The Journal Club

Rastmanesh R, Vellingiri B, Isacco CG, Sadeghinejad A, Daghnall N. Oral Microbiota Transmission Partially Mediates Depression and Anxiety in Newlywed Couples. Explor Res Hypothesis Med. 2025

***While the study presents compelling associations, it is observational and does not establish causation.**

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Blood Test Explained By Neurologists

By Mill Etienne, Forbes

Cohn, W., Campagna, J., Wi, D. et al. Discovery of a small molecule secreted clusterin enhancer that improves memory in Alzheimer’s disease mice. npj Drug Discov. 2, 7 (2025)

Marino C, Malotaux V, Giudicessi A, Aguillon D, Sepulveda-Falla D, Lopera F, Quiroz YT. Protective genetic variants against Alzheimer's disease. Lancet Neurol. 2025 Jun;

Oliver PJ, Civitelli L, Hu MT. The gut-brain axis in early Parkinson's disease: from prodrome to prevention. J Neurol. 2025 May 21

Koh Y, Vázquez-Rosa E, Gao F, Li H, Chakraborty S, Tripathi SJ, Barker S, Bud Z, Bangalore A, Kandjoze UP, León-Alvarado RA, Sridharan PS, Cordova BA, Yu Y, Hyung J, Fang H, Singh S, Katabathula R, LaFramboise T, Kasturi L, Lutterbaugh J, Beard L, Cordova E, Cintrón-Pérez CJ, Franke K, Fragoso MF, Miller E, Indrakumar V, Noel KL, Dhar M, Ajroud K, Zamudio C, Lopes FBTP, Bambakidis E, Zhu X, Wilson B, Flanagan ME, Gefen T, Fujioka H, Fink SP, Desai AB, Dawson D, Williams NS, Kim YK, Ready JM, Paul BD, Shin MK, Markowitz SD, Pieper AA. Inhibiting 15-PGDH blocks blood-brain barrier deterioration and protects mice from Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 May 27

Du LY, Keerthisinghe P, Rolland L, Sung YJ, Darroch H, Linnerz T, Ashimbayeva E, Grant MJ, Kakadia PM, Ramachandran A, Tups A, Spaink HP, Bohlander SK, Cheeseman J, Crosier PS, Astin JW, Warman G, Hall CJ. A light-regulated circadian timer optimizes neutrophil bactericidal activity to boost daytime immunity. Sci Immunol. 2025 May 23

Haidong Zhu, JoAnn E. Manson, Nancy R. Cook, Bayu B. Bekele, Li Chen, Kevin J. Kane, Ying Huang, Wenjun Li, William Christen, I-Min Lee, Yanbin Dong,

Vitamin D3 and Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation and Leukocyte Telomere Length: 4-Year Findings from the VITAL Randomized Controlled Trial,

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,

2025

Alice Morgunova, Nicholas O’Toole, Fatme Abboud, Saché Coury, Gary Gang Chen, Maxime Teixeira, Eamon Fitzgerald, Gustavo Turecki, Anthony J. Gifuni, Ian H. Gotlib, Corina Nagy, Michael J. Meaney, Tiffany C. Ho, Cecilia Flores,

Peripheral microRNA signatures in adolescent depression,

Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science,

2025,

Ikeue K, Kato H, Tanaka M, Yamakage H, Kato S, Iwasa M, Oishi K, Yamamoto Y, Kanasaki M, Masuda I, Ishii K, Satoh-Asahara N. Phase Angle Is a Potential Novel Early Marker for Sarcopenia and Cognitive Impairment in the General Population. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2025 Jun