Astrocyte-microglia cross talk through complement activation modulates amyloid pathology in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

H Lian, A Litvinchuk, ACA Chiang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Increasing evidence supports a role of neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previously, we identified a neuron–glia signaling pathway …

NFκB-activated astroglial release of complement C3 compromises neuronal morphology and function associated with Alzheimer's disease

H Lian, L Yang, A Cole, L Sun, ACA Chiang… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Abnormal NFκB activation has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the
signaling pathways governing NFκB regulation and function in the brain are poorly …

Microglial C5aR (CD88) expression correlates with amyloid‐β deposition in murine models of Alzheimer's disease

RR Ager, MI Fonseca, SH Chu… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2010) 113, 389–401. Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive
neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of amyloid‐β protein and …

Complement C3 deficiency leads to accelerated amyloid β plaque deposition and neurodegeneration and modulation of the microglia/macrophage phenotype in …

M Maier, Y Peng, L Jiang, TJ Seabrook… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
Complement factor C3 is the central component of the complement system and a key
inflammatory protein activated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previous studies demonstrated …

Complement C1q-dependent excitatory and inhibitory synapse elimination by astrocytes and microglia in Alzheimer's disease mouse models

B Dejanovic, T Wu, MC Tsai, D Graykowski… - Nature Aging, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia and complement can mediate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). By
integrative multi-omics analysis, here we show that astrocytic and microglial proteins are …

Complement C3aR inactivation attenuates tau pathology and reverses an immune network deregulated in tauopathy models and Alzheimer's disease

A Litvinchuk, YW Wan, DB Swartzlander, F Chen… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Strong evidence implicates the complement pathway as an important contributor to amyloid
pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the role of complement in tau modulation …

Complement C3 deficiency protects against neurodegeneration in aged plaque-rich APP/PS1 mice

Q Shi, S Chowdhury, R Ma, KX Le, S Hong… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
The complement cascade not only is an innate immune response that enables removal of
pathogens but also plays an important role in microglia-mediated synaptic refinement during …

Blockage of CR1 prevents activation of rodent microglia

H Crehan, J Hardy, J Pocock - Neurobiology of disease, 2013 - Elsevier
The importance of the complement system in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis has
been emphasized through recent genome wide association studies. However, the cellular …

CCL2 accelerates microglia-mediated Aβ oligomer formation and progression of neurocognitive dysfunction

T Kiyota, M Yamamoto, H Xiong, MP Lambert… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background The linkages between neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathogenesis are well established. What is not, however, is how specific immune pathways …

Anti-inflammatory signaling in microglia exacerbates Alzheimer's disease-related pathology

JP Michaud, S Rivest - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
In this issue of Neuron, Chakrabarty et al.(2015) and Guillot-Sestier et al.(2015) reveal that
the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 inhibits Aβ clearance by microglia, worsening cognitive …