Publications

26th July 2021

Complementary prescreening strategies to uncover hidden prodromal and mild Alzheimer’s disease: Results from the MOPEAD project

Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Authors: Boada M, Adrián Rodrigo A, Jessen F, Wimblad B, Kramberger M, Visser PJ, Simó R, Rodríguez-Gomez O, Ciudin A, Georges J, Dumas A, Maguire P, Kriver D, Wimo A, Valero S, Alegret M, Jamilis L, Zwan M, Sannemann L, Bonn J, Arrufat J, Stomrud E, Johansson G, Shering C,Glaysher B, Stewart N, Belger M, Iradier F, Campo L
Collaborator: Eli Lilly

2nd July 2021

Soluble amyloid beta-containing aggregates are present throughout the brain at early stages of Alzheimer’s disease

Journal: Brain Communications
Authors: Sideris DI, Danial JSH, Emin D, Ruggeri FS, Xia Z, Zhang YP, Lobanova E, Dakin H, De S, Miller A, Sang JC, Knowles TPJ, Vendruscolo M, Fraser G, Crowther D, Klenerman D
Collaborator: University of Cambridge

25th August 2021

Phosphorylation-dependent control of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-asscoiated protein (Arc) protein by TNIK

Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
Authors: Walczyk Mooradally A, Holborn J, Singh K, Tyler M, Patnaik D, Wesseling H, Brandon NJ, Steen J, Graether SP, Haggarty SJ, Lalonde J
Collaborator: Massachusetts General Hospital

15th July 2021

Loss of neuronal Miro1 disrupts mitophagy and induces hyperactivation of the integrated stress response

Journal: The EMBO Journal
Authors: López-Doménech G, Howden JH, Covill-Cooke C, Morfill C, Burli R, Crowther DC, Birsa N, Brandon NJ, Kittler JT
Collaborator: University College London

1st March 2021

Current progress and limitations of AAV mediated delivery of protein therapeutic genes and the importance of developing quantitative PK/PD models

Journal: Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Authors: Chowdhury K, Meno-Tetang G, Chang H, Wu S, Huang H, Shah D
Collaborator: University of Buffalo

1st December 2021

Discovery of a series of 7-azaindoles as potent and highly selective CDK9 inhibitors for transient target engagement

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Authors: Barlaam B, De Savi C, Dishington A, Drew L, Ferguson AD, Ferguson D, Gu C, Hande S, Hawkins J, Hird AW, Hassall L, Holmes J, Lamb ML, Lister AS, McGuire TM, Moore, JE, O’Connell N, Patel A, Pike KG, Sarkar U, Shao W, Stead D, Varnes JG, Vasbinder MM, Wang L, Wu L, Xue L,Yang B, Yao T

14th July 2021

CD33M inhibits microglial phagocytosis, migration and proliferation, but the Alzheimer’s disease‐protective variant CD33m stimulates phagocytosis and proliferation, and inhibits adhesion

Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
Authors: Butler C, Thornton, P, Brown GC
Collaborator: University of Cambridge

19th October 2021

The new therapeutics in alzheimer’s disease longitudinal cohort study (NTAD): Study protocol

Journal: BMJ Open
Authors: Lanskey J, Kocagoncu E, Quin A, Cheng Y, Karadag M, Pitt J, Isaac J, Lowe S, Perkinton M, Raymont V, Singh K, Woolrich M, Nobre A, Henson R, Rowe J

11th May 2020

Isolation of species cross-reactive transferrin receptor binding cyclic peptides from a phage library, and their ability to deliver IL-1 receptor antagonist to the CNS

Journal: PLoS One
Authors: Daas M, Webster C, Hatcher J, Kozub D, Male D, Romero I, Midgley C, Thom G

12th June 2020

Optogenetics and photopharmacology in pain research and therapeutics

Journal: STEMedicine
Authors: Iseppon F, Arcangeletti M
Collaborator: University College London

10th January 2022

Characterization and preclinical evaluation of a protease activated receptor 2 (PAR2) monoclonal antibody as a preventive therapy for migraine

