Human microglial state dynamics in Alzheimer's disease progression

N Sun, MB Victor, YP Park, X ** in the adult mouse CNS using hierarchical clustering on principal components reveals regional heterogeneity but no sexual dimorphism
HRJ van Weering, TW Nijboer, ML Brummer… - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) and play a
pivotal role in immune surveillance and CNS homeostasis. Morphological transitions in …

Innovations advancing our understanding of microglia in Alzheimer's disease: from in vitro to in vivo models

S Maksour, L Ooi - Journal of Neurochemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis through the
identification of risk factor genes that are specifically or predominantly expressed in this cell …

Development of a high-throughput pipeline to characterize microglia morphological states at a single-cell resolution

J Kim, P Pavlidis, AV Ciernia - Eneuro, 2024 - eneuro.org
As rapid responders to their environments, microglia engage in functions that are mirrored
by their cellular morphology. Microglia are classically thought to exhibit a ramified …

Online conversion of reconstructed neural morphologies into standardized SWC format

K Mehta, B Ljungquist, J Ogden, S Nanda… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Digital reconstructions provide an accurate and reliable way to store, share, model, quantify,
and analyze neural morphology. Continuous advances in cellular labeling, tissue …

Relationship between sex biases in gene expression and sex biases in autism and Alzheimer's disease

SB Fass, B Mulvey, R Chase, W Yang… - Biology of Sex …, 2024 - Springer
Background Sex differences in the brain may play an important role in sex-differential
prevalence of neuropsychiatric conditions. Methods In order to understand the …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial function interacts with the environment to affect sex-specific depression risk

E Fitzgerald, I Pokhvisneva, S Patel, SY Chan… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a two-fold higher incidence of depression in females compared to men with recent
studies suggesting a role for microglia in conferring this sex-dependent depression risk. In …