Role of Microglia in Central Nervous System Development and Plasticity

DP Schafer, B Stevens… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The nervous system comprises a remarkably diverse and complex network of cell types,
which must communicate with one another with speed, reliability, and precision. Thus, the …

Exposure of iPSC-derived human microglia to brain substrates enables the generation and manipulation of diverse transcriptional states in vitro

MJ Dolan, M Therrien, S Jereb, T Kamath… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia, the macrophages of the brain parenchyma, are key players in neurodegenerative
diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. These cells adopt distinct transcriptional subtypes …

Microglia phagocytic mechanisms: Development informing disease

RM Beiter, PW Sheehan, DP Schafer - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Microglia are tissue-resident macrophages and professional phagocytes of the central
nervous system (CNS). In development, microglia-mediated phagocytosis is important for …

Anti-inflammatory clearance of amyloid-β by a chimeric Gas6 fusion protein

H Jung, SY Lee, S Lim, HR Choi, Y Choi, M Kim… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Clearing amyloid-β (Aβ) through immunotherapy is one of the most promising therapeutic
approaches to Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although several monoclonal antibodies against …

Distinct tumor architectures and microenvironments for the initiation of breast cancer metastasis in the brain

S Gan, DG Macalinao, SH Shahoei, L Tian, X Jin… - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Brain metastasis, a serious complication of cancer, hinges on the initial survival,
microenvironment adaptation, and outgrowth of disseminated cancer cells. To understand …

Decoding the temporal and regional specification of microglia in the developing human brain

Y Li, Z Li, M Yang, F Wang, Y Zhang, R Li, Q Li, Y Gong… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Region-related heterogeneity and state transitions of microglia are important for brain
development and neurological pathogenesis. However, regional specialization and state …

Temporal single-cell atlas of non-neuronal retinal cells reveals dynamic, coordinated multicellular responses to central nervous system injury

I Benhar, J Ding, W Yan, IE Whitney, A Jacobi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-neuronal cells are key to the complex cellular interplay that follows central nervous
system insult. To understand this interplay, we generated a single-cell atlas of immune, glial …

Neuronal apoptosis drives remodeling states of microglia and shifts in survival pathway dependence

SR Anderson, JM Roberts, N Ghena, EA Irvin… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Microglia serve critical remodeling roles that shape the developing nervous system,
responding to the changing neural environment with phagocytosis or soluble factor …

Dissecting and visualizing the functional diversity of cardiac macrophages

M Holt, J Lin, M Cicka, A Wong, S Epelman… - Circulation …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac macrophages represent a functionally diverse population of cells involved in
cardiac homeostasis, repair, and remodeling. With recent advancements in single-cell …

Brain resident microglia in Alzheimer's disease: Foe or friends

S Kaur, MK, A Sharma, VV Giridharan… - …, 2024 - Springer
The neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is unclear due to its multifactorial nature.
Although a wide range of studies revealed several pathomechanisms of AD, dementia is yet …