Provision of transplant education for patients starting dialysis: Disparities persist.

Background: All patients starting dialysis should be informed of kidney transplant as a renal replacement therapy option. Prior research has shown disparities in provision of this information. In this study, we aimed to identify patient sociodemographic and dialysis facility characteristics associated with not receiving transplant information at the time of dialysis initiation.

CD8 T cells exacerbate AD-like symptoms in mouse model of amyloidosis.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is linked to toxic Aβ plaques in the brain and activation of innate responses. Recent findings however suggest that the disease may also depend on the adaptive immunity, as B cells exacerbate and CD8 T cells limit AD-like pathology in mouse models of amyloidosis. Here, by artificially blocking or augmenting CD8 T cells in the brain of 5xFAD mice, we provide evidence that AD-like pathology is promoted by pathogenic, proinflammatory cytokines and exhaustion markers expressing CXCR6 CD39CD73 CD8 T-like cells.

Tdrd3-null mice show post-transcriptional and behavioral impairments associated with neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.

The Topoisomerase 3B (Top3b) - Tudor domain containing 3 (Tdrd3) protein complex is the only dual-activity topoisomerase complex that can alter both DNA and RNA topology in animals. TOP3B mutations in humans are associated with schizophrenia, autism and cognitive disorders; and Top3b-null mice exhibit several phenotypes observed in animal models of psychiatric and cognitive disorders, including impaired cognitive and emotional behaviors, aberrant neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity, and transcriptional defects. Similarly, human TDRD3 genomic variants have been associated with schizophrenia, verbal short-term memory and educational attainment.

Enhanced Myocardial Adenylyl Cyclase Activity Alters Heart-Brain Communication.

Background: The central nervous system's influence on cardiac function is well described; however, direct evidence for signaling from heart to brain remains sparse. Mice with cardiac-selective overexpression of adenylyl cyclase type 8 (TGAC8) display elevated heart rate/contractility and altered neuroautonomic surveillance.

Objectives: In this study the authors tested whether elevated adenylyl cyclase type 8-dependent signaling at the cardiac cell level affects brain activity and behavior.