Macrophages and microglia: the cerberus of glioblastoma

A Buonfiglioli, D Hambardzumyan - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and deadliest of the primary brain tumors,
characterized by malignant growth, invasion into the brain parenchyma, and resistance to …

Microglia/brain macrophages as central drivers of brain tumor pathobiology

DH Gutmann, H Kettenmann - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
One of the most common brain tumors in children and adults is glioma or astrocytoma. There
are few effective therapies for these cancers, and patients with malignant glioma fare poorly …

Overview of general and discriminating markers of differential microglia phenotypes

AM Jurga, M Paleczna, KZ Kuter - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory processes and microglia activation accompany most of the pathophysiological
diseases in the central nervous system. It is proven that glial pathology precedes and even …

Microglial activation states drive glucose uptake and FDG-PET alterations in neurodegenerative diseases

X Xiang, K Wind, T Wiedemann, T Blume… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
2-Deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is widely used
to study cerebral glucose metabolism. Here, we investigated whether the FDG-PET signal is …

Integrated proteogenomic characterization across major histological types of pediatric brain cancer

F Petralia, N Tignor, B Reva, M Koptyra, S Chowdhury… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We report a comprehensive proteogenomics analysis, including whole-genome sequencing,
RNA sequencing, and proteomics and phosphoproteomics profiling, of 218 tumors across 7 …

Repopulating microglia promote brain repair in an IL-6-dependent manner

EF Willis, KPA MacDonald, QH Nguyen, AL Garrido… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cognitive dysfunction and reactive microglia are hallmarks of traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet
whether these cells contribute to cognitive deficits and secondary inflammatory pathology …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals functional heterogeneity of glioma-associated brain macrophages

N Ochocka, P Segit, KA Walentynowicz… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Microglia are resident myeloid cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that control
homeostasis and protect CNS from damage and infections. Microglia and peripheral …

Glioma-derived IL-33 orchestrates an inflammatory brain tumor microenvironment that accelerates glioma progression

A De Boeck, BY Ahn, C D'Mello, X Lun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite a deeper molecular understanding, human glioblastoma remains one of the most
treatment refractory and fatal cancers. It is known that the presence of macrophages and …

Microenvironmental regulation of tumor progression and therapeutic response in brain metastasis

M Schulz, A Salamero-Boix, K Niesel… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cellular and non-cellular components of the tumor microenvironment (TME) are emerging
as key regulators of primary tumor progression, organ-specific metastasis, and therapeutic …

Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in microglia

BA Loving, KD Bruce - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, once viewed as static bystanders with limited homeostatic functions, are now
considered key players in the development of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative …