Microglia: Immune and non-immune functions

K Borst, AA Dumas, M Prinz - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
As resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), microglia are associated
with diverse functions essential to the developing and adult brain during homeostasis and …

Microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

C Gao, J Jiang, Y Tan, S Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia activation is observed in various neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advances in
single-cell technologies have revealed that these reactive microglia were with high spatial …

cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration

MF Gulen, N Samson, A Keller, M Schwabenland… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Low-grade inflammation is a hallmark of old age and a central driver of ageing-associated
impairment and disease. Multiple factors can contribute to ageing-associated inflammation; …

Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches

T Masuda, L Amann, G Monaco, R Sankowski… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS)—including
parenchymal microglia, as well as CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs) such as …

The immune response in multiple sclerosis

S Rodríguez Murúa, MF Farez… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative
disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). MS is characterized by immune …

Multiple sclerosis: Neuroimmune crosstalk and therapeutic targeting

M Charabati, MA Wheeler, HL Weiner, FJ Quintana - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central
nervous system afflicting nearly three million individuals worldwide. Neuroimmune …

Gut microbiota drives age-related oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage in microglia via the metabolite N6-carboxymethyllysine

O Mossad, B Batut, B Yilmaz, N Dokalis, C Mezö… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglial function declines during aging. The interaction of microglia with the gut microbiota
has been well characterized during development and adulthood but not in aging. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Concerted type I interferon signaling in microglia and neural cells promotes memory impairment associated with amyloid β plaques

ER Roy, G Chiu, S Li, NE Propson, R Kanchi, B Wang… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The principal signals that drive memory and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) remain elusive. Here, we revealed brain-wide cellular reactions to type I interferon (IFN …

[HTML][HTML] CNS remyelination and inflammation: From basic mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

RJM Franklin, M Simons - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Remyelination, the myelin regenerative response that follows demyelination, restores
saltatory conduction and function and sustains axon health. Its declining efficiency with …

Droplet-based forward genetic screening of astrocyte–microglia cross-talk

MA Wheeler, IC Clark, HG Lee, Z Li, M Linnerbauer… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cell–cell interactions in the central nervous system play important roles in neurologic
diseases. However, little is known about the specific molecular pathways involved, and …