Uncovering sex differences of rodent microglia

J Han, Y Fan, K Zhou, K Blomgren… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
There are inherent structural and functional differences in the central nervous systems
(CNS) of females and males. It has been gradually established that these sex-specific …

Microglia in CNS development: Shaping the brain for the future

CA Mosser, S Baptista, I Arnoux, E Audinat - Progress in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Microglial cells are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) and are
mainly known for their roles in neuropathologies. However, major recent developments have …

Translocator protein is a marker of activated microglia in rodent models but not human neurodegenerative diseases

E Nutma, N Fancy, M Weinert, S Tsartsalis… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglial activation plays central roles in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative
diseases. Positron emission tomography (PET) targeting 18 kDa Translocator Protein …

Maternal inflammation and neurodevelopmental programming: a review of preclinical outcomes and implications for translational psychiatry

SB Gumusoglu, HE Stevens - Biological psychiatry, 2019 - Elsevier
Early disruptions to neurodevelopment are highly relevant to understanding both psychiatric
risk and underlying pathophysiology that can be targeted by new treatments. Much …

Cholinergic modulation of glial function during aging and chronic neuroinflammation

R Gamage, I Wagnon, I Rossetti, R Childs… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aging is a complex biological process that increases the risk of age-related cognitive
degenerative diseases such as dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Lewy Body …

Epigenetics control microglia plasticity

M Cheray, B Joseph - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, resident immune cells of the central nervous system, fulfill multiple functions in the
brain throughout life. These microglial functions range from participation in innate and …

Transcriptome sequencing reveals that LPS-triggered transcriptional responses in established microglia BV2 cell lines are poorly representative of primary microglia

A Das, SH Kim, S Arifuzzaman, T Yoon, JC Chai… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Microglia are resident myeloid cells in the CNS that are activated by infection,
neuronal injury, and inflammation. Established BV2 microglial cell lines have been the …

Microglial priming as trained immunity in the brain

MJ Haley, D Brough, J Quintin, SM Allan - Neuroscience, 2019 - Elsevier
In this review we discuss the possibility that the phenomenon of microglial priming can be
explained by the mechanisms that underlie trained immunity. The latter involves the …

Placental macrophages: a window into fetal microglial function in maternal obesity

AG Edlow, RM Glass, CJ Smith, PK Tran… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fetal placental macrophages and microglia (resident brain macrophages) have a common
origin in the fetal yolk sac. Yolk-sac-derived macrophages comprise the permanent pool of …

White matter injury in the neonatal hypoxic‐ischemic brain and potential therapies targeting microglia

R Shao, D Sun, Y Hu, D Cui - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neonatal hypoxic–ischemic (H‐I) injury, which mainly causes neuronal damage and white
matter injury (WMI), is among the predominant causes of infant morbidity (cerebral palsy …