Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

[HTML][HTML] Myelin in the central nervous system: structure, function, and pathology

C Stadelmann, S Timmler… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Oligodendrocytes generate multiple layers of myelin membrane around axons of the central
nervous system to enable fast and efficient nerve conduction. Until recently, saltatory nerve …

TREM2 lipid sensing sustains the microglial response in an Alzheimer's disease model

Y Wang, M Cella, K Mallinson, JD Ulrich, KL Young… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a microglial surface receptor
that triggers intracellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Recent genome-wide association …

TREM2 in neurodegenerative diseases

TR Jay, VE von Saucken, GE Landreth - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
TREM2 variants have been identified as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other
neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). Because TREM2 encodes a receptor exclusively …

The microglial sensome revealed by direct RNA sequencing

SE Hickman, ND Kingery, TK Ohsumi… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Microglia, the principal neuroimmune sentinels of the brain, continuously sense changes in
their environment and respond to invading pathogens, toxins and cellular debris. Microglia …

Microglia modulate wiring of the embryonic forebrain

P Squarzoni, G Oller, G Hoeffel, L Pont-Lezica… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Dysfunction of microglia, the tissue macrophages of the brain, has been associated with the
etiology of several neuropsychiatric disorders. Consistently, microglia have been shown to …

The contribution of neuroinflammation to amyloid toxicity in Alzheimer's disease

MR Minter, JM Taylor, PJ Crack - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and the most
common cause of dementia. Deposition of amyloid‐β (Aβ) remains a hallmark feature of the …

A neurodegeneration-specific gene-expression signature of acutely isolated microglia from an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse model

IM Chiu, ETA Morimoto, H Goodarzi, JT Liao… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Microglia are resident immune cells of the CNS that are activated by infection, neuronal
injury, and inflammation. Here, we utilize flow cytometry and deep RNA sequencing of …

Microglial TREM2/DAP12 signaling: a double-edged sword in neural diseases

H Konishi, H Kiyama - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are activated after neuronal injury and in neurodegenerative diseases, and trigger
neuroinflammation in the central nervous system (CNS). Microglia-derived …

Changing face of microglia

MB Graeber - Science, 2010 - science.org
Microglia are resident brain cells that sense pathological tissue alterations. They can
develop into brain macrophages and perform immunological functions. However …