[HTML][HTML] Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

RC Paolicelli, A Sierra, B Stevens, ME Tremblay… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Microglial research has advanced considerably in recent decades yet has been constrained
by a rolling series of dichotomies such as" resting versus activated" and" M1 versus M2." …

Microglia heterogeneity in the single-cell era

T Masuda, R Sankowski, O Staszewski, M Prinz - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Microglia are resident immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that are capable of
carrying out prominent and various functions during development and adulthood under both …

Microglia biology: one century of evolving concepts

M Prinz, S Jung, J Priller - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Microglia were first recognized as a distinct cell population in the CNS one century ago. For
a long time, they were primarily considered to be phagocytes responsible for removing …

Microglial NF-κB drives tau spreading and toxicity in a mouse model of tauopathy

C Wang, L Fan, RR Khawaja, B Liu, L Zhan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Activation of microglia is a prominent pathological feature in tauopathies, including
Alzheimer's disease. How microglia activation contributes to tau toxicity remains largely …

Crosstalk between astrocytes and microglia: an overview

A Matejuk, RM Ransohoff - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Based on discoveries enabled by new technologies and analysis using novel computational
tools, neuroscience can be re-conceived in terms of information exchange in dense …

To kill a microglia: a case for CSF1R inhibitors

KN Green, JD Crapser, LA Hohsfield - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Microglia, the brain's immune sentinels, have garnered much attention in recent years.
Researchers have begun to identify the manifold roles that these cells play in the central …

Microglia in retinal degeneration

K Rashid, I Akhtar-Schaefer, T Langmann - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The retina is a complex tissue with multiple cell layers that are highly ordered. Its
sophisticated structure makes it especially sensitive to external or internal perturbations that …

Novel Hexb-based tools for studying microglia in the CNS

T Masuda, L Amann, R Sankowski, O Staszewski… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microglia and central nervous system (CNS)-associated macrophages (CAMs), such as
perivascular and meningeal macrophages, are implicated in virtually all diseases of the …

Microglial debris is cleared by astrocytes via C4b-facilitated phagocytosis and degraded via RUBICON-dependent noncanonical autophagy in mice

T Zhou, Y Li, X Li, F Zeng, Y Rao, Y He, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia are important immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that undergo
turnover throughout the lifespan. If microglial debris is not removed in a timely manner …

A CRISPRi/a platform in human iPSC-derived microglia uncovers regulators of disease states

NM Dräger, SM Sattler, CTL Huang, OM Teter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia are emerging as key drivers of neurological diseases. However, we lack a
systematic understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Here, we present a screening …