Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation

RJ Mead, N Shan, HJ Reiser, F Marshall… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease caused by degeneration of
motor neurons. As with all major neurodegenerative disorders, development of disease …

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

C Escartin, E Galea, A Lakatos, JP O'Callaghan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional
remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling …

Microglia in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: from understanding to therapy

L Muzio, A Viotti, G Martino - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) acting as the
first line of defense in the brain by phagocytosing harmful pathogens and cellular debris …

Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders: the roles of microglia and astrocytes

HS Kwon, SH Koh - Translational neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's
disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Microglia and astrocytes …

Dietary polyphenols: Regulate the advanced glycation end products-RAGE axis and the microbiota-gut-brain axis to prevent neurodegenerative diseases

Y Li, Y Peng, Y Shen, Y Zhang, L Liu… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are formed in non-enzymatic reaction, oxidation,
rearrangement and cross-linking between the active carbonyl groups of reducing sugars …

Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

CS Subhramanyam, C Wang, Q Hu… - Seminars in cell & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microglia, being the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, play an important
role in maintaining tissue homeostasis and contributes towards brain development under …

Microglia in neurodegeneration

S Hickman, S Izzy, P Sen, L Morsett, J El Khoury - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
The neuroimmune system is involved in development, normal functioning, aging, and injury
of the central nervous system. Microglia, first described a century ago, are the main …

Integrating spatial and single-nucleus transcriptomic data elucidates microglial-specific responses in female cynomolgus macaques with depressive-like behaviors

J Wu, Y Li, Y Huang, L Liu, H Zhang, C Nagy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder represents a serious public health challenge worldwide;
however, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms are mostly unknown. Here, we …

Knockout of reactive astrocyte activating factors slows disease progression in an ALS mouse model

KA Guttenplan, MK Weigel, DI Adler… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative
diseases, including a non-cell autonomous effect on motor neuron survival in ALS. We …

Microglial NF-κB drives tau spreading and toxicity in a mouse model of tauopathy

C Wang, L Fan, RR Khawaja, B Liu, L Zhan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Activation of microglia is a prominent pathological feature in tauopathies, including
Alzheimer's disease. How microglia activation contributes to tau toxicity remains largely …