Regulation of macrophage development and function in peripheral tissues

Y Lavin, A Mortha, A Rahman, M Merad - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Macrophages are immune cells of haematopoietic origin that provide crucial innate immune
defence and have tissue-specific functions in the regulation and maintenance of organ …

Macrophages: development and tissue specialization

C Varol, A Mildner, S Jung - Annual review of immunology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Macrophages are myeloid immune cells that are strategically positioned throughout the
body tissues, where they ingest and degrade dead cells, debris, and foreign material and …

Origin of microglia: current concepts and past controversies

F Ginhoux, M Prinz - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), which sit in
close proximity to neural structures and are intimately involved in brain homeostasis. The …

Genetic cell ablation reveals clusters of local self-renewing microglia in the mammalian central nervous system

J Bruttger, K Karram, S Wörtge, T Regen, F Marini… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
During early embryogenesis, microglia arise from yolk sac progenitors that populate the
developing central nervous system (CNS), but how the tissue-resident macrophages are …

Microglia: multitasking specialists of the brain

AM Casano, F Peri - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Microglia are macrophages that colonize the brain during development to establish a
resident population of professional phagocytes that protect against invading pathogens and …

Resident microglia, and not peripheral macrophages, are the main source of brain tumor mononuclear cells

A Müller, S Brandenburg, K Turkowski… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Gliomas consist of multiple cell types, including an abundant number of microglia and
macrophages, whereby their impact on tumor progression is controversially discussed. To …

The role of the microglia in acute CNS injury

M Kawabori, MA Yenari - Metabolic brain disease, 2015 - Springer
Microglia are considered the brain's resident immune cell involved in immune defense,
immunocompetence, and phagocytosis. They maintain tissue homeostasis within the brain …

Genetic targeting of microglia

P Wieghofer, KP Knobeloch, M Prinz - Glia, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic targeting of microglia and other myeloid cells in the central nervous system (CNS) is
highly desirable as they are critical effectors and regulators of changes in CNS homeostasis …

De Novo Expression of Dopamine D2 Receptors on Microglia after Stroke

JHJ Huck, D Freyer, C Böttcher… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Dopamine is the predominant catecholamine in the brain and functions as a
neurotransmitter. Dopamine is also a potent immune modulator. In this study, we have …

Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy corrects neuropathic phenotype in murine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type II

T Wakabayashi, Y Shimada, K Akiyama… - Human gene …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is a neuropathic lysosomal storage disorder
caused by a deficiency of iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS), which leads to the accumulation of …