Alzheimer's genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating

A Sudwarts, G Thinakaran - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Despite expressing many key risk genes, the role of microglia in late-onset Alzheimer's
disease pathophysiology is somewhat ambiguous, with various phenotypes reported to be …

iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer

DS Park, T Kozaki, SK Tiwari, M Moreira… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia are specialized brain-resident macrophages that arise from primitive macrophages
colonizing the embryonic brain. Microglia contribute to multiple aspects of brain …

Origin and emergence of microglia in the CNS—an interesting (Hi) story of an eccentric cell

I Dermitzakis, ME Manthou, S Meditskou… - Current issues in …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microglia belong to tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS),
representing the primary innate immune cells. This cell type constitutes~ 7% of non …

Microglial expression of CD83 governs cellular activation and restrains neuroinflammation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

P Sinner, K Peckert-Maier, H Mohammadian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglial activation during neuroinflammation is crucial for coordinating the immune
response against neuronal tissue, and the initial response of microglia determines the …

A new understanding of TMEM119 as a marker of microglia

C Ruan, W Elyaman - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurological diseases, including traumatic brain
injury (TBI), which is usually characterized by two pathological hallmarks: activation of …

Different methods for evaluating microglial activation using anti-ionized calcium-binding adaptor protein-1 immunohistochemistry in the cuprizone model

M Wittekindt, H Kaddatz, S Joost, A Staffeld, Y Bitar… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microglia play an important role in the pathology of various central nervous system
disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS). While different methods exist to evaluate the …

Microglial homeostasis disruption modulates non-rapid eye movement sleep duration and neuronal activity in adult female mice

K Picard, G Corsi, F Decoeur, MA Di Castro… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sleep is a natural physiological state, tightly regulated through several neuroanatomical and
neurochemical systems, which is essential to maintain physical and mental health. Recent …

Temporal tracking of microglial and monocyte single-cell transcriptomics in lethal flavivirus infection

AG Spiteri, CL Wishart, D Ni, B Viengkhou… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
As the resident parenchymal myeloid population in the central nervous system (CNS),
microglia are strategically positioned to respond to neurotropic virus invasion and have …

Integrating transcriptomic datasets across neurological disease identifies unique myeloid subpopulations driving disease‐specific signatures

CL Wishart, AG Spiteri, G Locatelli, NJC King - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia and bone marrow‐derived monocytes are key elements of central nervous system
(CNS) inflammation, both capable of enhancing and dampening immune‐mediated …

The contribution of microglia and brain-infiltrating macrophages to the pathogenesis of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases during TMEV infection of …

AB DePaula-Silva - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
The infection of the central nervous system (CNS) with neurotropic viruses induces
neuroinflammation and is associated with the development of neuroinflammatory and …