Transforming the understanding of brain immunity

G Castellani, T Croese, JM Peralta Ramos, M Schwartz - Science, 2023 - science.org
Contemporary studies have completely changed the view of brain immunity from envisioning
the brain as isolated and inaccessible to peripheral immune cells to an organ in close …

Immune cell regulation of glia during CNS injury and disease

AD Greenhalgh, S David, FC Bennett - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Glial cells are abundant in the CNS and are essential for brain development and
homeostasis. These cells also regulate tissue recovery after injury and their dysfunction is a …

The contribution of the peripheral immune system to neurodegeneration

F Berriat, CS Lobsiger, S Boillée - Nature Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Microglial cells are the major immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), and directly
react to neurodegeneration, but other immune cell types are also able to react to pathology …

Non-neuronal cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—from pathogenesis to biomarkers

BF Vahsen, E Gray, AG Thompson, O Ansorge… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The prevailing motor neuron-centric view of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
pathogenesis could be an important factor in the failure to identify disease-modifying therapy …

T cell responses at diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis predict disease progression

S Yazdani, C Seitz, C Cui, A Lovik, L Pan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease, involving
neuroinflammation and T cell infiltration in the central nervous system. However, the …

Role of neuroinflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: cellular mechanisms and therapeutic implications

J Liu, F Wang - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects
upper motor neurons (MNs) comprising the corticospinal tract and lower MNs arising from …

Tumor necrosis factor alpha: a link between neuroinflammation and excitotoxicity

G Olmos, J Lladó - Mediators of inflammation, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF‐α) is a proinflammatory cytokine that exerts both
homeostatic and pathophysiological roles in the central nervous system. In pathological …

The changing scene of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

W Robberecht, T Philips - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
Several recent breakthroughs have provided notable insights into the pathogenesis of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with some even shifting our thinking about this …

Mechanisms underlying inflammation in neurodegeneration

CK Glass, K Saijo, B Winner, MC Marchetto, FH Gage - Cell, 2010 - cell.com
Inflammation is associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's
disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis. In this …

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 …