Trotti Research

Name: Davide Trotti, PhD
Position: Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Organization: Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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Publications

Nelson AT, Cicardi ME, Markandaiah SS, Han JY, Philp NJ, Welebob E, Haeusler AR, Pasinelli P, Manfredi G, Kawamata H, Trotti D. Glucose hypometabolism prompts RAN translation and exacerbates C9orf72-related ALS/FTD phenotypes. EMBO Rep. 2024 May;25(5):2479-2510. doi: 10.1038/s44319-024-00140-7. Epub 2024 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 38684907; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11094177.

Scopa C, Barnada SM, Cicardi ME, Singer M, Trotti D, Trizzino M. JUN upregulation drives aberrant transposable element mobilization, associated innate immune response, and impaired neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 4;14(1):8021. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43728-8. PubMed PMID: 38049398; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10696058.

Jensen BK, Schuldi MH, McAvoy K, Russell KA, Boehringer A, Curran BM, Krishnamurthy K, Wen X, Westergard T, Ma L, Haeusler AR, Edbauer D, Pasinelli P, Trotti D. Synaptic dysfunction induced by glycine-alanine dipeptides in C9orf72-ALS/FTD is rescued by SV2 replenishment. EMBO Mol Med. 2020 May 8;12(5):e10722. doi: 10.15252/emmm.201910722. Epub 2020 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 32347002; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7207170.

Shi Y, Lin S, Staats KA, Li Y, Chang WH, Hung ST, Hendricks E, Linares GR, Wang Y, Son EY, Wen X, Kisler K, Wilkinson B, Menendez L, Sugawara T, Woolwine P, Huang M, Cowan MJ, Ge B, Koutsodendris N, Sandor KP, Komberg J, Vangoor VR, Senthilkumar K, Hennes V, Seah C, Nelson AR, Cheng TY, Lee SJ, August PR, Chen JA, Wisniewski N, Hanson-Smith V, Belgard TG, Zhang A, Coba M, Grunseich C, Ward ME, van den Berg LH, Pasterkamp RJ, Trotti D, Zlokovic BV, Ichida JK. Haploinsufficiency leads to neurodegeneration in C9ORF72 ALS/FTD human induced motor neurons. Nat Med. 2018 Mar;24(3):313-325. doi: 10.1038/nm.4490.

Westergard T, Jensen BK, Wen X, Cai J, Kropf E, Iacovitti L, Pasinelli P, Trotti D. Cell-to-Cell Transmission of Dipeptide Repeat Proteins Linked to C9orf72-ALS/FTD. Cell Rep. 2016 Oct 11;17(3):645-652. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.032. PubMed PMID: 27732842; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5078984.

Peer-Reviewed Publications