Microglia in Alzheimer's disease

DV Hansen, JE Hanson, M Sheng - Journal of Cell Biology, 2018 - rupress.org
Proliferation and activation of microglia in the brain, concentrated around amyloid plaques,
is a prominent feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Human genetics data point to a key role …

Inflammation: the link between comorbidities, genetics, and Alzheimer's disease

EA Newcombe, J Camats-Perna, ML Silva… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, most cases of which lack a clear
causative event. This has made the disease difficult to characterize and, thus, diagnose …

iPSC-derived human microglia-like cells to study neurological diseases

EM Abud, RN Ramirez, ES Martinez, LM Healy… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Microglia play critical roles in brain development, homeostasis, and neurological disorders.
Here, we report that human microglial-like cells (iMGLs) can be differentiated from iPSCs to …

Microglia in Alzheimer's disease: a target for therapeutic intervention

G Zhang, Z Wang, H Hu, M Zhao, L Sun - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common types of age-related dementia
worldwide. In addition to extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary …

Clearance of cerebral Aβ in Alzheimer's disease: reassessing the role of microglia and monocytes

L Zuroff, D Daley, KL Black… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Deficiency in cerebral amyloid β-protein (Aβ) clearance is implicated in the pathogenesis of
the common late-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Accumulation of misfolded Aβ in …

Microglia in Alzheimer's disease: Pathogenesis, mechanisms, and therapeutic potentials

J Miao, H Ma, Y Yang, Y Liao, C Lin, J Zheng… - Frontiers in aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by protein
aggregation in the brain. Recent studies have revealed the critical role of microglia in AD …

The role of ABCA7 in Alzheimer's disease: evidence from genomics, transcriptomics and methylomics

A De Roeck, C Van Broeckhoven, K Sleegers - Acta neuropathologica, 2019 - Springer
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) originally identified ATP-binding cassette, sub-
family A, member 7 (ABCA7), as a novel risk gene of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Since then …

Protective genes and pathways in Alzheimer's disease: moving towards precision interventions

M Seto, RL Weiner, L Dumitrescu… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized
by neurodegeneration, cognitive impairment, and an eventual inability to perform daily tasks …

[HTML][HTML] The ABC subfamily A transporters: Multifaceted players with incipient potentialities in cancer

M Pasello, AM Giudice, K Scotlandi - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters is a cause of drug resistance in
a plethora of tumors. More recent evidence indicates additional contribution of these …

Gene-environment interactions in Alzheimer's disease: a potential path to precision medicine

A Eid, I Mhatre, JR Richardson - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in the United States and afflicts>
5.7 million Americans in 2018. Therapeutic options remain extremely limited to those that …