Emerging roles of innate and adaptive immunity in Alzheimer's disease

X Chen, DM Holtzman - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, with
characteristic extracellular amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition and intracellular accumulation of …

An aging, pathology burden, and glial senescence build-up hypothesis for late onset Alzheimer's disease

V Lau, L Ramer, MÈ Tremblay - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) predominantly occurs as a late onset (LOAD) form involving
neurodegeneration and cognitive decline with progressive memory loss. Risk factors that …

Tau activation of microglial cGAS–IFN reduces MEF2C-mediated cognitive resilience

JC Udeochu, S Amin, Y Huang, L Fan, ERS Torres… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) precede clinical symptoms by years,
indicating a period of cognitive resilience before the onset of dementia. Here, we report that …

Role of the cGAS–STING pathway in systemic and organ-specific diseases

S Skopelja-Gardner, J An, KB Elkon - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2022 - nature.com
Cells are equipped with numerous sensors that recognize nucleic acids, which probably
evolved for defence against viruses. Once triggered, these sensors stimulate the production …

Cytokines as emerging regulators of central nervous system synapses

F Zipp, S Bittner, DP Schafer - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Cytokines are key messengers by which immune cells communicate, and they drive many
physiological processes, including immune and inflammatory responses. Early discoveries …

Identification of a protective microglial state mediated by miR-155 and interferon-γ signaling in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Z Yin, S Herron, S Silveira, K Kleemann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia play a critical role in brain homeostasis and disease progression. In
neurodegenerative conditions, microglia acquire the neurodegenerative phenotype (MGnD) …

Microglia use TAM receptors to detect and engulf amyloid β plaques

Y Huang, KE Happonen, PG Burrola, C O'Connor… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Two microglial TAM receptor tyrosine kinases, Axl and Mer, have been linked to Alzheimer's
disease, but their roles in disease have not been tested experimentally. We find that in …

Defining blood-induced microglia functions in neurodegeneration through multiomic profiling

AS Mendiola, Z Yan, K Dixit, JR Johnson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood protein extravasation through a disrupted blood–brain barrier and innate immune
activation are hallmarks of neurological diseases and emerging therapeutic targets …

TREM2 dependent and independent functions of microglia in Alzheimer's disease

J Hou, Y Chen, G Grajales-Reyes… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Microglia are central players in brain innate immunity and have been the subject of
extensive research in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this review, we aim to summarize the …

[HTML][HTML] Innate immune cell death in neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease

Y Rajesh, TD Kanneganti - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder molecularly characterized by the
formation of amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and type 2 microtubule-associated protein (Tau) …