Journal: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache
Authors: Kopruszinski C, Thornton P, Brennan J, Newton P, Lowne D, Navratilova E, Swiokla J, Dodick D, Dobson C, Gurrell I, Chessell I, Porreca F
Collaborator: University of Arizona

5th March 2021

The impact of radiochemistry in drug projects: The use of C-14 labeled compounds to understand in vitro and in vivo metabolism and disposition of drug candidates

Journal: Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals
Authors: Kingston L, Gu C, Guo J, Swallow S, Elmore CS

17th June 2021

CD33M inhibits microglial phagocytosis and proliferation, and increases attachment, but Alzheimer’s disease-protective CD33m does the opposite

Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
Authors: Butler C, Thornton, P, Brown GC
Collaborator: University of Cambridge

22nd October 2020

Isolation and characterization of multi-protein complexes enriched in the K-CI co-transporter 2 From brain plasma membranes

Journal: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Authors: Brandon, Nicholas J

28th January 2021

VCP/p97 regulates Beclin-1-dependent autophagy initiation and autophagosome formation

Journal: Nature Chemical Biology
Authors: HIll SM, Wrobel L, Ashkenazi A, Fernandez-Estevez M, Tan K, Burli RW, Rubinsztein DC
Collaborator: CIMR - Camb. Inst. of Medical Research

14th February 2021

Lanabecestat: neuroimaging results in early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease

Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Authors: Zimmer JA; Shcherbinin S; Devous Sr. MD; Bragg SM; Selzler KJ; Wessels AM; Shering C; Mullen J; Landry J; Andersen SW; Downing AM; Fleisher; AS; Svaldi DO; Sims JR.

24th November 2020

Cognitive outcomes in trials of two BACE inhibitors in Alzheimer’s disease

Journal: Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Authors: Wessels AM, Lines C, Stern RA, Kost J, Voss T, Mozley LH, Furtek C, Mukai Y, Aisen PS, Cummings JL, Tariot PN, Vellas B, Dupre N, Randolph C, Michelson D, Andersen SW, Shering C, Sims JR, Egan MF

14th April 2021

Retinal functional and structural changes in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Journal: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Authors: Lim JKH, Li Q-X, He Z, Vingrys AJ, Chinnery HR, Mullen J, Vui BV, Nguyen CTO

11th December 2020

A novel, injury-free rodent model of vulnerability for assessment of acute and preventive therapies reveals temporal contributions of CGRP-receptor activation in migraine-like pain

Journal: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache
Authors: Kopruszinski CM, Navratilova E, Swiokla J, Dodick DW, Chessell IP, Porreca F
Collaborator: University of Arizona

13th November 2020

Lipopolysaccharide activates microglia via neuraminidase 1 desialylation of toll‐like Receptor 4

Journal: Journal of Neurochemistry
Authors: Allendorf DH, Franssen EH, Brown GC
Collaborator: University of Cambridge

21st January 2020

Estradiol reverses excitatory synapse loss in a cellular model of neuropsychiatric disorders

Journal: Translational Psychiatry
Authors: Erli F, Palmos AB, Raval P, Mukherjee J, Brandon NJ, Penzes P, Sellers KJ, Srivastava DP
Collaborator: Kings College, London

16th July 2020

The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) data portal

Journal: European Journal of Epidemiology
Authors: Bauermeister S, Orton C, Thompson S, Barker R, Bauermeister JR, Ben-Shlomo Y, Brayne C, Burn D, Campbell A, Calvin C, Chandran S, Chaturvedi N, Chene G, Chessell IP, Corbett A, Davis DHJ, Denis M, Dufouil C, Elliott P, Fox N, Hill D, Hofer SM, Hu MT, Jindra C, Kee F, Kim CH, Kim C, Kivimaki M, Koychev I, Lawson R , Linden GJ, Lyons RA, Mackay C, Matthews PM, McGuiness B, Middleton L, Moody C, Moore K, Na DL, O'Brien JT, Ourselin S, Paranjothy S, Park KS, et al
Collaborator: Dementias Platform UK (DPUK)

14th April 2020

The clinical trial landscape in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–past, present and future

Journal: Medicinal Research Reviews
Authors: Wobst HJ, Mack KL, Brandon NJ, Shorter J
Collaborator: University of Pennsylvania

