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 …

CD8+ T cells in brain injury and neurodegeneration

Z Zhang, Z Duan, Y Cui - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The interaction between the peripheral immune system and the brain is increasingly being
recognized as an important layer of neuroimmune regulation and plays vital roles in brain …

Antigen-specific age-related memory CD8 T cells induce and track Alzheimer's-like neurodegeneration

A Panwar, A Rentsendorj, M Jhun, RM Cohen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Cerebral (Aβ) plaque and (pTau) tangle deposition are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease
(AD), yet are insufficient to confer complete AD-like neurodegeneration experimentally …

Emerging microglial biology highlights potential therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease

X Fan, H Chen, W He, J Zhang - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system, which
primarily affects elderly people and accounts for 70-80% of dementia cases. The current …

Microglia LILRB4 upregulation reduces brain damage after acute ischemic stroke by limiting CD8+ T cell recruitment

Y Ma, K Zheng, C Zhao, J Chen, L Chen… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B4 (LILRB4) plays a significant role in
regulating immune responses. LILRB4 in microglia might influence the infiltration of …

CD8+ T cells exacerbate AD-like symptoms in mouse model of amyloidosis

X Wang, B Campbell, M Bodogai, RA McDevitt… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is linked to toxic Aβ plaques in the brain and activation of innate
responses. Recent findings however suggest that the disease may also depend on the …

Activation of mucosal insulin receptor exacerbates intestinal inflammation by promoting tissue resident memory T cells differentiation through EZH2

T Li, B Han, L Wang, L Sun, Y Cai, M Yu, W Xiao… - Journal of Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), an autoimmune disease
characterised by abnormal intestinal immunity, are related to vital morbidity around the …

Heart–brain axis in health and disease: role of innate and adaptive immunity

A Simats, HB Sager, A Liesz - Cardiovascular Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The importance of the brain-heart interaction has been increasingly recognized as a critical
physiological axis that is altered in disease. In this review, we explore the intricate …

Natural Killer Cells and cytotoxic T cells: complementary partners against microorganisms and Cancer

A Vojdani, S Koksoy, E Vojdani, M Engelman, C Benzvi… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T (CD8+) cells are two of the most important types of
immune cells in our body, protecting it from deadly invaders. While the NK cell is part of the …

Single-cell atlas of transcriptomic vulnerability across multiple neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases

D Lee, M Koutrouli, NY Masse, GE Hoffman, S Kinrot… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases impose a significant societal and public
health burden. However, our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying these …