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." …

Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

Physiology and diseases of tissue-resident macrophages

T Lazarov, S Juarez-Carreño, N Cox, F Geissmann - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Embryo-derived tissue-resident macrophages are the first representatives of the
haematopoietic lineage to emerge in metazoans. In mammals, resident macrophages …

The semantics of microglia activation: neuroinflammation, homeostasis, and stress

SC Woodburn, JL Bollinger, ES Wohleb - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2021 - Springer
Microglia are emerging as critical regulators of neuronal function and behavior in nearly
every area of neuroscience. Initial reports focused on classical immune functions of …

Mechanisms governing activity-dependent synaptic pruning in the developing mammalian CNS

TE Faust, G Gunner, DP Schafer - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Almost 60 years have passed since the initial discovery by Hubel and Wiesel that changes
in neuronal activity can elicit developmental rewiring of the central nervous system (CNS) …

Mechanisms of neuronal cell death in ischemic stroke and their therapeutic implications

Q Tuo, S Zhang, P Lei - Medicinal research reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ischemic stroke caused by arterial occlusion is the most common type of stroke, which is
among the most frequent causes of disability and death worldwide. Current treatment …

Microglia regulation of synaptic plasticity and learning and memory

J Cornell, S Salinas, HY Huang… - Neural regeneration …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system. Microglia possess
varied morphologies and functions. Under normal physiological conditions, microglia mainly …

Oligodendrocyte precursor cells ingest axons in the mouse neocortex

JA Buchanan, L Elabbady, F Collman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Neurons in the developing brain undergo extensive structural refinement as nascent circuits
adopt their mature form. This physical transformation of neurons is facilitated by the …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial remodeling of the extracellular matrix promotes synapse plasticity

PT Nguyen, LC Dorman, S Pan, ID Vainchtein, RT Han… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Synapse remodeling is essential to encode experiences into neuronal circuits. Here, we
define a molecular interaction between neurons and microglia that drives experience …

Capillary-associated microglia regulate vascular structure and function through PANX1-P2RY12 coupling in mice

K Bisht, KA Okojie, K Sharma, DH Lentferink… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Microglia are brain-resident immune cells with a repertoire of functions in the brain.
However, the extent of their interactions with the vasculature and potential regulation of …