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." …

cGAS–STING drives ageing-related inflammation and neurodegeneration

MF Gulen, N Samson, A Keller, M Schwabenland… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Low-grade inflammation is a hallmark of old age and a central driver of ageing-associated
impairment and disease. Multiple factors can contribute to ageing-associated inflammation; …

Microglia-mediated T cell infiltration drives neurodegeneration in tauopathy

X Chen, M Firulyova, M Manis, J Herz, I Smirnov… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Extracellular deposition of amyloid-β as neuritic plaques and intracellular accumulation of
hyperphosphorylated, aggregated tau as neurofibrillary tangles are two of the characteristic …

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 regulate central nervous system myelin growth and integrity

NB McNamara, DAD Munro, N Bestard-Cuche… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Myelin is required for the function of neuronal axons in the central nervous system, but the
mechanisms that support myelin health are unclear. Although macrophages in the central …

Myelin dysfunction drives amyloid-β deposition in models of Alzheimer's disease

C Depp, T Sun, AO Sasmita, L Spieth, SA Berghoff… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, increases rapidly
with age, but why age constitutes the main risk factor is still poorly understood. Brain ageing …

Functional roles of reactive astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

R Patani, GE Hardingham, SA Liddelow - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in uncovering the mechanisms that underlie neuroinflammation and
neurodegenerative disease, therapies that prevent neuronal loss remain elusive. Targeting …

[HTML][HTML] Human microglial state dynamics in Alzheimer's disease progression

N Sun, MB Victor, YP Park, X **ong, AN Scannail… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Altered microglial states affect neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and disease but
remain poorly understood. Here, we report 194,000 single-nucleus microglial transcriptomes …

Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain

M Zhang, X Pan, W Jung, AR Halpern, SW Eichhorn… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In mammalian brains, millions to billions of cells form complex interaction networks to enable
a wide range of functions. The enormous diversity and intricate organization of cells have …