Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

Role of neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration development

W Zhang, D Xiao, Q Mao, H Xia - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Studies in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease
and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and so on, have suggested that …

Cancer neuroscience: State of the field, emerging directions

F Winkler, HS Venkatesh, M Amit, T Batchelor, IE Demir… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The nervous system governs both ontogeny and oncology. Regulating organogenesis
during development, maintaining homeostasis, and promoting plasticity throughout life, the …

Alzheimer's disease: From immunotherapy to immunoprevention

M Jucker, LC Walker - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Recent Aβ-immunotherapy trials have yielded the first clear evidence that removing
aggregated Aβ from the brains of symptomatic patients can slow the progression of …

Circulating myeloid-derived MMP8 in stress susceptibility and depression

F Cathomas, HY Lin, KL Chan, L Li, LF Parise… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Psychosocial stress has profound effects on the body, including the immune system and the
brain,. Although a large number of pre-clinical and clinical studies have linked peripheral …

Microbiota–gut–brain axis and its therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract is populated with a diverse microbial community. The vast
genetic and metabolic potential of the gut microbiome underpins its ubiquity in nearly every …

Boundaries and integration between microbiota, the nervous system, and immunity

AJ Macpherson, V Pachnis, M Prinz - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The enteric nervous system is largely autonomous, and the central nervous system is
compartmentalized behind the blood-brain barrier. Yet the intestinal microbiota shapes gut …

Current understanding of the anatomy, physiology, and magnetic resonance imaging of neurofluids: update from the 2022 “ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Study group” …

N Agarwal, LD Lewis, L Hirschler… - Journal of magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofluids is a term introduced to define all fluids in the brain and spine such as blood,
cerebrospinal fluid, and interstitial fluid. Neuroscientists in the past millennium have steadily …

Immaturity of immune cells around the dural venous sinuses contributes to viral meningoencephalitis in neonates

YC Kim, JH Ahn, H Jin, MJ Yang, SP Hong… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
High neonatal susceptibility to meningitis has been attributed to the anatomical barriers that
act to protect the central nervous system (CNS) from infection being immature and not fully …

Osteocyte-derived sclerostin impairs cognitive function during ageing and Alzheimer's disease progression

T Shi, S Shen, Y Shi, Q Wang, G Zhang, J Lin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ageing increases susceptibility to neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Serum levels of sclerostin, an osteocyte-derived Wnt–β-catenin signalling …