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 …

Cerebral dysfunctions caused by sepsis during ageing

T Manabe, MT Heneka - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Systemic inflammation elicited by sepsis can induce an acute cerebral dysfunction known as
sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE). Recent evidence suggests that SAE is common …

Butyrate and dietary soluble fiber improve neuroinflammation associated with aging in mice

SM Matt, JM Allen, MA Lawson, LJ Mailing… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Aging results in chronic systemic inflammation that can alter neuroinflammation of the brain.
Specifically, microglia shift to a pro-inflammatory phenotype predisposing them to …

A neurovascular-unit-on-a-chip for the evaluation of the restorative potential of stem cell therapies for ischaemic stroke

Z Lyu, J Park, KM Kim, HJ **, H Wu… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The therapeutic efficacy of stem cells transplanted into an ischaemic brain depends primarily
on the responses of the neurovascular unit. Here, we report the development and …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial polarization: novel therapeutic strategy against ischemic stroke

Y Xue, D Nie, LJ Wang, HC Qiu, L Ma, MX Dong… - Aging and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ischemic stroke, which is the second highest cause of death and the leading cause of
disability, represents~ 71% of all strokes globally. Some studies have found that the key …

Priming microglia for innate immune memory in the brain

JJ Neher, C Cunningham - Trends in immunology, 2019 - cell.com
Microglia, the resident macrophages of the brain, are highly plastic and well known to be pre-
activated or 'primed'by active inflammatory processes, resulting in amplified responses to a …

Epigenetics control microglia plasticity

M Cheray, B Joseph - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, resident immune cells of the central nervous system, fulfill multiple functions in the
brain throughout life. These microglial functions range from participation in innate and …

Aged microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: microglia lifespan and culture methods

HJ Yoo, MS Kwon - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microglia have been recognized as macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) that
are regarded as a culprit of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases. Thus …

The heterogeneity of microglial activation and its epigenetic and non-coding RNA regulations in the immunopathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases

C Li, J Ren, M Zhang, H Wang, F Yi, J Wu… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Microglia are resident immune cells in the brain and play a central role in the development
and surveillance of the nervous system. Extensive gliosis is a common pathological feature …

TET2 regulates the neuroinflammatory response in microglia

A Carrillo-Jimenez, Ö Deniz, MV Niklison-Chirou… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Epigenomic mechanisms regulate distinct aspects of the inflammatory response in immune
cells. Despite the central role for microglia in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration …