully understood, limiting opportunities to develop …

[PDF][PDF] Cell type-specific transcriptomics reveals that mutant huntingtin leads to mitochondrial RNA release and neuronal innate immune activation

…, WS Gibbs, S Mohammadi, J Davila-Velderrain… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
The mechanisms by which mutant huntingtin (mHTT) leads to neuronal cell death in Huntington's
disease (HD) are not fully understood. To gain new molecular insights, we used single …

BACE-1 inhibition facilitates the transition from homeostatic microglia to DAM-1

…, MR Benoit, J Zhou, B Das, J Davila-Velderrain… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
BACE-1 is required for generating β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here,
we report that microglial BACE-1 regulates the transition of homeostatic to stage 1 disease…

[HTML][HTML] NEBULA is a fast negative binomial mixed model for differential or co-expression analysis of large-scale multi-subject single-cell data

L He, J Davila-Velderrain, TS Sumida… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
The increasing availability of single-cell data revolutionizes the understanding of biological
mechanisms at cellular resolution. For differential expression analysis in multi-subject single-…

MEF2 is a key regulator of cognitive potential and confers resilience to neurodegeneration

…, NEP Milman, J Wang, J Davila-Velderrain… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Recent increases in human longevity have been accompanied by a rise in the incidence of
dementia, highlighting the need to preserve cognitive function in an aging population. A …