[HTML][HTML] Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

RC Paolicelli, A Sierra, B Stevens, ME Tremblay… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Microglial research has advanced considerably in recent decades yet has been constrained
by a rolling series of dichotomies such as" resting versus activated" and" M1 versus M2." …

Microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

C Gao, J Jiang, Y Tan, S Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia activation is observed in various neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advances in
single-cell technologies have revealed that these reactive microglia were with high spatial …

Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia

A Badimon, HJ Strasburger, P Ayata, X Chen, A Nair… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Microglia, the brain's resident macrophages, help to regulate brain function by removing
dying neurons, pruning non-functional synapses, and producing ligands that support …

Microglia in Alzheimer's disease at single-cell level. Are there common patterns in humans and mice?

Y Chen, M Colonna - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021 - rupress.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by extracellular aggregates of amyloid β peptides,
intraneuronal tau aggregates, and neuronal death. This pathology triggers activation of …

Identification of early neurodegenerative pathways in progressive multiple sclerosis

M Kaufmann, AL Schaupp, R Sun, F Coscia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by unrelenting neurodegeneration,
which causes cumulative disability and is refractory to current treatments. Drug development …

Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics in patients with Alzheimer's disease reveals five molecular subtypes with distinct genetic risk profiles

BM Tijms, EM Vromen, O Mjaavatten, H Holstege… - Nature aging, 2024 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is heterogenous at the molecular level. Understanding this
heterogeneity is critical for AD drug development. Here we define AD molecular subtypes …

[HTML][HTML] Myelin in the central nervous system: structure, function, and pathology

C Stadelmann, S Timmler… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Oligodendrocytes generate multiple layers of myelin membrane around axons of the central
nervous system to enable fast and efficient nerve conduction. Until recently, saltatory nerve …

Microglia and macrophages in brain homeostasis and disease

Q Li, BA Barres - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Microglia and non-parenchymal macrophages in the brain are mononuclear phagocytes that
are increasingly recognized to be essential players in the development, homeostasis and …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia drive APOE-dependent neurodegeneration in a tauopathy mouse model

Y Shi, M Manis, J Long, K Wang, PM Sullivan… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
Chronic activation of brain innate immunity is a prominent feature of Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and primary tauopathies. However, to what degree innate immunity contributes to …

Microglia function in the central nervous system during health and neurodegeneration

M Colonna, O Butovsky - Annual review of immunology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Microglia are resident cells of the brain that regulate brain development, maintenance of
neuronal networks, and injury repair. Microglia serve as brain macrophages but are distinct …