Microglia and central nervous system–associated macrophages—from origin to disease modulation

M Prinz, T Masuda, MA Wheeler… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The immune system of the central nervous system (CNS) consists primarily of innate
immune cells. These are highly specialized macrophages found either in the parenchyma …

Microglia phenotypes in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

MY Wendimu, SB Hooks - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and plays a
fundamental role in mediating the onset and progression of disease. Microglia, which …

A human cell atlas of fetal gene expression

J Cao, DR O'day, HA Pliner, PD Kingsley, M Deng… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION A reference atlas of human cell types is a major goal for the field. Here, we
set out to generate single-cell atlases of both gene expression (this study) and chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] An in vivo neuroimmune organoid model to study human microglia phenotypes

ST Schafer, AAF Mansour, JCM Schlachetzki, M Pena… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Microglia are specialized brain-resident macrophages that play crucial roles in brain
development, homeostasis, and disease. However, until now, the ability to model …

Generation of vascularized brain organoids to study neurovascular interactions

XY Sun, XC Ju, Y Li, PM Zeng, J Wu, YY Zhou… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Brain organoids have been used to recapitulate the processes of brain development and
related diseases. However, the lack of vasculatures, which regulate neurogenesis and brain …

iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer

DS Park, T Kozaki, SK Tiwari, M Moreira… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia are specialized brain-resident macrophages that arise from primitive macrophages
colonizing the embryonic brain. Microglia contribute to multiple aspects of brain …

Brain organoids for the study of human neurobiology at the interface of in vitro and in vivo

I Chiaradia, MA Lancaster - Nature Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Brain development is an extraordinarily complex process achieved through the spatially and
temporally regulated release of key patterning factors. In vitro neurodevelopmental models …

Challenges of organoid research

MG Andrews, AR Kriegstein - Annual review of neuroscience, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Organoids are 3D cell culture systems derived from human pluripotent stem cells that
contain tissue resident cell types and reflect features of early tissue organization. Neural …

APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids

J Zhao, Y Fu, Y Yamazaki, Y Ren, MD Davis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(AD). To address the underlying mechanism, we develop cerebral organoid models using …

Microglia biology: one century of evolving concepts

M Prinz, S Jung, J Priller - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Microglia were first recognized as a distinct cell population in the CNS one century ago. For
a long time, they were primarily considered to be phagocytes responsible for removing …