26th June 2020

Prolonged tau clearance and rescue of stress vulnerability by transient pharmacological activation of autophagy in tauopathy patient-derived neurons

Journal: Nature Communications
Authors: Silva MC, Nandi G, Tentarelli, S, Gurrel IK, Jamier, T, Brown, DG, Brandon, NJ, Haggarty, SJ
Collaborator: Massachusetts General Hospital

23rd January 2020

Dissecting transcriptomic signatures of neuronal differentiation and maturation using iPSCs

Journal: Nature Communications
Authors: Burke EE, Chenoweth JG,Shin JH, Collado-Torres L, Kim SK, Micali N, Wang Y, Straub RE, Hoeppner DJ, Chen HY, Hamersky GR, Phan BN, Ulrich WS, Valencia C, Lescure A, Shibbani K, Jaishankar A, Price AJ, Rajpurohit A, Semick SA, Burli R, Barrow JC, Hiler DJ, Martinowich K, Hyde TM, Kleinman JE, Berman KF, Apud JA, Cross AJ, Brandon NJ, Weinberger DR, Maher BJ, McKay RDG, Jaffe AE
Collaborator: Lieber Institute

25th November 2019

Efficacy and Safety of Lanabecestat for Treatment of Early and Mild Alzheimer Disease The AMARANTH and DAYBREAK-ALZ Randomized Clinical Trials

Journal: JAMA NEUROLOGY
Authors: Alette M. Wessels, PhD; Pierre N. Tariot, MD; Jennifer A. Zimmer, MD; Katherine J. Selzler, PhD; Sonja M. Bragg, MPH; Scott W. Andersen, MS; John Landry, MMath; James H. Krull, PharmD; AnnCatherine M. Downing, PharmD; Brian A. Willis, PhD; Sergey Shcherbinin, PhD; Jamie Mullen, MD; Peter Barker, PhD; Jennifer Schumi, PhD; Craig Shering, DPhil; Brandy R. Matthews, MD; Robert A. Stern, PhD; Bruno Vellas, MD; Sharon Cohen, MD; Emer MacSweeney, FRCR; Mercè Boada, MD; John R. Sims, MD
Collaborator: 1Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 2Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix 3AstraZeneca, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Gaithersburg, Maryland 4Now retired 5Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 6Gérontopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Unités Mixtes de Recherche Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 1027, Université Toulouse III–Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France 7Toronto Memory Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 8Re:Cognition Health, London, United Kingdom 9Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació Alzheimer Centre Educacional, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Barcelona–Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 10Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

21st October 2019

Preclinical development of a high affinity alpha-synuclein antibody, MEDI1341, that can enter the brain, sequester extracellular alpha-synuclein and attenuate pathological alpha-synuclein spreading in vivo

Journal: Neurobiology of Disease
Authors: Schofield DJ, Irving L, Calo L, Bogstedt A, Rees G, Nuccitelli A, Narwal R, Petrone M, Roberts J, Cusdin F, Dosanjh B, Lloyd C, Dobson C, Gurrell I, McFarlane M, Rockenstein E, Spencer B, Masliah E, Grazia Spillantini M, Tan K, Billinton A, Vaughan T, Chessell I, Perkinton MS
Collaborator: University of California, San Diego, University of Cambridge

1st July 2019

Soluble tau aggregates inhibit synaptic long-term depression and amyloid ß-facilitated LTD in vivo

Journal: Neurobiology of Disease
Authors: Ondrejcak T, Hu NW, Corbett GT, Fraser G, Perkinton MS, Walsh DM, Billinton A, Rowan MJ
Collaborator: Trinity College Dublin, Brigham and Women's Hospital

1st September 2019

Antibodies binding the head domain of P2X4 inhibit channel function and reverse neuropathic pain

Journal: PAIN
Authors: Williams WA, Linley JE, Jones CA, Shibata Y, Snijder A, Button J, Hatcher JP, Huang L, Taddese B, Thornton P, Schofield DJ, Thom G, Popovic B, Dosanjh B, Wilkinson T, Hughes J, Dobson CL, Groves MA, Webster CI, Billinton A, Vaughan TJ, Chessell I

