Lysosomal acidification dysfunction in microglia: an emerging pathogenic mechanism of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

JD Quick, C Silva, JH Wong, KL Lim… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Microglia are the resident innate immune cells in the brain with a major role in orchestrating
immune responses. They also provide a frontline of host defense in the central nervous …

[HTML][HTML] TREM2: Potential therapeutic targeting of microglia for Alzheimer's disease

Y Li, H Xu, H Wang, K Yang, J Luan, S Wang - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, resulting in the
loss of cognitive ability and memory. However, there is no specific treatment to …

Microglial REV-ERBα regulates inflammation and lipid droplet formation to drive tauopathy in male mice

J Lee, JM Dimitry, JH Song, M Son… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease, the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease, is
characterized by tau aggregation and associated with disrupted circadian rhythms and …

[HTML][HTML] Apolipoprotein E aggregation in microglia initiates Alzheimer's disease pathology by seeding β-amyloidosis

S Kaji, SA Berghoff, L Spieth, L Schlaphoff, AO Sasmita… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The seeded growth of pathogenic protein aggregates underlies the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but how this pathological cascade is initiated is not fully …

Trem2 expression in microglia is required to maintain normal neuronal bioenergetics during development

E Tagliatti, G Desiato, S Mancinelli, M Bizzotto… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (Trem2) is a myeloid cell-specific gene
expressed in brain microglia, with variants that are associated with neurodegenerative …

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation (LIPUS) modulates microglial activation following intracortical microelectrode implantation

F Li, J Gallego, NN Tirko, J Greaser, D Bashe… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microglia are important players in surveillance and repair of the brain. Implanting an
electrode into the cortex activates microglia, produces an inflammatory cascade, triggers the …

Soluble TREM2 concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid correlate with the severity of neurofibrillary degeneration, cognitive impairment, and inflammasome activation …

E Španić Popovački, M Babić Leko… - Neurology …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Individuals with specific TREM2 gene variants that encode for a Triggering
Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 have a higher prevalence of Alzheimer's disease …

Novel human iPSC models of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disease and regenerative medicine

RA Summers, F Fagiani, DH Rowitch, M Absinta… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The importance of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases is becoming
increasingly evident, and, in parallel, human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) models …

Amelioration of signaling deficits underlying metabolic shortfall in TREM2R47H human iPSC‐derived microglia

F Vasilopoulou, TM Piers, J Wei, J Hardy… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The microglial triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is required for
diverse microglia responses in neurodegeneration, including immunometabolic plasticity …

TREM2 and microglia exosomes: a potential highway for pathological tau

N Jain, JD Ulrich - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2022 - Springer
Tau pathology appears to spread along neuronal networks via the template misfolding of tau
by pathological tau conformations. The mechanisms underlying neuron-to-neuron …