
Jennifer Yokoyama
@yokoyamalabucsf
I study the role of genes in brain health. #Laboyama @UCSFmac. Editor-in-Chief, @Nature_NPJ Dementia. Opinions are my own.
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Just published Science Magazine Engineering T cells within the body, a big step forward for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases, as demonstrated in animal models science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…


A strong immune system may be key to preventing Alzheimer’s disease. People with higher titers of anti-viral antibodies were less likely to have dementia. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) ow.ly/lM6x50WehAH

Do patients with rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) make you nervous? What signs and tests can help to make the right diagnosis expeditiously? Our new paper explores these questions and more: doi.org/10.1002/ana.27… With Yoav Piura Nihal Satyadev, MD, MPH @CorriveauNick + more!




Around 5-10% of the #Alzheimers cases are early-onset, and are understudied. In a multiancestry genetic study of Early-onset AD we identified eight novel genes that point to dysregulation of glutamate, immune activation WashU Medicine Knight ADRC WashU Medicine Neurology alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…



With 40,000 blood and CSF samples, the GNPC’s neurodegeneration proteomics dataset is the largest disease-specific effort yet. #alzheimersdisease Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium ow.ly/s0Ks50WhQbs



🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The @ucsfmac is recruiting a postdoc focused on biofluid proteomics in neurodegenerative disease. Co-mentored by me + Kaitlin Casaletto. Please share or reach out! 🧠🧪 Apply here: healthyaging.ucsf.edu/news/postdocto… #neurodegeneration #proteomics #bioinformatics #postdoc




Suppressing “jumping genes” may protect the brain from age-related decline. New research from Rainwater Prize winner Dr. Bess Frost shows that blocking retrotransposons can reduce DNA damage & neurodegeneration, offering a potential path to new therapies. science.org/content/articl…



A new study from the lab Nature Medicine Over 6,000 proteins, more than 10,500 individuals. #Alzheimers, #Parkinsons, and #FTD. Muhammad Ali maps the shared and disease-specific plasma proteomic landscape of neurodegeneration WashU Medicine Neurology nature.com/articles/s4159…



Big strides in tau + microglia research 👏 Looking at these advances in science! Celeste Karch #ftdcwow #FTD