Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

Insights into Alzheimer's disease from single-cell genomic approaches

MH Murdock, LH Tsai - Nature neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disease pathologically defined by the deposition
of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain parenchyma. Single-cell profiling …

Microglia modulate blood flow, neurovascular coupling, and hypoperfusion via purinergic actions

E Császár, N Lénárt, C Cserép, Z Környei… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Microglia, the main immunocompetent cells of the brain, regulate neuronal function, but their
contribution to cerebral blood flow (CBF) regulation has remained elusive. Here, we identify …

The neurovasculome: key roles in brain health and cognitive impairment: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

C Iadecola, EE Smith, J Anrather, C Gu, A Mishra… - Stroke, 2023 - ahajournals.org
Background: Preservation of brain health has emerged as a leading public health priority for
the aging world population. Advances in neurovascular biology have revealed an intricate …

Therapeutic potential of human microglia transplantation in a chimeric model of CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy

JP Chadarevian, J Hasselmann, A Lahian… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Microglia replacement strategies are increasingly being considered for the treatment of
primary microgliopathies like adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and …

Microglia in health and diseases: integrative hubs of the central nervous system (CNS)

A Sierra, VE Miron, RC Paolicelli… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Microglia are usually referred to as “the innate immune cells of the brain,”“the resident
macrophages of the central nervous system”(CNS), or “CNS parenchymal macrophages.” …

CHIT1-positive microglia drive motor neuron ageing in the primate spinal cord

S Sun, J Li, S Wang, J Li, J Ren, Z Bao, L Sun, X Ma… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Ageing is a critical factor in spinal-cord-associated disorders, yet the ageing-specific
mechanisms underlying this relationship remain poorly understood. Here, to address this …

Yolk sac cell atlas reveals multiorgan functions during human early development

I Goh, RA Botting, A Rose, S Webb, J Engelbert… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The extraembryonic yolk sac (YS) ensures delivery of nutritional support and oxygen to the
develo** embryo but remains ill-defined in humans. We therefore assembled a …

Microglia at the blood brain barrier in health and disease

MG Mayer, T Fischer - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a crucial role in maintaining brain homeostasis by
selectively preventing the entry of substances from the peripheral blood into the central …

Angiogenesis after ischemic stroke

J Fang, Z Wang, C Miao - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to its high disability and mortality rates, stroke has been the second leading cause of
death worldwide. Since the pathological mechanisms of stroke are not fully understood …