Microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

C Gao, J Jiang, Y Tan, S Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia activation is observed in various neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advances in
single-cell technologies have revealed that these reactive microglia were with high spatial …

Neuroinflammatory markers: key indicators in the pathology of neurodegenerative diseases

A Rauf, H Badoni, T Abu-Izneid, A Olatunde… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation, a protective response of the central nervous system (CNS), is
associated with the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. The CNS is composed of …

Integrative transcriptomic analysis of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cord implicates glial activation and suggests new risk genes

J Humphrey, S Venkatesh, R Hasan, JT Herb… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressively fatal neurodegenerative disease
affecting motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. In this study, we investigated gene …

Autoantibodies in neurological disease

H Prüss - Nature reviews immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The realization that autoantibodies can contribute to dysfunction of the brain has brought
about a paradigm shift in neurological diseases over the past decade, offering up important …

ALS genetics: gains, losses, and implications for future therapies

G Kim, O Gautier, E Tassoni-Tsuchida, XR Ma… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss
of motor neurons from the brain and spinal cord. The ALS community has made remarkable …

Suppression of mutant C9orf72 expression by a potent mixed backbone antisense oligonucleotide

H Tran, MP Moazami, H Yang, D McKenna-Yasek… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Expansions of a G4C2 repeat in the C9ORF72 gene are the most common genetic cause of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), two devastating …

Microglia in neurodegeneration

S Hickman, S Izzy, P Sen, L Morsett, J El Khoury - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
The neuroimmune system is involved in development, normal functioning, aging, and injury
of the central nervous system. Microglia, first described a century ago, are the main …

Microglia and macrophages in brain homeostasis and disease

Q Li, BA Barres - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Microglia and non-parenchymal macrophages in the brain are mononuclear phagocytes that
are increasingly recognized to be essential players in the development, homeostasis and …

C9orf72-mediated ALS and FTD: multiple pathways to disease

R Balendra, AM Isaacs - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
The discovery that repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene are a frequent cause of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has revolutionized …

C9orf72 in myeloid cells suppresses STING-induced inflammation

ME McCauley, JG O'Rourke, A Yáñez, JL Markman… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are
neurodegenerative disorders that overlap in their clinical presentation, pathology and …