28th March 2019

Optimization of potent and selective ATM inhibitors suitable for a proof-of-concept study in Huntington’s disease models

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Authors: Jarvis R

4th November 2019

Opportunities and challenges in phenotypic screening for neurodegenerative disease research

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Authors: Brown DG, Wobst HJ

16th July 2019

Identification of a core amino acid motif within the  subunit of GABAARs that promotes inhibitory synaptogenesis and resilience to seizures

Journal: Cell Reports
Authors: Nathanson AJ, Zhang Y, Smalley JL, Ollerhead TA, Santos MAR, Andrews PM, Bope C, Brandon NJ, Hines RM, Davies PA, Moss SJ
Collaborator: Tufts University

26th June 2019

Non-invasive mechanical joint loading as an alternative model for osteoarthritic pain

Journal: Arthritis & Rheumatology
Authors: Heegde F, Luiz AP, Santana-Varela S, Chessel IP, Welsh F, Wood JN, Chenu C
Collaborator: University College London, RVC London

23rd August 2019

PDE10A mutations help to unwrap the neurobiology of hyperkinetic disorders

Journal: Cellular Signalling
Authors: Whiteley E, Tejeda G, Baillie GS, Brandon NJ

1st June 2018

Extracellular monomeric and aggregated tau efficiently enter human neurons through overlapping but distinct pathways

Journal: Cell Reports
Authors: Wassmer T, Evans L, Fraser G, Smith J, Perkinton MS, Billinton A, Livesey FJ
Relevant Pages: 3624

21st May 2018

Differential pharmacology and binding of mGlu2 allosteric modulators

Journal: Molecular Pharmacology
Authors: O’Brien WE, Shaw DM, Cho HP, Cross AJ, Wesolowski SS, Felts AS, Bergare J, Elmore CS, Lindsley CW, Niswender CM, Conn PJ
Relevant Pages: 526-540

5th May 2018

Development and genetic regulation of the human frontal cortex transcriptiome in schizophrenia

Journal: Neuron
Authors: Jaffe A, Straub R, Shin J, Tao R, Gao Y, Collado Torres L, Kam-Thong T, Xi S, Quan J, Colantuoni C, Ulrich B, Maher B, Deep-Soboslay A, Cross AJ, Brandon NJ, Leek J, Hyde T, Kleinman J, Weinberger DJ
Relevant Pages: doi:10.1038/nn.4181

13th April 2018

Small RNAs may answer big questions in mental illness

Journal: Biological Psychiatry
Authors: Wright C, Ross DA, Weinberger D
Relevant Pages: e1–e3

11th April 2018

Interleukin-33 is activated by allergen- and necrosis-associated proteolytic activities to regulate its alarmin activity during epithelial damage

Journal: Scientific Reports
Authors: Scott IC, Majithiya JB, Sanden C, Thornton P, Sanders P, Moore T, Guscott M, Corkill DJ, Erjefalt JS, Cohen ES
Relevant Pages: doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21589-2

26th March 2018

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 2/3 as targets for treating nicotine addiction

Journal: Biological Psychiatry
Authors: Cross AJ, Anthenelli R, Li X
Relevant Pages: 947–954

21st March 2018

Toward β-secretase-1 inhibitors with improved isoform selectivity

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Authors: Johansson P, Kaspersson K, Gurrell I, Bäck E, Eketjäll S, Scott C, Cebers G, Thorne P, McKenzie M, Beaton H, Davey P, Kolmodin K, Holenz J, Duggan ME, Häberlein SB, Bürli RW
Relevant Pages: 3491–3502

20th March 2018

FBXW7 regulates DISC1 stability via the ubiquitin-proteosome system

Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
Authors: Yalla K, Elliott C, Day JP, Findlay J, Barratt S, Hughes ZA, Wilson L, Whiteley E, Popiolek M, Li Y, Dunlop J, Killick R, Adams DR, Brandon NJ, Houslay MD, Hao B, Baillie GS
Relevant Pages: 1278–1286

19th March 2018

Small molecule inducers of ABCA1 and apoE that act though indirect activation of the LXR pathway

