A richer and more diverse future for microglia phenotypes

J Wang, W He, J Zhang - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Microglia are the only resident innate immune cells derived from the mesoderm in the nerve
tissue. They play a role in the development and maturation of the central nervous system …

Quantifying microglial morphology: an insight into function

TRF Green, RK Rowe - Clinical and experimental immunology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microglia are specialized immune cells unique to the central nervous system (CNS).
Microglia have a highly plastic morphology that changes rapidly in response to injury or …

Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function

MR Islam, S Valaris, MF Young, EB Haley, R Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Identifying secreted mediators that drive the cognitive benefits of exercise holds great
promise for the treatment of cognitive decline in ageing or Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here …

Mitochondrial complex I activity in microglia sustains neuroinflammation

L Peruzzotti-Jametti, CM Willis, G Krzak, R Hamel… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Sustained smouldering, or low-grade activation, of myeloid cells is a common hallmark of
several chronic neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis. Distinct metabolic and …

TREM2 activation alleviates neural damage via Akt/CREB/BDNF signalling after traumatic brain injury in mice

J Yan, Y Zhang, L Wang, Z Li, S Tang, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Neuroinflammation is one of the most important processes in secondary injury
after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) …

α‐synuclein suppresses microglial autophagy and promotes neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

HY Tu, BS Yuan, XO Hou, XJ Zhang, CS Pei, YT Ma… - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cell‐to‐cell transfer of α‐synuclein (α‐Syn) greatly contributes to Parkinson's disease
(PD) pathogenesis and underlies the spread of α‐Syn pathology. During this process …

Microglial mTOR activation upregulates Trem2 and enhances β-amyloid plaque clearance in the 5XFAD Alzheimer's disease model

Q Shi, C Chang, A Saliba, MA Bhat - Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - jneurosci.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway plays a major role in key
cellular processes including metabolism and differentiation; however, the role of mTOR in …

TREM1 disrupts myeloid bioenergetics and cognitive function in aging and Alzheimer disease mouse models

EN Wilson, C Wang, MS Swarovski, KA Zera… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human genetics implicate defective myeloid responses in the development of late-onset
Alzheimer disease. A decline in peripheral and brain myeloid metabolism, triggering …

Astrocytic phagocytosis is a compensatory mechanism for microglial dysfunction

H Konishi, T Okamoto, Y Hara, O Komine… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Microglia are the principal phagocytes that clear cell debris in the central nervous system
(CNS). This raises the question, which cells remove cell debris when microglial phagocytic …

Treatment of a genetic brain disease by CNS-wide microglia replacement

Y Shibuya, KK Kumar, MMD Mader, Y Yoo… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Hematopoietic cell transplantation after myeloablative conditioning has been used to treat
various genetic metabolic syndromes but is largely ineffective in diseases affecting the brain …