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Aberrant neuronal cell cycle re-entry induces late-onset Alzheimer's disease relevant neuropathological and gene expression changes

Stangis, K. A.; Pandey, R. S.; Wang, A.; Beck, J. S.; Counts, S. E.; Carter, G. W.; Park, K. H.

2026-09-03 neuroscience
10.64898/2026.08.28.747879 bioRxiv
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Aberrant neuronal cell cycle re-entry (NCCR) is an alternative pathogenic mechanism in Alzheimer disease (AD) that has gained substantial support in the literature. The pathogenic role of ectopic NCCR is supported by our past work demonstrating that SV40T-mediated NCCR in adult mice can induce numerous pathologies associated with AD. Since NCCR is chronically induced for an extended period in the mouse model which gives rise to numerous pathologies including neuroinflammation, many of these neuropathological changes could simultaneously participate in driving disease progression. We hypothesized that the NCCR is a primary pathogenic driver and that halting this disease process at a later age could be sufficient for preventing the progression of AD-related pathologies. Here we show that modulation of NCCR at a later age prevents the progression of AD pathologies, including Abeta; and tau pathologies. Furthermore, functional genomics analysis demonstrates the late-onset AD (LOAD)-relevance of NCCR. Our findings suggest that our NCCR mouse model could help identify novel therapeutic targets that could aid in preventing AD progression.

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