Phagocytic microglia and macrophages in brain injury and repair

F Yu, Y Wang, AR Stetler, RK Leak… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Phagocytosis is the cellular digestion of extracellular particles, such as pathogens and
dying cells, and is a key element in the evolution of central nervous system (CNS) disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Multivalent glycosystems for human lectins

M Martínez-Bailén, J Rojo… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Human lectins are involved in a wide variety of biological processes, both physiological and
pathological, which have attracted the interest of the scientific community working in the …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian brain glycoproteins exhibit diminished glycan complexity compared to other tissues

SE Williams, M Noel, S Lehoux, M Cetinbas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glycosylation is essential to brain development and function, but prior studies have often
been limited to a single analytical technique and excluded region-and sex-specific analyses …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroinflammation: a possible link between chronic vascular disorders and neurodegenerative diseases

E Moyse, S Krantic, N Djellouli, S Roger… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Various age-related diseases involve systemic inflammation, ie a stereotyped series of acute
immune system responses, and aging itself is commonly associated with low-grade …

[HTML][HTML] Sialylation and galectin-3 in microglia-mediated neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

M Puigdellívol, DH Allendorf, GC Brown - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are brain macrophages that mediate neuroinflammation and contribute to and
protect against neurodegeneration. The terminal sugar residue of all glycoproteins and …

The genetic regulation of protein expression in cerebrospinal fluid

O Hansson, A Kumar, S Janelidze… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Studies of the genetic regulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins may reveal pathways
for treatment of neurological diseases. 398 proteins in CSF were measured in 1,591 …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid-beta and tau pathologies act synergistically to induce novel disease stage-specific microglia subtypes

DW Kim, KJ Tu, A Wei, AJ Lau, A Gonzalez-Gil… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Amongst risk alleles associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), those
that converged on the regulation of microglia activity have emerged as central to disease …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma dilution improves cognition and attenuates neuroinflammation in old mice

M Mehdipour, T Mehdipour, CM Skinner, N Wong… - Geroscience, 2021 - Springer
Our recent study has established that young blood factors are not causal, nor necessary, for
the systemic rejuvenation of mammalian tissues. Instead, a procedure referred to as neutral …

[HTML][HTML] Siglecs as therapeutic targets in cancer

J Lim, D Sari-Ak, T Bagga - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hyperglycosylated cancer cells are often decorated with abundant sialic
acids, which are recognized by Sialic acid binding immunoglobulin type lectins (Siglecs) …

[HTML][HTML] Sialometabolism in brain health and Alzheimer's disease

P Rawal, L Zhao - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sialic acids refer to a unique family of acidic sugars with a 9-carbon backbone that are
mostly found as terminal residues in glycan structures of glycoconjugates including both …