Astrocyte-immune cell interactions in physiology and pathology

RT Han, RD Kim, AV Molofsky, SA Liddelow - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Astrocytes play both physiological and pathological roles in maintaining central nervous
system (CNS) function. Here, we review the varied functions of astrocytes and how these …

A single-cell atlas of the normal and malformed human brain vasculature

EA Winkler, CN Kim, JM Ross, JH Garcia, E Gil, I Oh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Cerebrovascular diseases are a leading cause of death and neurologic disability. Further
understanding of disease mechanisms and therapeutic strategies requires a deeper …

[HTML][HTML] Human microglia states are conserved across experimental models and regulate neural stem cell responses in chimeric organoids

G Popova, SS Soliman, CN Kim, MG Keefe… - Cell Stem Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Microglia are resident macrophages in the brain that emerge in early development and
respond to the local environment by altering their molecular and phenotypic states …

Genetic analysis of the human microglial transcriptome across brain regions, aging and disease pathologies

KP Lopes, GJL Snijders, J Humphrey, A Allan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microglia have emerged as important players in brain aging and pathology. To understand
how genetic risk for neurological and psychiatric disorders is related to microglial function …

Human microglial models to study HIV infection and neuropathogenesis: a literature overview and comparative analyses

SBH Gumbs, R Kübler, L Gharu, PJ Schipper… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
HIV persistence in the CNS despite antiretroviral therapy may cause neurological disorders
and poses a critical challenge for HIV cure. Understanding the pathobiology of HIV-infected …

The meningeal transcriptional response to traumatic brain injury and aging

AC Bolte, DA Shapiro, AB Dutta, WF Ma, KR Bruch… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Emerging evidence suggests that the meningeal compartment plays instrumental roles in
various neurological disorders, however, we still lack fundamental knowledge about …

Amyloid-beta and tau pathologies act synergistically to induce novel disease stage-specific microglia subtypes

DW Kim, KJ Tu, A Wei, AJ Lau, A Gonzalez-Gil… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Amongst risk alleles associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), those
that converged on the regulation of microglia activity have emerged as central to disease …

A RIPK1-regulated inflammatory microglial state in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

L Mifflin, Z Hu, C Dufort, CC Hession… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Microglial-derived inflammation has been linked to a broad range of neurodegenerative and
neuropsychiatric conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using single-cell …

Neuronal apoptosis drives remodeling states of microglia and shifts in survival pathway dependence

SR Anderson, JM Roberts, N Ghena, EA Irvin… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Microglia serve critical remodeling roles that shape the develo** nervous system,
responding to the changing neural environment with phagocytosis or soluble factor …

Analysis of the microglia transcriptome across the human lifespan using single cell RNA sequencing

M Yaqubi, AMR Groh, MF Dorion, E Afanasiev… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Microglia are tissue resident macrophages with a wide range of critically
important functions in central nervous system development and homeostasis. Method In this …