The systemic immune response in Parkinson's disease: Focus on the peripheral immune component

J Lauritsen, M Romero-Ramos - Trends in neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
During Parkinson's disease (PD), both the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral
nervous system (PNS) are affected. In parallel, innate immune cells respond early to …

Repurposing of pexidartinib for microglia depletion and renewal

MP Weyer, J Strehle, MKE Schaefer… - Pharmacology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pexidartinib (PLX3397) is a small molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor of colony
stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) with moderate selectivity over other members of the …

Microglial inhibition alleviates alpha-synuclein propagation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease mouse model

T Thi Lai, YE Kim, LTN Nguyen, T Thi Nguyen… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
The accumulation of alpha-synuclein (αSyn) is widely recognized as the main pathological
process in Parkinson's disease (PD). Additionally, neuroinflammation is considered to be …

Intranasal monophosphoryl lipid a administration ameliorates depression-like behavior in chronically stressed mice through stimulation of microglia

M Zheng, T Zhu, B Chen, H Zhao, X Lu, Q Lu… - Neurochemical …, 2023 - Springer
We and others have reported that systematic stimulation of the central innate immune
system by a low dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can improve depression-like behavior in …

[HTML][HTML] A 14-day pulse of PLX5622 modifies α-synucleinopathy in preformed fibril-infused aged mice of both sexes

TN Bhatia, AS Jamenis, M Abbas, RN Clark… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reactive microglia are observed with aging and in Lewy body disorders, including within the
olfactory bulb of men with Parkinson's disease. However, the functional impact of microglia …

In Vitro Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

L Zhou, W Chen, S Jiang, R Xu - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of the commonest neurodegenerative
diseases of adult-onset, which is characterized by the progressive death of motor neurons in …

Deletion of the transient receptor potential melastatin 2 gene mitigates the 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinson's disease–like pathology

AFF Ferreira, H Ulrich, Y Mori, ZP Feng, HS Sun… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Pharmacological inhibition of the transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2), an
oxidative stress–activated calcium channel, was previously reported to be protective in …

Cytokine Profiling in Human iPSC-Derived Dopaminergic Neuronal and Microglial Cultures

E Knappe, F Rudolph, C Klein, P Seibler - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aside from the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, inflammation is a key component in
the movement disorder Parkinson's disease (PD). Microglia activation as well as elevated …

Intranasal administration of lipopolysaccharide reverses chronic stress-induced depression-like behavior in mice by microglial stimulation

C Huang, T Ye, B Chen, Z Chen, Y Ye, H Liu - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
We recently reported that intraperitoneal injection of a low dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
reversed depression-like behavior in mice induced by chronic stress by stimulating microglia …

Neurodegeneration and glial morphological changes are both prevented by TRPM2 inhibition during the progression of a Parkinson's disease mouse model

AFF Ferreira, H Ulrich, ZP Feng, HS Sun… - Experimental Neurology, 2024 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by dopaminergic
neuron death and neuroinflammation. Emerging evidence points to the involvement of the …