Microglia in multiple sclerosis: friend or foe?

BL Guerrero, NL Sicotte - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microglia originate from myeloid progenitors in the embryonic yolk sac and play an integral
role in central nervous system (CNS) development, immune surveillance and repair. The …

Microglia diversity in health and multiple sclerosis

S Zia, KS Rawji, NJ Michaels, M Burr, BJ Kerr… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by multiple focal
lesions, ongoing demyelination and, for most people, a lack of remyelination. MS lesions are …

Microglia in central nervous system inflammation and multiple sclerosis pathology

S Voet, M Prinz, G van Loo - Trends in molecular medicine, 2019 - cell.com
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS). They have
important physiological functions in maintaining tissue homeostasis but also contribute to …

Microglial phenotypes and functions in multiple sclerosis

E O'Loughlin, C Madore… - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Microglia are the resident immune cells that constantly survey the central nervous system.
They can adapt to their environment and respond to injury or insult by altering their …

Microglia: the missing link to decipher and therapeutically control MS progression?

A Geladaris, D Häusler, MS Weber - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Therapeutically controlling chronic progression in multiple sclerosis (MS) remains a major
challenge. MS progression is defined as a steady loss of parenchymal and functional …

Role of microglia in CNS autoimmunity

T Goldmann, M Prinz - Journal of Immunology Research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) in the Western world. The disease is characterized histologically by the …

Heterogeneity of microglia and their differential roles in white matter pathology

J Lee, G Hamanaka, EH Lo… - CNS Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia are resident immune cells that play multiple roles in central nervous system (CNS)
development and disease. Although the classical concept of microglia/macrophage …

Macrophage subsets and microglia in multiple sclerosis

JFJ Bogie, P Stinissen, JJA Hendriks - Acta neuropathologica, 2014 - Springer
Along with microglia and monocyte-derived macrophages, macrophages in the perivascular
space, choroid plexus, and meninges are the principal effector cells in neuroinflammatory …

The role of glial cells in multiple sclerosis disease progression

LM Healy, JA Stratton, T Kuhlmann… - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the development of highly effective treatments for relapsing–remitting multiple
sclerosis (MS), limited progress has been made in addressing primary progressive or …

Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models

F Distéfano-Gagné, S Bitarafan, S Lacroix… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
As resident macrophages of the CNS, microglia are critical immune effectors of inflammatory
lesions and associated neural dysfunctions. In multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal …