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Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Hansruedi Mathys
University of Pittsburgh
2
Kimberly Siletti
Karolinska Institutet
3
Michael S. Haney
Neurosciences Institute
4
Alhamdu Adamu
Shanxi Medical University
5
J. Alexander Bae
Yonsei University
6
Kun Leng
University of California, San Francisco
7
Philip Hasel
UK Dementia Research Institute
8
Tushar Kamath
Harvard University
9
Lynn van Olst
Northwestern University
10
Ana Rita Pombo Antunes
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Papers

1
APOE4/4 is linked to damaging lipid droplets in Alzheimer’s disease microglia
Nature|2024
474 cit.
2
The role of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases: current understanding and future therapeutic targets
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience|2024
427 cit.
3
Single-cell multiregion dissection of Alzheimer’s disease
Nature|2024
267 cit.
4
Publication in Nature (2025) [156 citations, W4409283533]
Nature|2025
156 cit.
5
Publication in Nature Medicine (2025) [103 citations, W4408201841]
Nature Medicine|2025
103 cit.
6
Publication in Molecular Neurodegeneration (2024) [39 citations, W4395110245]
Molecular Neurodegeneration|2024
39 cit.
7
Defining the molecular identity and morphology of glia limitans superficialis astrocytes in vertebrates
Cell Reports|2025
24 cit.
8
mTOR activation induces endolysosomal remodeling and nonclassical secretion of IL-32 via exosomes in inflammatory reactive astrocytes
Journal of Neuroinflammation|2024
14 cit.
9
Cell-Type Specificity of Mosaic Chromosome 1q Gain Resolved by snRNA-seq in a Case of Epilepsy With Hyaline Protoplasmic Astrocytopathy
Neurology Genetics|2024
2 cit.
10
Daple Orients and Patterns Sensory Hair Bundles in the Inner Ear
Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University)|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Evan Z. Macosko
Broad Institute
2
Bianca M. Nfonoyim
Boston Children's Hospital
3
Victoria F. Beja-Glasser
Broad Institute
4
Fei Chen
Broad Institute
5
Robert R. Stickels
Gladstone Institutes
6
María Llorens‐Martín
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
7
Gonçalo Castelo‐Branco
Karolinska Institutet
8
Nicole G. Coufal
University of California San Diego
9
Dylan Skola
Illumina (United States)
10
Nicola J. Allen
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Papers

1
Single-cell genomic profiling of human dopamine neurons identifies a population that selectively degenerates in Parkinson’s disease
Nature Neuroscience|2022
563 cit.
2
Early Alzheimer’s disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states
Cell|2023
208 cit.
3
Slide-tags enables single-nucleus barcoding for multimodal spatial genomics
Nature|2023
198 cit.
4
The molecular cytoarchitecture of the adult mouse brain
Nature|2023
183 cit.
5
Cell type-specific inference of differential expression in spatial transcriptomics
Nature Methods|2022
171 cit.
6
Spatial maps of T cell receptors and transcriptomes reveal distinct immune niches and interactions in the adaptive immune response
Immunity|2022
138 cit.
7
Multimodal chromatin profiling using nanobody-based single-cell CUT&Tag
Nature Biotechnology|2022
133 cit.
8
Cellular architecture of evolving neuroinflammatory lesions and multiple sclerosis pathology
Cell|2024
105 cit.
9
Epigenomic priming of immune genes implicates oligodendroglia in multiple sclerosis susceptibility
Neuron|2022
100 cit.
10
Aberrant astrocyte protein secretion contributes to altered neuronal development in multiple models of neurodevelopmental disorders
Nature Neuroscience|2022
90 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Ben A. Barres
Stanford University
2
Fred H. Gage
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
3
Michal Schwartz
Weizmann Institute of Science
4
Marco Prinz
University of Freiburg
5
Arturo Álvarez-Buylla
University of California, San Francisco
6
Ido Amit
Weizmann Institute of Science
7
Beth Stevens
Broad Institute
8
Helmut Kettenmann
Max Delbrück Center
9
Mark P. Mattson
Johns Hopkins University
10
David M. Holtzman
Hope Center for Neurological Disorders

Papers

1
Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia
Nature|2017
8k cit.
2
Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus
Nature Medicine|1998
6.3k cit.
3
A Unique Microglia Type Associated with Restricting Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
Cell|2017
5.6k cit.
4
Microglia Sculpt Postnatal Neural Circuits in an Activity and Complement-Dependent Manner
Neuron|2012
4.1k cit.
5
Subventricular Zone Astrocytes Are Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Mammalian Brain
Cell|1999
3.9k cit.
6
Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus
Nature Neuroscience|1999
3.9k cit.
7
Microglia: active sensor and versatile effector cells in the normal and pathologic brain
Nature Neuroscience|2007
3.7k cit.
8
More hippocampal neurons in adult mice living in an enriched environment
Nature|1997
3.5k cit.
9
Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS
Nature Neuroscience|2015
3.4k cit.
10
Complement and microglia mediate early synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models
Science|2016
3.4k cit.

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