Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation

RJ Mead, N Shan, HJ Reiser, F Marshall… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease caused by degeneration of
motor neurons. As with all major neurodegenerative disorders, development of disease …

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 …

Microbiota–gut–brain axis and its therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract is populated with a diverse microbial community. The vast
genetic and metabolic potential of the gut microbiome underpins its ubiquity in nearly every …

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 …

Emerging role of senescent microglia in brain aging-related neurodegenerative diseases

C Rim, MJ You, M Nahm, MS Kwon - Translational neurodegeneration, 2024 - Springer
Brain aging is a recognized risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's
disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's …

Non-neuronal cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—from pathogenesis to biomarkers

BF Vahsen, E Gray, AG Thompson, O Ansorge… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The prevailing motor neuron-centric view of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
pathogenesis could be an important factor in the failure to identify disease-modifying therapy …

The debated toxic role of aggregated TDP-43 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a resolution in sight?

RC Hergesheimer, AA Chami, DR De Assis, P Vourc'h… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Transactive response DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is an RNA/DNA binding protein that
forms phosphorylated and ubiquitinated aggregates in the cytoplasm of motor neurons in …

ALS monocyte-derived microglia-like cells reveal cytoplasmic TDP-43 accumulation, DNA damage, and cell-specific impairment of phagocytosis associated with …

H Quek, C Cuní-López, R Stewart, T Colletti… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative
disease characterised by the loss of upper and lower motor neurons. Increasing evidence …

Intersection of pathological tau and microglia at the synapse

T Vogels, AN Murgoci, T Hromádka - Acta neuropathologica …, 2019 - Springer
Tauopathies are a heterogenous class of diseases characterized by cellular accumulation of
aggregated tau and include diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), progressive …

Microglial activation in the frontal cortex predicts cognitive decline in frontotemporal dementia

M Malpetti, TE Cope, D Street, PS Jones… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal dementia is clinically and neuropathologically heterogeneous, but
neuroinflammation, atrophy and cognitive impairment occur in all of its principal syndromes …