Journal: Journal of Lipid Research
Authors: Fan J, Zhao RQ, Parro C, Zhao W, Chou H-Y, Robert J, Deeb TZ, Barichievy S, Brandon NJ, Wood MW, Kulic I, Wellington CL
Relevant Pages: 830-842

1st March 2018

Central inhibition of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is analgesic in experimental neuropathic pain

Journal: Pain
Authors: Nicol LSC, Thornton P, Hatcher JP, Glover CP, Webster CI, Burrell M, Hammett K, Jones CA, Sleeman MA, Billinton A, Chessell I
Relevant Pages: 532

21st February 2018

Clinical bioavailability of the novel BACE1 inhibitor lanabecestat (AZD3293): Assessment of tablet formulations versus an oral solution and the impact of gastric pH on pharmacokinetics

Journal: Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development
Authors: Ye N, Monk SA, Daga P, Bender DM, Rosen LB, Mullen J, Minkwitz MC, Kugler AR
Relevant Pages: 233-243

21st February 2018

Isolation of blood-brain barrier-crossing antibodies from a phage display library by competitive elution and their ability to penetrate the central nervous system

Journal: mAbs Journal
Authors: Thom G, Hatcher JP, Hearn A, Paterson J, Rodrigo N, Beljean A, Gurrell I, Webster CI
Relevant Pages: 304-314

30th January 2018

Extracellular monomeric and aggregated tau efficiently enter human neurons through overlapping but distinct pathways

Journal: Cell Reports
Authors: Wassmer T, Evans L, Fraser G, Smith J, Perkinton MS, Billinton A, Livesey FJ

19th December 2017

Increased Foxo3a Nuclear Translocation and Activity is an Early Neuronal Response to βγ-Secretase-Mediated Processing of the Amyloid-β Protein Precursor: Utility of an AβPP-GAL4 Reporter Assay

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Authors: Law BM, Guest AL, Pullen MWJ, Perkinton MS, Williams RJ
Relevant Pages: 673-688

28th November 2017

Molecular architecture of potassium chloride co-transporter KCC2

Journal: Scientific Reports
Authors: Fan J, Zhao RQ, Parro C, Zhao W, Chou H-Y, Robert J, Deeb TZ, Barichievy S, Brandon NJ, Wood MW, Kulic I, Wellington CL, Moss SJ
Relevant Pages: 1038

21st November 2017

Metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 3 as targets for treating nicotine addiction

Journal: Biological Psychiatry
Authors: Jaffe A, Straub R, Shin J, Tao R, Gao Y, Collado Torres L, Kam-Thong T, Xi S, Quan J, Colantuoni C, Ulrich B, Maher B, Deep-Soboslay A, Cross AJ, Brandon NJ, Leek J, Hyde T, Kleinman J, Weinberger DJ
Relevant Pages: 947–954

8th November 2017

X-ray characterization and structure-based optimization of striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Authors: Witten MR, Wissler L, Snow M, Geschwindner S, Read JA, Brandon NJ, Nairn AC, Lombroso PJ, Käck H, Ellman JA
Relevant Pages: 9299–9319

24th October 2017

Challenges in the development of an M4 PAM preclinical candidate: The discovery, SAR, and biological characterization of a series of azetidine-derived tertiary amides

Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Authors: Johansson P, Kaspersson K, Gurrell I, Bäck E, Eketjäll E, Engers DW, Scott C, Cebers G, Thorne P, McKenzie M, Beaton H, Davey P, Melancon BJ, Tarr JC, Noetzel MJ, Niswender CM, Kolmodin K, Lindsley CW, Luscombe VB, Holenz J, Duggan ME, Häberlein SB, Bürli RW
Relevant Pages: 5179-5184

23rd October 2017

Molecular-based diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and its progressive stage

Journal: Annals of Neurology
Authors: Barbour C, Kosa P, Komori M, Tanigawa M, Masvekar R, Wu T, Johnson K, Douvaras P, Fossati V, Herbst R, Wang Y, Tan K, Greenwood M, Bielekova B

