Autophagy in microglia degrades extracellular β-amyloid fibrils and regulates the NLRP3 inflammasome

MH Cho, K Cho, HJ Kang, EY Jeon, HS Kim, HJ Kwon… - Autophagy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβ) and resultant inflammation are critical pathological features
of Alzheimer disease (AD). Microglia, a primary immune cell in brain, ingests and degrades …

Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence

I Choi, M Wang, S Yoo, P Xu, SP Seegobin, X Li… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Dysfunctional autophagy has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Previous evidence suggested disruptions of multiple stages of the autophagy …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated expression of MiR-17 in microglia of Alzheimer's disease patients abrogates autophagy-mediated amyloid-β degradation

S Estfanous, KP Daily, M Eltobgy, NP Deems… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is a proposed route of amyloid-β (Aβ) clearance by microglia that is halted in
Alzheimer's Disease (AD), though mechanisms underlying this dysfunction remain elusive …

Microglial autophagy is impaired by prolonged exposure to β-amyloid peptides: evidence from experimental models and Alzheimer's disease patients

C Pomilio, RM Gorojod, M Riudavets, A Vinuesa… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
presence of misfolded proteins, amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates, and neuroinflammation in the …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of interleukin-1β in the autophagic process of microglia: Relevance to Alzheimer's disease

A François, F Terro, T Janet, AR Bilan… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Autophagy is a major pathway of protein and organelle degradation in the
lysosome. Autophagy exists at basal constitutive level and can be induced as a defense …

Beclin1‐driven autophagy modulates the inflammatory response of microglia via NLRP 3

J Houtman, K Freitag, N Gimber, J Schmoranzer… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Alzheimer's disease is characterized not only by extracellular amyloid plaques and
neurofibrillary tangles, but also by microglia‐mediated neuroinflammation. Recently …

The role of autophagy in modulation of neuroinflammation in microglia

P Su, J Zhang, D Wang, F Zhao, Z Cao, M Aschner… - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Microglia have multiple functions in regulating homeostasis in the central nervous system
(CNS), and microglial inflammation is thought to play a role in the etiology of the …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy and microglia: novel partners in neurodegeneration and aging

A Plaza-Zabala, V Sierra-Torre, A Sierra - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is emerging as a core regulator of Central Nervous System (CNS) aging and
neurodegeneration. In the brain, it has mostly been studied in neurons, where the delivery of …

The NLRP3 inflammasome in Alzheimer's disease

MS Tan, JT Yu, T Jiang, XC Zhu, L Tan - Molecular neurobiology, 2013 - Springer
Innate immunity and inflammatory response plays an important role in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). As the major resident immune cells in the brain, microglial cells …

Targeting microglial autophagic degradation in NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated neurodegenerative diseases

AG Wu, XG Zhou, G Qiao, LU Yu, Y Tang, LU Yan… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation is considered as a detrimental factor in neurodegenerative diseases,
including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD) …