An aging, pathology burden, and glial senescence build-up hypothesis for late onset Alzheimer's disease

V Lau, L Ramer, MÈ Tremblay - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) predominantly occurs as a late onset (LOAD) form involving
neurodegeneration and cognitive decline with progressive memory loss. Risk factors that …

Microglial phagocytosis of neurons in neurodegeneration, and its regulation

CA Butler, AS Popescu, EJA Kitchener… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing evidence that excessive microglial phagocytosis of neurons and synapses
contributes to multiple brain pathologies. RNA‐seq and genome‐wide association (GWAS) …

Is microglial dystrophy a form of cellular senescence? An analysis of senescence markers in the aged human brain

P Neumann, DE Lenz, WJ Streit, I Bechmann - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aging can cause morphological transformation in human microglia indicative of cell
senescence, termed microglial dystrophy. However, cellular senescence is characterized by …

Microglial activation in the frontal cortex predicts cognitive decline in frontotemporal dementia

M Malpetti, TE Cope, D Street, PS Jones… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal dementia is clinically and neuropathologically heterogeneous, but
neuroinflammation, atrophy and cognitive impairment occur in all of its principal syndromes …

Glial reactivity and T cell infiltration in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau pathology

IJ Hartnell, D Woodhouse, W Jasper, L Mason… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau (FTLD-tau) is a group of tauopathies that
underlie∼ 50% of FTLD cases. Identification of genetic risk variants related to …

The role of microglia in sporadic Alzheimer's disease

WJ Streit, H Khoshbouei… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Microglia constitute the brain's immune system and their involvement in Alzheimer's disease
has been discussed. Commonly, and in line with the amyloid/neuroinflammation cascade …

The Role of Intracellular Ca2+ and Mitochondrial ROS in Small Aβ1-42 Oligomer-Induced Microglial Death

A Jekabsone, S Jankeviciute, K Pampuscenko… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia worldwide, and it contributes
up to 70% of cases. AD pathology involves abnormal amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation, and …

[PDF][PDF] An update on the rod microglia variant in experimental and clinical brain injury and disease

KR Giordano, CR Denman, PS Dubisch… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Contemporary microglia morphologies include ramified, activated and amoeboid, with the
morphology of microglia considered highly coupled to the cellular function. Rod microglia …

Tau immunotherapy is associated with glial responses in FTLD-tau

B Kim, B Mikytuck, E Suh, GS Gibbons… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) are
neuropathologic subtypes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau inclusions (FTLD …

Transcriptomic analysis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology reveals cellular alterations across multiple brain regions

R Hasan, J Humphrey, C Bettencourt, J Newcombe… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a group of heterogeneous neurodegenerative
disorders affecting the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Nuclear loss and cytoplasmic …