16th October 2017

Estradiol modulates the efficacy of fast synaptic inhibition by decreasing the dwell time of GABAA receptors at inhibitory synapses

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Authors: Fan J, Zhao RQ, Parro C, Zhao W, Chou H-Y, Robert J, Deeb TZ, Barichievy S, Brandon NJ, Wood MW, Kulic I, Wellington CL, Moss SJ
Relevant Pages: 8424

1st October 2017

Central and peripheral circadian clocks and their role in Alzheimer’s disease

Journal: Disease Models & Mechanisms
Authors: Chauhan R, Chen KF, Kent BA, Crowther DC

21st September 2017

Current understanding of PDE10A in the modulation of basal ganglia circuitry

Journal: Book
Authors: Schuelke J, Brandon NJ
Relevant Pages: 1

20th September 2017

ApoE4 markedly exacerbates tau-mediated neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy

Journal: Nature
Authors: Shi Y, Yamada K, Liddelow S, Smith S, Zhao L, Luo W, Tsai R, Spina S, Grinberg L, Rojas J, Gallardo G, Wang K, Roh J, Robinson G, Finn MB, Jiang H, Sullivan P Baufeld C, Wood MW, Sutphen C, McCue L, Xiong C, Del-Aguila J, Morris J, Cruchaga C, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Fagan A, Miller B, Boxer A, Seely W, Butovsky O, Barres B, Paul S, Holtzman D
Relevant Pages: 549

30th August 2017

TREM2 shedding by cleavage at the H157-S158 bond is accelerated for the Alzheimer’s disease-associated H157Y variant

Journal: EMBO Molecular Medicine
Authors: Thornton P, Sevalle J, Deery MJ, Fraser G, Zhou Y, Ståhl S, Franssen EH, Dodd RB, Qamar SG, Gomez Perez-Nievas B, Nicol LSC, Eketjäll S, Revell J, Jones CA, Billinton A, St George-Hyslop PH, Chessell I, Crowther DC
Relevant Pages: 1366-1378

10th August 2017

Seizing control of KCC2: A new therapeutic target for epilepsy

Journal: Trends in Neurosciences
Authors: Mukherjee J, Cardarelli RW, Cantaut-Belarif Y, Deeb TZ, Srivastava D, Pangalos M, Triller A, Maguire, Brandon N, Moss SZ
Relevant Pages: 555–571

17th July 2017

Cognitive enhancement and antipsychotic-like activity following repeated dosing with the selective M4 PAM VU0467154

Journal: Neuropharmacology
Authors: Gould RW, Grannan MD, Gunter BW, Ball J, Bubser M, Bridges TM, Wess J, Wood MW, Brandon NJ, Duggan ME, Niswender CM, Lindsley CW, Conn PJ, Jones CK
Relevant Pages: 492-502

1st July 2017

TREM2 shedding by cleavage at the H157-S158 bond is accelerated for the Alzheimer’s disease-associated H157Y variant

Journal: EMBO molecular medicine
Authors: Thornton P, Sevalle J, Fraser G, Zhou Y, Ståhl S, Elske H, Dodd RB, Qamar SG, Gomez Perez-Nievas B, Eketjäll S, Revell J, Billinton A, St George-Hyslop PH, Chessell I, Crowther DC
Relevant Pages: e201707673

16th June 2017

N-ethylmaleimide increases KCC2 activity by modulating transporter phosphorylation

Journal: Gordon Research Conference - Inhibition in the CNS 2017
Authors: Conway LC, Cardarelli RA, Moore YE, Jones K, McWilliams LJ, Baker DJ, Burnham MP, Bürli RW, Wang Q, Brandon NJ, Moss SJ, Deeb TZ

13th June 2017

Broad analgesic activity of a novel, selective M1 agonist

Journal: Neuropharmacology
Authors: Wood MW, Martino G, Coupal M, Lindberg M, Schroeder P, Santhakumar V, Valiquette M, Sandin J, Widzowski D, Laird J
Relevant Pages: 233-241

20th May 2017

Isolation and cultivation of primary brain endothelial cells from adult mice

Journal: Bio-protocol
Authors: Assmann JC, Müller K, Wenzel J, Walther T, Brands J, Thornton P, Allan SM, Schwaninger M
Relevant Pages: e2294

