Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

RC Paolicelli, A Sierra, B Stevens, ME Tremblay… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Microglial research has advanced considerably in recent decades yet has been constrained
by a rolling series of dichotomies such as" resting versus activated" and" M1 versus M2." …

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease

MT Heneka, WM van der Flier, F Jessen… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Increasing evidence points to a pivotal role of immune processes in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer disease, which is the most prevalent neurodegenerative and dementia-causing …

Microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

C Gao, J Jiang, Y Tan, S Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Microglia activation is observed in various neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advances in
single-cell technologies have revealed that these reactive microglia were with high spatial …

Perivascular cells induce microglial phagocytic states and synaptic engulfment via SPP1 in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

S De Schepper, JZ Ge, G Crowley, LSS Ferreira… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by synaptic loss, which can result from
dysfunctional microglial phagocytosis and complement activation. However, what signals …

Transforming the understanding of brain immunity

G Castellani, T Croese, JM Peralta Ramos, M Schwartz - Science, 2023 - science.org
Contemporary studies have completely changed the view of brain immunity from envisioning
the brain as isolated and inaccessible to peripheral immune cells to an organ in close …

Parenchymal border macrophages regulate the flow dynamics of the cerebrospinal fluid

A Drieu, S Du, SE Storck, J Rustenhoven… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Macrophages are important players in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. Perivascular
and leptomeningeal macrophages reside near the central nervous system (CNS) …

APOE4 impairs the microglial response in Alzheimer's disease by inducing TGFβ-mediated checkpoints

Z Yin, N Rosenzweig, KL Kleemann, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The APOE4 allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).
The contribution of microglial APOE4 to AD pathogenesis is unknown, although APOE has …

Microglia morphophysiological diversity and its implications for the CNS

A Vidal-Itriago, RAW Radford, JA Aramideh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are mononuclear phagocytes of mesodermal origin that migrate to the central
nervous system (CNS) during the early stages of embryonic development. After colonizing …

[HTML][HTML] Tissue-resident FOLR2+ macrophages associate with CD8+ T cell infiltration in human breast cancer

RN Ramos, Y Missolo-Koussou, Y Gerber-Ferder… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Macrophage infiltration is a hallmark of solid cancers, and overall macrophage infiltration
correlates with lower patient survival and resistance to therapy. Tumor-associated …