Genetic analysis of the human microglial transcriptome across brain regions, aging and disease pathologies

KP Lopes, GJL Snijders, J Humphrey, A Allan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia have emerged as important players in brain aging and pathology. To understand
how genetic risk for neurological and psychiatric disorders is related to microglial function …

Microglia in brain development, homeostasis, and neurodegeneration

CJ Bohlen, BA Friedman, B Dejanovic… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Advances in human genetics have implicated a growing number of genes in
neurodegenerative diseases, providing insight into pathological processes. For Alzheimer …

A human microglia-like cellular model for assessing the effects of neurodegenerative disease gene variants

KJ Ryan, CC White, K Patel, J Xu, M Olah… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Microglia are emerging as a key cell type in neurodegenerative diseases, yet human
microglia are challenging to study in vitro. We developed an in vitro cell model system …

Genetics of the human microglia regulome refines Alzheimer's disease risk loci

R Kosoy, JF Fullard, B Zeng, J Bendl, P Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia are brain myeloid cells that play a critical role in neuroimmunity and the etiology of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet our understanding of how the genetic regulatory landscape …

An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity

D Gosselin, D Skola, NG Coufal, IR Holtman… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Microglia play essential roles in central nervous system homeostasis and
influence diverse aspects of neuronal function, including refinement of synaptic networks …

A core transcriptional signature of human microglia: Derivation and utility in describing region‐dependent alterations associated with Alzheimer's disease

A Patir, B Shih, BW McColl, TC Freeman - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Growing recognition of the pivotal role microglia play in neurodegenerative and
neuroinflammatory disorders has accentuated the need to characterize their function in …

The transcriptional landscape of microglial genes in aging and neurodegenerative disease

LW Bonham, DW Sirkis, JS Yokoyama - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, the brain-resident myeloid cells, are strongly implicated in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) pathogenesis by human genetics. However, the mechanisms by which microglial gene …

Diversity of transcriptomic microglial phenotypes in aging and Alzheimer's disease

D Boche, MN Gordon - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The morphological plasticity of microglia has fascinated neuroscientists for 100 years.
Attempts to classify functional phenotypes are hampered by similarities between …

Transcriptional landscape of human microglia implicates age, sex, and APOE‐related immunometabolic pathway perturbations

T Patel, TP Carnwath, X Wang, M Allen, SJ Lincoln… - Aging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia have fundamental roles in health and disease; however, effects of age, sex, and
genetic factors on human microglia have not been fully explored. We applied bulk and …

A transcriptomic atlas of aged human microglia

M Olah, E Patrick, AC Villani, J Xu, CC White… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
With a rapidly aging global human population, finding a cure for late onset
neurodegenerative diseases has become an urgent enterprise. However, these efforts are …