16th May 2017

Truncation of the TAR DNA-binding protein 43 is not a prerequisite for cytoplasmic relocalization, and is suppressed by caspase inhibition and by introduction of the A90V sequence variant

Journal: PLoS One
Authors: Wobst HJ, Delsing L, Brandon NJ, Moss SJ

6th May 2017

Challenges in development of an M4 PAM preclinical candidate: The discovery, SAR, and in vivo characterization of a series of 3-aminoazetidine-derived amides

Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Authors: Johansson P, Kaspersson K, Gurrell I, Bäck E, Eketjäll E, Scott C, Cebers G, Thorne P, McKenzie M, Beaton H, Melancon BJ, Weiner RL, Nance KD, Noetzel MJ, Tarr JC, Niswender CM, Luscombe VB, Davey P, Lindsley CW, Kolmodin K, Holenz J, Duggan ME, Häberlein SB, Bürli RW
Relevant Pages: 2990-2995

26th April 2017

Structural insight into allosteric modulation of protease-activated receptor 2

Journal: Nature
Authors: Cheng RKY, Fiez-Vandal C, Schlenker O, Edman K, Aggeler B, Brown D, Brown G, Cooke R, Dumelin C, Dore AS, Geschwindner S, Grebner C, Hermansson N-O, Jazayeri A, Johansson P, Leong L, Prihandoko R, Rappas M, SOutter H, Snijder A, Sundstrom L, Tehan B, Thornton P, Troast D, Wiggin G, Zhukov A, Marshall FH, Dekker N
Relevant Pages: 112-115

24th April 2017

Wild-type, but not mutant N296H, human tau restores Aβ-mediated inhibition of LTP in Tau−/− mice

Journal: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Authors: Vargas-Caballero M, Denk F, Wobst HJ, Arch E, Pegasiou CM, Oliver PL, Shipton OA, Paulsen O, Wade-Martins R

13th April 2017

Optimization of M4 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs): The discovery of VU0476406, a non-human primate in vivo tool compound for translational pharmacology

Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Authors: Melancon BJ, Wood MR, Noetzel MJ, Nance KD, Engelber EM, Han C, Lamsal A, Chang S, Cho HP, Byers FW, Bubser M, Jones CK, Niswender CM, Wood MW, Engers DW, Wu D, Brandon NJ, Duggan ME, Conn PJ, Bridges TM, Lindsley CW
Relevant Pages: 2296-2301

22nd March 2017

Biomarker of extracellular matrix remodelling C1M and proinflammatory cytokine interleukin 6 are related to synovitis and pain in end-stage knee osteoarthritis patients

Journal: Pain
Authors: Radojčić M, Thudium C, Henriksen K, Tan K, Karlsten R, Dudley A, Chessell I, Karsdal M, Bay-Jensen A-C, Crema M, Guermazi A
Relevant Pages: 1254–1263

16th March 2017

Membrane association and release of wild-type and pathological tau from organotypic brain slice cultures

Journal: Cell Death & Disease
Authors: Wassmer T, Evans L, Fraser G, Smith J, Perkinton MS, Billinton A, Livesey FJ
Relevant Pages: e2671

13th March 2017

Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases: implications and strategies

Journal: Translational Neurodegeneration
Authors: Sweeney P, Park H, Baumann M, Dunlop J, Frydman J, Kopito R, McCampbell A, Leblanc G, Venkateswaran A, Nurmi A, Hodgson R
Relevant Pages: 6:6

9th March 2017

Utility of an APP-GAL4 reporter assay to identify early neuronal responses to beta-gamma-secretase APP processing reveals impaired AKT signaling and upregulation of FOXO3a

Journal: Molecular Neurodegeneration
Authors: Wassmer T, Evans L, Fraser G, Smith J, Perkinton MS, Billinton A, Livesey FJ, Williams RJ
Relevant Pages: 673-68

2nd March 2017

Substrate and method dependent inhibition of three ABC-transporters (MDR1, BCRP, and MRP2)

