Neuroinflammation in psychiatric disorders: PET imaging and promising new targets

JH Meyer, S Cervenka, MJ Kim, WC Kreisl… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Neuroinflammation is a multifaceted physiological and pathophysiological response of the
brain to injury and disease. Given imaging findings of 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) …

Sex and the development of Alzheimer's disease

CJ Pike - Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Men and women exhibit differences in the development and progression of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). The factors underlying the sex differences in AD are not well understood. This …

Mitochondrial control of microglial phagocytosis by the translocator protein and hexokinase 2 in Alzheimer's disease

LH Fairley, KO Lai, JH Wong… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Microglial phagocytosis is an energetically demanding process that plays a critical role in
the removal of toxic protein aggregates in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent evidence …

Microglial activation mediates chronic mild stress-induced depressive-and anxiety-like behavior in adult rats

YL Wang, QQ Han, WQ Gong, DH Pan… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Depression is a heterogeneous disorder, with the exact neuronal mechanisms
causing the disease yet to be discovered. Recent work suggests it is accompanied by neuro …

Pro-inflammatory activation of primary microglia and macrophages increases 18 kDa translocator protein expression in rodents but not humans

DR Owen, N Narayan, L Wells… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The 18kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) is the most commonly used tissue-specific marker of
inflammation in positron emission tomography (PET) studies. It is expressed in myeloid cells …

Transethnic genome‐wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci

GR Jun, J Chung, J Mez, R Barber… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Genetic loci for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been identified in whites
of European ancestry, but the genetic architecture of AD among other populations is less …

Positron emission tomography and functional characterization of a complete PBR/TSPO knockout

RB Banati, RJ Middleton, R Chan, CR Hatty… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The evolutionarily conserved peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), or 18-kDa
translocator protein (TSPO), is thought to be essential for cholesterol transport and …

The 18 kDa translocator protein, microglia and neuroinflammation

GJ Liu, RJ Middleton, CR Hatty, WWY Kam… - Brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO), previously known as the peripheral
benzodiazepine receptor, is expressed in the injured brain. It has become known as an …

Structure of the mitochondrial translocator protein in complex with a diagnostic ligand

Ł Jaremko, M Jaremko, K Giller, S Becker… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The 18-kilodalton translocator protein TSPO is found in mitochondrial membranes and
mediates the import of cholesterol and porphyrins into mitochondria. In line with the role of …

The translocator protein (TSPO) in mitochondrial bioenergetics and immune processes

C Betlazar, RJ Middleton, R Banati, GJ Liu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The translocator protein (TSPO) is an outer mitochondrial membrane protein that is widely
used as a biomarker of neuroinflammation, being markedly upregulated in activated …