Regional and functional heterogeneity of antigen presenting cells in the mouse brain and meninges

SJ Dando, R Kazanis, HR Chinnery, PG McMenamin - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The central nervous system (CNS) is considered to be immune privileged, owing in part to
the absence of major histocompatibility (MHC) class II+ cells in the healthy brain …

A revised view of the central nervous system microenvironment and major histocompatibility complex class II antigen presentation

VH Perry - Journal of neuroimmunology, 1998 - Elsevier
There are numerous observations reporting that phagocytes expressing major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class II molecules are associated with the central nervous …

Histological architecture underlying brain–immune cell–cell interactions and the cerebral response to systemic inflammation

A Shimada, S Hasegawa-Ishii - Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Although the brain is now known to actively interact with the immune system under non-
inflammatory conditions, the site of cell–cell interactions between brain parenchymal cells …

[HTML][HTML] Clonal CD8 T cells accumulate in the leptomeninges and communicate with microglia in human neurodegeneration

R Hobson, SHS Levy, D Flaherty, H Xiao… - Research …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Murine studies have highlighted a crucial role for immune cells in the meninges in
surveilling the central nervous system (CNS) and influencing neuroinflammation. However …

Microglial involvement in experimental autoimmune inflammation of the central and peripheral nervous system

J Gehrmann, R Gold, C Linington, J Lannes‐Vieira… - Glia, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Microglial cells form a network of potential antigen presenting cells throughout the nervous
system. Much progress has recently been made towards a better understanding of their …

Are microglial cells the regulators of lymphocyte responses in the CNS?

B Almolda, B González, B Castellano - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The infiltration of immune cells in the central nervous system is a common hallmark in
different neuroinflammatory conditions. Accumulating evidence indicates that resident glial …

Towards an understanding of microglia and border-associated macrophages

T Taketomi, F Tsuruta - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the central nervous system, immune cells can be broadly categorized as
parenchymal microglia or non-parenchymal border-associated macrophages. It has become …

Clonal CD8 T cells in the leptomeninges are locally controlled and influence microglia in human neurodegeneration

R Hobson, SHS Levy, D Flaherty, H Xiao, B Ciener… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Recent murine studies have highlighted a crucial role for the meninges in surveilling the
central nervous system (CNS) and influencing CNS inflammation. However, how meningeal …

MHC class I expression by microglia is required for generating a complete antigen-specific CD8 T cell response in the CNS

CS Malo, F Jin, MJ Hansen, JD Fryer… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Microglia are central nervous system (CNS) resident immune cells for which the impact of
MHC class I antigen presentation is still being defined. To directly address if microglia …

Myeloid cells in the central nervous system

J Herz, AJ Filiano, AT Wiltbank, N Yogev, J Kipnis - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
The central nervous system (CNS) and its meningeal coverings accommodate a diverse
myeloid compartment that includes parenchymal microglia and perivascular macrophages …