Journal: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Authors: Pedersen J, Khan EK, Bergstrom CAS, Palm J, Hoogstraate J, Artursson P
Relevant Pages: 70-76

17th February 2017

Deficits in the activity of presynaptic γ-Aminobutyric acid type B receptors contribute to altered neuronal excitability in Fragile X Syndrome

Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Authors: Fan J, Zhao RQ, Parro C, Zhao W, Chou H-Y, Robert J, Deeb TZ, Barichievy S, Brandon NJ, Wood MW, Kulic I, Wellington CL, Moss SJ
Relevant Pages: 6621-6632

31st January 2017

The impact of disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) on the dopaminergic system: a systematic review

Journal: Translational Psychiatry
Authors: Dahoun T, Trossbach S, Brandon N, Korth C, Howes O
Relevant Pages: e1015

12th January 2017

Cytoplasmic relocalization of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 is not sufficient to reproduce cellular pathologies associated with ALS in vitro

Journal: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Authors: Wobst HJ, Wesolowski SS, Delsing L, Jacobsen S, Deeb TZ, Dunlop J, Brandon NJ, Moss SJ

24th December 2016

GABA receptor occupancy by subtype selective GABA modulators: PET studies in humans

Journal: Psychopharmacology
Authors: Jaffe A, Straub R, Shin J, Tao R, Gao Y, Collado Torres L, Kam-Thong T, Xi S, Quan J, Colantuoni C, Ulrich B, Maher B, Deep-Soboslay A, Cross AJ, Brandon NJ, Leek J, Hyde T, Kleinman J, Weinberger DJ
Relevant Pages: 707–716

20th December 2016

From bench to bedside: mGluR2 positive allosteric modulators as medications to treat substance use disorders

Journal: Psychopharmacology
Authors: Acri J, Cross AJ, Skolnick P
Relevant Pages: 1347–1355

19th December 2016

Enhanced delivery of IL-1 receptor antagonist to the CNS as a novel anti-TfR-IL-1RA fusion reverses neuropathic mechanical hypersensitivity

Journal: Pain
Authors: Webster CI, Hatcher JP, Burrell M, Thom G, Thornton P, Gurrell I, Chessell I
Relevant Pages: 660–668

16th December 2016

Discovery of VU0467485/AZ13713945: An M4 positive allosteric modulator evaluated as a preclinical candidate for the treatment of Schizophrenia

Journal: ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Authors: Melancon BJ, Wood MR, Noetzel MJ, Nance KD, Engelber EM, Han C, Lamsal A, Chang S, Cho HP, Byers FW, Bubser M, Jones CK, Niswender CM, Wood MW, Engers DW, Wu D, Brandon NJ, Duggan ME, Conn PJ, Bridges TM, Lindsley CW
Relevant Pages: 233–238

30th November 2016

Challenges in the development of an M4 PAM in vivo tool compound: The discovery of VU0467154 and unexpected DMPK profiles of close analogs

Journal: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Authors: Melancon BJ, Wood MR, Noetzel MJ, Nance KD, Engelber EM, Han C, Lamsal A, Chang S, Cho HP, Byers FW, Bubser M, Jones CK, Niswender CM, Wood MW, Engers DW, Wu D, Brandon NJ, Duggan ME, Conn PJ, Bridges TM, Lindsley CW
Relevant Pages: 171-175

2nd November 2016

Adjunctive lanicemine (AZD6765) in patients with major depressive disorder and history of inadequate response to antidepressants: a randomized, placebo-controlled study

Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology
Authors: Gerard Sanacora, Michael R Johnson, Arif Khan, Sarah D Atkinson, Robert R Riesenberg, Juan P Schronen, Michael A Burke, John M Zajecka, Luis Barra, Hong-Lin Su, Joel A Posener, Khanh H Bui, Michael C Quirk, Timothy M Piser, Sanjay J Mathew & Sanjeev Pathak
Relevant Pages: 844–853

6th February 2014

The central molecular clock is robust in the face of behavioural arrhythmia in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer’s disease

Journal: Disease Models & Mechanisms
Authors: Chen KF, Possidente B, Lomas DA, Crowther DC
Relevant Pages: 7(4), 445-458