Single-cell profiling identifies myeloid cell subsets with distinct fates during neuroinflammation

MJC Jordão, R Sankowski, SM Brendecke, Sagar… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Under homeostasis, the central nervous system (CNS) hosts microglia
(MG) and CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs). During experimental autoimmune …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia versus myeloid cell nomenclature during brain inflammation

M Greter, I Lelios, AL Croxford - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
As immune sentinels of the central nervous system (CNS), microglia not only respond
rapidly to pathological conditions but also contribute to homeostasis in the healthy brain. In …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-resident microglia and blood-borne macrophages orchestrate central nervous system inflammation in neurodegenerative disorders and brain cancer

L Sevenich - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is a hallmark of different central nervous system (CNS) pathologies. It has been
linked to neurodegenerative disorders as well as primary and metastatic brain tumors …

Microglia and monocytes in inflammatory CNS disease: integrating phenotype and function

AG Spiteri, CL Wishart, R Pamphlett, G Locatelli… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
In neurological diseases, the actions of microglia, the resident myeloid cells of the CNS
parenchyma, may diverge from, or intersect with, those of recruited monocytes to drive …

Single-cell mass cytometry reveals distinct populations of brain myeloid cells in mouse neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration models

B Ajami, N Samusik, P Wieghofer, PP Ho, A Crotti… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration may represent two poles of brain pathology.
Brain myeloid cells, particularly microglia, play key roles in these conditions. We employed …

Single‐cell transcriptomics reveals distinct inflammation‐induced microglia signatures

C Sousa, A Golebiewska, SK Poovathingal… - EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
Microglia are specialized parenchymal‐resident phagocytes of the central nervous system
(CNS) that actively support, defend and modulate the neural environment. Dysfunctional …

Single-Cell Transcriptomics and In Situ Morphological Analyses Reveal Microglia Heterogeneity Across the Nigrostriatal Pathway

O Uriarte Huarte, D Kyriakis, T Heurtaux… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident immune effector cells of the central nervous system (CNS) rapidly
reacting to various pathological stimuli to maintain CNS homeostasis. However, microglial …

Do not judge a cell by its cover—diversity of CNS resident, adjoining and infiltrating myeloid cells in inflammation

SM Brendecke, M Prinz - Seminars in immunopathology, 2015 - Springer
Specialized populations of tissue-resident myeloid cells inhabit every organ of the body.
While many of these populations appear similar morphologically and phenotypically, they …

Multiomic spatial landscape of innate immune cells at human central nervous system borders

R Sankowski, P Süß, A Benkendorff, C Böttcher… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The innate immune compartment of the human central nervous system (CNS) is highly
diverse and includes several immune-cell populations such as macrophages that are …

Microglia and central nervous system–associated macrophages—from origin to disease modulation

M Prinz, T Masuda, MA Wheeler… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The immune system of the central nervous system (CNS) consists primarily of innate
immune cells. These are highly specialized macrophages found either in the parenchyma …