Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

RC Paolicelli, A Sierra, B Stevens, ME Tremblay… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Microglial research has advanced considerably in recent decades yet has been constrained
by a rolling series of dichotomies such as" resting versus activated" and" M1 versus M2." …

Microglia and central nervous system–associated macrophages—from origin to disease modulation

M Prinz, T Masuda, MA Wheeler… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The immune system of the central nervous system (CNS) consists primarily of innate
immune cells. These are highly specialized macrophages found either in the parenchyma …

[PDF][PDF] Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation

A Fernández-Castañeda, P Lu, AC Geraghty, E Song… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
COVID survivors frequently experience lingering neurological symptoms that resemble
cancer-therapy-related cognitive impairment, a syndrome for which white matter microglial …

Single-cell analysis of human glioma and immune cells identifies S100A4 as an immunotherapy target

N Abdelfattah, P Kumar, C Wang, JS Leu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A major rate-limiting step in developing more effective immunotherapies for GBM is our
inadequate understanding of the cellular complexity and the molecular heterogeneity of …

Brain microglia serve as a persistent HIV reservoir despite durable antiretroviral therapy

Y Tang, A Chaillon, S Gianella… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Brain microglia (MG) may serve as a human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV) reservoir and
ignite rebound viremia following cessation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but they have yet …

Microglia use TAM receptors to detect and engulf amyloid β plaques

Y Huang, KE Happonen, PG Burrola, C O'Connor… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Two microglial TAM receptor tyrosine kinases, Axl and Mer, have been linked to Alzheimer's
disease, but their roles in disease have not been tested experimentally. We find that in …

Directed evolution of adeno-associated virus for efficient gene delivery to microglia

R Lin, Y Zhou, T Yan, R Wang, H Li, Z Wu, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
As the resident immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS), microglia orchestrate
immune responses and dynamically sculpt neural circuits in the CNS. Microglial dysfunction …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial transcriptomics and in situ sequencing to study Alzheimer's disease

WT Chen, A Lu, K Craessaerts, B Pavie, CS Frigerio… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Although complex inflammatory-like alterations are observed around the amyloid plaques of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), little is known about the molecular changes and cellular …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Microglia phenotypes in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

MY Wendimu, SB Hooks - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and plays a
fundamental role in mediating the onset and progression of disease. Microglia, which …