Microglia: Immune and non-immune functions

K Borst, AA Dumas, M Prinz - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
As resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), microglia are associated
with diverse functions essential to the develo** and adult brain during homeostasis and …

Microglial signatures and their role in health and disease

O Butovsky, HL Weiner - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Microglia are the primary innate immune cells in the CNS. In the healthy brain, they exhibit a
unique molecular homeostatic 'signature', consisting of a specific transcriptional profile and …

Homeostatic mini-intestines through scaffold-guided organoid morphogenesis

M Nikolaev, O Mitrofanova, N Broguiere, S Geraldo… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Epithelial organoids, such as those derived from stem cells of the intestine, have great
potential for modelling tissue and disease biology,,–. However, the approaches that are …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of resident tissue macrophage identity and function

C Blériot, S Chakarov, F Ginhoux - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Resident tissue macrophages (RTMs) have a broad spectrum of immune-and non-immune-
related tissue-supporting activities. The roots of this heterogeneity and versatility are only …

Deciphering human macrophage development at single-cell resolution

Z Bian, Y Gong, T Huang, CZW Lee, L Bian, Z Bai… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Macrophages are the first cells of the nascent immune system to emerge during embryonic
development. In mice, embryonic macrophages infiltrate develo** organs, where they …

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 …

A second-generation M1-polarized CAR macrophage with antitumor efficacy

A Lei, H Yu, S Lu, H Lu, X Ding, T Tan, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have successfully treated hematological
malignancies. Macrophages have also gained attention as an immunotherapy owing to their …

[HTML][HTML] IKKβ primes inflammasome formation by recruiting NLRP3 to the trans-Golgi network

NA Schmacke, F O'Duill, MM Gaidt, I Szymanska… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The NLRP3 inflammasome plays a central role in antimicrobial defense as well as in the
context of sterile inflammatory conditions. NLRP3 activity is governed by two independent …

Microglia: agents of the CNS pro-inflammatory response

JA Rodríguez-Gómez, E Kavanagh… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The pro-inflammatory immune response driven by microglia is a key contributor to the
pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. Though the research of microglia …

Fully defined human pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia and tri-culture system model C3 production in Alzheimer's disease

SR Guttikonda, L Sikkema, J Tchieu, N Saurat… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Aberrant inflammation in the CNS has been implicated as a major player in the
pathogenesis of human neurodegenerative disease. We developed a new approach to …