Stevens, Beth

Microglia Function in Central Nervous System Development and Plasticity

Schafer, D. P., & Stevens, B. (2015) · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Cited by 353

Immune Signaling in Neurodegeneration

Hammond, T. R., Marsh, S. E., & Stevens, B. (2019) · Immunity

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Cited by 336

Neuron-glia signaling in synapse elimination

Wilton, D. K., Dissing-Olesen, L., & Stevens, B. (2019) · Annual Review of Neuroscience

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 332

Overexpression of schizophrenia susceptibility factor human complement C4A promotes excessive synaptic loss and behavioral changes in mice

Yilmaz, M., Yalcin, E., Presumey, J., Aw, E., Ma, M., Whelan, C. W., Stevens, B., McCarroll, S. A., & Carroll, M. C. (2021) · Nature Neuroscience

Complement system in diseasesSchizophrenia research and treatment

Cited by 321

Microglia and the brain: Complementary partners in development and disease

Hammond, T. R., Robinton, D., & Stevens, B. (2018) · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Cited by 288

Microglia function during brain development: New insights from animal models

Bilimoria, P. M., & Stevens, B. (2015) · Brain Research

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Cited by 237

Microglia and Astrocytes in Disease: Dynamic Duo or Partners in Crime?

Liddelow, S. A., Marsh, S. E., & Stevens, B. (2020) · Trends in Immunology

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 226

Developmental alterations in Huntington’s disease neural cells and pharmacological rescue in cells and mice

The HD iPSC Consortium, Lim, R. G., Salazar, L. L., Wilton, D. K., King, A. R., Stocksdale, J. T., Sharifabad, D., Lau, A. L., Stevens, B., Reidling, J. C., et al. (2017) · Nature Neuroscience

Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesPluripotent Stem Cells Research

Cited by 221

A Map of Transcriptional Heterogeneity and Regulatory Variation in Human Microglia

Young, A. M. H., Kumasaka, N., Calvert, F., Hammond, T. R., Knights, A., Panousis, N., Park, J. S., Schwartzentruber, J., Liu, J., Kundu, K., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Cited by 213

Nanoscale Surveillance of the Brain by Microglia via cAMP-Regulated Filopodia

Bernier, L.-P., Bohlen, C. J., York, E. M., Choi, H. B., Kamyabi, A., Dissing-Olesen, L., Hefendehl, J. K., Collins, H. Y., Stevens, B., Barres, B. A., et al. (2019) · Cell Reports

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 211

Early Alzheimer’s disease pathology in human cortex involves transient cell states

Gazestani, V., Kamath, T., Nadaf, N. M., Dougalis, A., Burris, S. J., Rooney, B., Junkkari, A., Vanderburg, C., Pelkonen, A., Gomez-Budia, M., et al. (2023) · Cell

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Cited by 209

A Milieu Molecule for TGF-β Required for Microglia Function in the Nervous System

Qin, Y., Garrison, B. S., Ma, W., Wang, R., Jiang, A., Li, J., Mistry, M., Bronson, R. T., Santoro, D., Franco, C., et al. (2018) · Cell

TGF-β signaling in diseasesNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 180

The complement cascade: Yin-Yang in neuroinflammation—neuro-protection and -degeneration

Alexander, J. J., Anderson, A. J., Barnum, S. R., Stevens, B., & Tenner, A. J. (2008) · Journal of Neurochemistry

Complement system in diseasesNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 177

Phagocytic glial cells: sculpting synaptic circuits in the developing nervous system

Schafer, D. P., & Stevens, B. (2013) · Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 174

The complement control-related genes CSMD1 and CSMD2 associate to schizophrenia

Håvik, B., Le Hellard, S., Rietschel, M., Lybæk, H., Djurovic, S., Mattheisen, M., Mühleisen, T. W., Degenhardt, F., Priebe, L., Maier, W., et al. (2011) · Biological Psychiatry

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 168

Microglia contribute to circuit defects in Mecp2 null mice independent of microglia-specific loss of Mecp2 expression

Schafer, D. P., Heller, C. T., Gunner, G., Heller, M., Gordon, C., Hammond, T., Wolf, Y., Jung, S., & Stevens, B. (2016) · eLife

Genetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 147

Lupus antibodies induce behavioral changes mediated by microglia and blocked by ACE inhibitors

Nestor, J., Arinuma, Y., Huerta, T. S., Kowal, C., Nasiri, E., Kello, N., Fujieda, Y., Bialas, A., Hammond, T., Sriram, U., et al. (2018) · Journal of Experimental Medicine

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 146

Microglial transglutaminase-2 drives myelination and myelin repair via GPR56/ADGRG1 in oligodendrocyte precursor cells

Giera, S., Luo, R., Ying, Y., Ackerman, S. D., Jeong, S.-J., Stoveken, H. M., Folts, C. J., Welsh, C. A., Tall, G. G., Stevens, B., et al. (2018) · eLife

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Cited by 145

The contribution of glial cells to Huntington's disease pathogenesis

Wilton, D. K., & Stevens, B. (2020) · Neurobiology of Disease

Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 112

An Engulfment Assay: A Protocol to Assess Interactions Between CNS Phagocytes and Neurons

Schafer, D. P., Lehrman, E. K., Heller, C. T., & Stevens, B. (2014) · Journal of Visualized Experiments

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsPhagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Cited by 108

The Role of the Classical Complement Cascade in Synapse Loss During Development and Glaucoma

Rosen, A. M., & Stevens, B. (2010) · Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Glaucoma and retinal disordersComplement system in diseases

Cited by 60

Parental origin of transgene modulates amyloid-β plaque burden in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Sasmita, A. O., Ong, E. C., Nazarenko, T., Mao, S., Komarek, L., Thalmann, M., Hantakova, V., Spieth, L., Berghoff, S. A., Barr, H. J., et al. (2025) · Neuron

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 42

The Alzheimer's Disease Gene SORL1 Regulates Lysosome Function in Human Microglia

Mishra, S., Morshed, N., Sidhu, S. B., Kinoshita, C., Stevens, B., Jayadev, S., & Young, J. E. (2025) · Glia

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Cited by 31

The neuronal retromer can regulate both neuronal and microglial phenotypes of Alzheimer's disease

Qureshi, Y. H., Berman, D. E., Marsh, S. E., Klein, R. L., Patel, V. M., Simoes, S., Kannan, S., Petsko, G. A., Stevens, B., & Small, S. A. (2022) · Cell Reports

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsCellular transport and secretion

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