Microglia in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: from understanding to therapy

L Muzio, A Viotti, G Martino - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) acting as the
first line of defense in the brain by phagocytosing harmful pathogens and cellular debris …

Microglia phenotypes in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

MY Wendimu, SB Hooks - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and plays a
fundamental role in mediating the onset and progression of disease. Microglia, which …

Overview of general and discriminating markers of differential microglia phenotypes

AM Jurga, M Paleczna, KZ Kuter - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory processes and microglia activation accompany most of the pathophysiological
diseases in the central nervous system. It is proven that glial pathology precedes and even …

Oxidative stress and regulated cell death in Parkinson's disease

PA Dionísio, JD Amaral, CMP Rodrigues - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease
worldwide. Motor deficits usually associated with PD correlate with dopaminergic axonal …

The contribution of microglia to neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease

K Badanjak, S Fixemer, S Smajić, A Skupin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the world's population ageing, the incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD) is on the rise.
In recent years, inflammatory processes have emerged as prominent contributors to the …

Parkinson's disease: etiology, neuropathology, and pathogenesis

A Kouli, KM Torsney, WL Kuan - Exon Publications, 2018 - exonpublications.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder. While a number of
nonmotor manifestations arise, the typical clinical features involve a movement disorder …

Reverse engineering Lewy bodies: how far have we come and how far can we go?

MB Fares, S Jagannath, HA Lashuel - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Lewy bodies (LBs) are α-synuclein (α-syn)-rich intracellular inclusions that are an important
pathological hallmark of Parkinson disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases …

Oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases; a mechanistic insight

AH Bhat, KB Dar, S Anees, MA Zargar… - Biomedicine & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mitochondria is one of the main source of oxidative stress (ROS), as it utilizes the oxygen for
the energy production. ROS and RNS are normally generated by tightly regulated enzymes …

The role of iron in brain ageing and neurodegenerative disorders

RJ Ward, FA Zucca, JH Duyn, RR Crichton… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
In the CNS, iron in several proteins is involved in many important processes such as oxygen
transportation, oxidative phosphorylation, myelin production, and the synthesis and …

MPTP-driven NLRP3 inflammasome activation in microglia plays a central role in dopaminergic neurodegeneration

E Lee, I Hwang, S Park, S Hong, B Hwang… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) and the reduction of dopamine …