Microglial morphometric analysis: so many options, so little consistency

J Reddaway, PE Richardson, RJ Bevan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Quantification of microglial activation through morphometric analysis has long been a staple
of the neuroimmunologist's toolkit. Microglial morphological phenomics can be conducted …

Plasticity of microglia

M Augusto‐Oliveira, GP Arrifano, CI Delage… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microglial cells are the scions of foetal macrophages which invade the neural tube early
during embryogenesis. The nervous tissue environment instigates the phenotypic …

A new understanding of TMEM119 as a marker of microglia

C Ruan, W Elyaman - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurological diseases including traumatic brain
injury (TBI), which is usually characterized by two pathological hallmarks: activation of …

Transmembrane protein 119 is neither a specific nor a reliable marker for microglia

E Vankriekelsvenne, U Chrzanowski, K Manzhula… - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia are the resident innate immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS)
parenchyma. To determine the impact of microglia on disease development and progression …

Quantifying microglial morphology: an insight into function

TRF Green, RK Rowe - Clinical and experimental immunology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microglia are specialized immune cells unique to the central nervous system (CNS).
Microglia have a highly plastic morphology that changes rapidly in response to injury or …

Tackling the glial scar in spinal cord regeneration: new discoveries and future directions

A Shafqat, I Albalkhi, HM Magableh, T Saleh… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Axonal regeneration and functional recovery are poor after spinal cord injury (SCI), typified
by the formation of an injury scar. While this scar was traditionally believed to be primarily …

Protein expression of the microglial marker Tmem119 decreases in association with morphological changes and location in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury

D Mercurio, S Fumagalli, MKH Schafer… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The activation of microglia and the infiltration of macrophages are hallmarks of
neuroinflammation after acute brain injuries, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). The two …

Microglial heterogeneity in the ischemic stroke mouse brain of both sexes

Á Del Águila, R Zhang, X Yu, L Dang, F Xu, J Zhang… - Genome Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Ischemic stroke elicits a complex and sustained immune response in the brain.
Immunomodulatory treatments have long held promise for improving stroke outcomes, yet …

Glial roles in sterile inflammation after ischemic stroke

R Koyama, T Shichita - Neuroscience Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, but there are a limited number of
therapies that improve patients' functional recovery. The complicated mechanisms of post …

Microglial homeostasis disruption modulates non-rapid eye movement sleep duration and neuronal activity in adult female mice

K Picard, G Corsi, F Decoeur, MA Di Castro… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sleep is a natural physiological state, tightly regulated through several neuroanatomical and
neurochemical systems, which is essential to maintain physical and mental health. Recent …