Distinguishing the effects of systemic CSF1R inhibition by PLX3397 on microglia and peripheral immune cells

AK Okojie, JO Uweru, MA Coburn, S Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Microglia, the primary immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), are derived from
the yolk sac and populate the brain during development. Once microglia migrate to the CNS …

Limitations of PLX3397 as a microglial investigational tool: peripheral and off-target effects dictate the response to inflammation

W Claeys, D Verhaege, G Van Imschoot… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), play a critical role
in CNS homeostasis and neuroinflammation. Pexidartinib (PLX3397), a colony-stimulating …

Concentration-dependent effects of CSF1R inhibitors on oligodendrocyte progenitor cells ex vivo and in vivo

Y Liu, KS Given, EL Dickson, GP Owens… - Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microglia are the principal resident immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS) and
play important roles in CNS development, maintenance and repair. The survival and …

Treatment with the CSF1R antagonist GW2580, sensitizes microglia to reactive oxygen species

K Soto-Diaz, M Vailati-Riboni, AY Louie… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia activation and proliferation are hallmarks of many neurodegenerative disorders
and may contribute to disease pathogenesis. Neurons actively regulate microglia survival …

Brain region-specific enhancement of remyelination and prevention of demyelination by the CSF1R kinase inhibitor BLZ945

N Beckmann, E Giorgetti, A Neuhaus… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2018 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the central nervous
system (CNS). While multiple effective immunomodulatory therapies for MS exist today, they …

Underestimated peripheral effects following pharmacological and conditional genetic microglial depletion

J Han, Y Fan, K Zhou, K Zhu, K Blomgren… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microglia, predominant parenchymal resident macrophages in the central nervous system
(CNS), are crucial players in neurodevelopment and CNS homeostasis. In disease …

Csf1R inhibition attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and promotes recovery

JC Nissen, KK Thompson, BL West, SE Tsirka - Experimental neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
(CNS) characterized by progressive neuronal demyelination and degeneration. Much of this …

CSF-1R inhibitor PLX3397 attenuates peripheral and brain chronic GVHD and improves functional outcomes in mice

SN Shaikh, EF Willis, M Dierich, Y Xu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a serious complication of otherwise curative allogeneic
haematopoietic stem cell transplants. Chronic GVHD induces pathological changes in …

CSF-1 maintains pathogenic but not homeostatic myeloid cells in the central nervous system during autoimmune neuroinflammation

D Hwang, MS Seyedsadr… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The receptor for colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1R) is important for the survival and
function of myeloid cells that mediate pathology during experimental autoimmune …

Microglia depletion from primary glial cultures enables to accurately address the immune response of astrocytes

M Van Zeller, AM Sebastião, CA Valente - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes are the most abundant cells in the CNS parenchyma and play an essential role in
several brain functions, such as the fine-tuning of synaptic transmission, glutamate uptake …