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 …

Animal models of multiple sclerosis: Focus on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

I Bjelobaba, V Begovic‐Kupresanin… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive disorder of the central nervous system
(CNS) that affects more than two million people worldwide. Several animal models resemble …

[HTML][HTML] A diet mimicking fasting promotes regeneration and reduces autoimmunity and multiple sclerosis symptoms

IY Choi, L Piccio, P Childress, B Bollman, A Ghosh… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Dietary interventions have not been effective in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Here, we show that periodic 3-day cycles of a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) are effective in …

Cell-specific and region-specific transcriptomics in the multiple sclerosis model: Focus on astrocytes

N Itoh, Y Itoh, A Tassoni, E Ren… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Changes in gene expression that occur across the central nervous system (CNS) during
neurological diseases do not address the heterogeneity of cell types from one CNS region to …

Astrocytes regulate myelin clearance through recruitment of microglia during cuprizone-induced demyelination

T Skripuletz, D Hackstette, K Bauer, V Gudi, R Pul… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Recent evidence suggests that astrocytes play an important role in regulating de-and
remyelination in multiple sclerosis. The role of astrocytes is controversial, and both …

Galectin-1 deactivates classically activated microglia and protects from inflammation-induced neurodegeneration

SC Starossom, ID Mascanfroni, J Imitola, L Cao… - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
Inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration occurs in the acute and the chronic phases of
multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis …

P2X4 receptor controls microglia activation and favors remyelination in autoimmune encephalitis

A Zabala, N Vazquez‐Villoldo, B Rissiek… - EMBO molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Microglia survey the brain microenvironment for signals of injury or infection and are
essential for the initiation and resolution of pathogen‐or tissue damage‐induced …

Myeloid cells—targets of medication in multiple sclerosis

MK Mishra, VW Yong - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2016 - nature.com
Discussions of multiple sclerosis (MS) pathophysiology tend to focus on T cells and B cells
of the adaptive immune response. The innate immune system is less commonly considered …

Role of the innate immune system in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

R Gandhi, A Laroni, HL Weiner - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with heterogeneous
clinical presentations and course. MS is considered to be a T cell mediated disease but in …

The benefits and detriments of macrophages/microglia in models of multiple sclerosis

KS Rawji, VW Yong - Journal of Immunology Research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The central nervous system (CNS) is immune privileged with access to leukocytes being
limited. In several neurological diseases, however, infiltration of immune cells from the …