Directed evolution of adeno-associated virus for efficient gene delivery to microglia

R Lin, Y Zhou, T Yan, R Wang, H Li, Z Wu, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
As the resident immune cells in the central nervous system (CNS), microglia orchestrate
immune responses and dynamically sculpt neural circuits in the CNS. Microglial dysfunction …

Microglia drive transient insult-induced brain injury by chemotactic recruitment of CD8+ T lymphocytes

Z Shi, P Yu, WJ Lin, S Chen, X Hu, S Chen, J Cheng… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The crosstalk between the nervous and immune systems has gained increasing attention for
its emerging role in neurological diseases. Radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI) remains the …

A comparative analysis of microglial inducible Cre lines

TE Faust, PA Feinberg, C O'Connor, R Kawaguchi… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Cre/loxP technology has revolutionized genetic studies and allowed for spatial and temporal
control of gene expression in specific cell types. Microglial biology has particularly benefited …

The contribution of microglia and brain-infiltrating macrophages to the pathogenesis of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases during TMEV infection of …

AB DePaula-Silva - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
The infection of the central nervous system (CNS) with neurotropic viruses induces
neuroinflammation and is associated with the development of neuroinflammatory and …

Kv1.3 K+ Channel Physiology Assessed by Genetic and Pharmacological Modulation

T Varanita, B Angi, V Scattolini, I Szabo - Physiology, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Potassium channels are widespread over all kingdoms and play an important role in the
maintenance of cellular ionic homeostasis. Kv1. 3 is a voltage-gated potassium channel of …

Intermittent fasting reduces neuroinflammation in intracerebral hemorrhage through the Sirt3/Nrf2/HO-1 pathway

S Dai, J Wei, H Zhang, P Luo, Y Yang, X Jiang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Inflammation contributes to the poor prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage
(ICH). Intermittent fasting (IF) has been shown to be protective against inflammation in …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative evaluation of the strengths and potential caveats of the microglial inducible CreER mouse models

AM Bedolla, GL McKinsey, K Ware, N Santander… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
The recent proliferation of new Cre and CreER recombinase lines provides researchers with
a diverse toolkit to study microglial gene function. To determine how best to apply these …

Microglial INPP5D limits plaque formation and glial reactivity in the PSAPP mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

EL Castranio, P Hasel, JV Haure‐Mirande… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The inositol polyphosphate‐5‐phosphatase D (INPP5D) gene encodes a dual‐
specificity phosphatase that can dephosphorylate both phospholipids and phosphoproteins …

Depletion of microglial BDNF increases susceptibility to the behavioral and synaptic effects of chronic unpredictable stress

SC Woodburn, HS Asrat, JK Flurer… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the medial prefrontal cortex (PFC), chronic stress reduces synaptic expression of
glutamate receptors, leading to decreased excitatory signaling from layer V pyramidal …

Local translation in microglial processes is required for efficient phagocytosis

MJ Vasek, SM Mueller, SB Fass… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes locally regulate protein translation within distal
processes. Here, we tested whether there is regulated local translation within peripheral …