Markers of microglia in post-mortem brain samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

KE Hopperton, D Mohammad, MO Trépanier… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Neuroinflammation is proposed as one of the mechanisms by which Alzheimer's disease
pathology, including amyloid-β plaques, leads to neuronal death and dysfunction. Increases …

Microglial activation in traumatic brain injury

CK Donat, G Scott, SM Gentleman… - Frontiers in aging …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microglia have a variety of functions in the brain, including synaptic pruning, CNS repair and
mediating the immune response against peripheral infection. Microglia rapidly become …

Recent developments in TSPO PET imaging as a biomarker of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders

EL Werry, FM Bright, O Piguet, LM Ittner… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation is an inflammatory response in the brain and spinal cord, which can
involve the activation of microglia and astrocytes. It is a common feature of many central …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging neuroinflammation with TSPO: A new perspective on the cellular sources and subcellular localization

TR Guilarte, AN Rodichkin, JL McGlothan… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO), previously named Peripheral Benzodiazepine
Receptor, is a well-validated and widely used biomarker of neuroinflammation to assess …

Potential therapeutic targets for intracerebral hemorrhage-associated inflammation: an update

H Ren, R Han, X Chen, X Liu, J Wan… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a subtype of stroke with high mortality and disability but
no specific or effective treatment. In the last two decades, much has been learned about the …

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 …

Positron emission tomography in multiple sclerosis—straight to the target

B Bodini, M Tonietto, L Airas, B Stankoff - Nature reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Following the impressive progress in the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis
(MS), the major challenge ahead is the development of treatments to prevent or delay the …

PET imaging of microglial activation—beyond targeting TSPO

B Janssen, DJ Vugts, AD Windhorst, RH Mach - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation, which involves microglial activation, is thought to play a key role in the
development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases and other brain pathologies …

MiR-124 contributes to M2 polarization of microglia and confers brain inflammatory protection via the C/EBP-α pathway in intracerebral hemorrhage

A Yu, T Zhang, H Duan, Y Pan, X Zhang, G Yang… - Immunology letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Microglia mediated inflammation contributes to intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) induced
secondary injury. Activated microglia has dual functions as pro-inflammatory (M1) and anti …

Biosynthesis and signalling functions of central and peripheral nervous system neurosteroids in health and disease

E Lloyd-Evans, H Waller-Evans - Essays in Biochemistry, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Neurosteroids are steroid hormones synthesised de novo in the brain and peripheral
nervous tissues. In contrast to adrenal steroid hormones that act on intracellular nuclear …