Microglia and monocytes in inflammatory CNS disease: integrating phenotype and function

AG Spiteri, CL Wishart, R Pamphlett, G Locatelli… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
In neurological diseases, the actions of microglia, the resident myeloid cells of the CNS
parenchyma, may diverge from, or intersect with, those of recruited monocytes to drive …

B cells in central nervous system disease: diversity, locations and pathophysiology

RW Jain, VW Yong - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
B cells represent a relatively minor cell population within both the healthy and diseased
central nervous system (CNS), yet they can have profound effects. This is emphasized in …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond activation: characterizing microglial functional phenotypes

J Lier, WJ Streit, I Bechmann - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Classically, the following three morphological states of microglia have been defined:
ramified, amoeboid and phagocytic. While ramified cells were long regarded as “resting” …

The role of glial cells in multiple sclerosis disease progression

LM Healy, JA Stratton, T Kuhlmann… - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the development of highly effective treatments for relapsing–remitting multiple
sclerosis (MS), limited progress has been made in addressing primary progressive or …

Ageing and multiple sclerosis

JS Graves, KM Krysko, LH Hua, M Absinta… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The factor that is most relevant and strongly associated with the clinical course of multiple
sclerosis is chronological age. Very young patients exclusively have relapsing remitting …

Central nervous system macrophages in progressive multiple sclerosis: relationship to neurodegeneration and therapeutics

E Kamma, W Lasisi, C Libner, HS Ng… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
There are over 15 disease-modifying drugs that have been approved over the last 20 years
for the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), but there are limited …

Meningeal inflammation as a driver of cortical grey matter pathology and clinical progression in multiple sclerosis

R Magliozzi, OW Howell, M Calabrese… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Growing evidence from cerebrospinal fluid samples and post-mortem brain tissue from
individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and rodent models indicates that the meninges have …

Neurovascular coupling in development and disease: focus on astrocytes

TL Stackhouse, A Mishra - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurovascular coupling is a crucial mechanism that matches the high energy demand of the
brain with a supply of energy substrates from the blood. Signaling within the neurovascular …

BTK inhibition limits B-cell–T-cell interaction through modulation of B-cell metabolism: implications for multiple sclerosis therapy

R Li, H Tang, JC Burns, BT Hopkins, C Le Coz… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Inhibition of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTKi) is now viewed as a promising next-
generation B-cell-targeting therapy for autoimmune diseases including multiple sclerosis …

Microglia facilitate and stabilize the response to general anesthesia via modulating the neuronal network in a brain region-specific manner

Y He, T Liu, Q He, W Ke, X Li, J Du, S Deng, Z Shu… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
General anesthesia leads to a loss of consciousness and an unrousable state in patients.
Although general anesthetics are widely used in clinical practice, their underlying …