Microglia and macrophages in brain homeostasis and disease

Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia

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Resting microglial cells are highly dynamic surveillants of brain parenchyma in vivo

Nimmerjahn, A., Kirchhoff, F., & Helmchen, F. (2005) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1110647 · Cited by 5,827 · see citing works

A Unique Microglia Type Associated with Restricting Development of Alzheimer’s Disease

Keren-Shaul, H., Spinrad, A., Weiner, A., Matcovitch-Natan, O., Dvir-Szternfeld, R., Ulland, T. K., David, E., Baruch, K., Lara-Astaiso, D., Toth, B., et al. (2017) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.018 · Cited by 5,493 · see citing works

Fate Mapping Analysis Reveals That Adult Microglia Derive from Primitive Macrophages

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An RNA-Sequencing Transcriptome and Splicing Database of Glia, Neurons, and Vascular Cells of the Cerebral Cortex

Zhang, Y., Chen, K., Sloan, S. A., Bennett, M. L., Scholze, A. R., O'Keeffe, S., Phatnani, H. P., Guarnieri, P., Caneda, C., Ruderisch, N., et al. (2014) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1860-14.2014 · Cited by 4,875 · see citing works

Synaptic Pruning by Microglia Is Necessary for Normal Brain Development

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Microglia Sculpt Postnatal Neural Circuits in an Activity and Complement-Dependent Manner

Schafer, D. P., Lehrman, E. K., Kautzman, A. G., Koyama, R., Mardinly, A. R., Yamasaki, R., Ransohoff, R. M., Greenberg, M. E., Barres, B. A., & Stevens, B. (2012) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2012.03.026 · Cited by 4,089 · see citing works

ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury in vivo

Davalos, D., Grutzendler, J., Yang, G., Kim, J. V., Zuo, Y., Jung, S., Littman, D. R., Dustin, M. L., & Gan, W.-B. (2005) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn1472 · Cited by 3,913 · see citing works

Complement and microglia mediate early synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models

Hong, S., Beja-Glasser, V. F., Nfonoyim, B. M., Frouin, A., Li, S., Ramakrishnan, S., Merry, K. M., Shi, Q., Rosenthal, A., Barres, B. A., et al. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aad8373 · Cited by 3,343 · see citing works

Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

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Fate Mapping Reveals Origins and Dynamics of Monocytes and Tissue Macrophages under Homeostasis

Yona, S., Kim, K.-W., Wolf, Y., Mildner, A., Varol, D., Breker, M., Strauss-Ayali, D., Viukov, S., Guilliams, M., Misharin, A., et al. (2013) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2012.12.001 · Cited by 3,245 · see citing works

Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis

The International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium & The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (2011) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature10251 · Cited by 2,697 · see citing works

A Lineage of Myeloid Cells Independent of Myb and Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Schulz, C., Perdiguero, E. G., Chorro, L., Szabo-Rogers, H., Cagnard, N., Kierdorf, K., Prinz, M., Wu, B., Jacobsen, S. E. W., Pollard, J. W., et al. (2012) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1219179 · Cited by 2,578 · see citing works

Identification of a unique TGF-β–dependent molecular and functional signature in microglia

Butovsky, O., Jedrychowski, M. P., Moore, C. S., Cialic, R., Lanser, A. J., Gabriely, G., Koeglsperger, T., Dake, B., Wu, P. M., Doykan, C. E., et al. (2014) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.3599 · Cited by 2,543 · see citing works

Tissue-resident macrophages originate from yolk-sac-derived erythro-myeloid progenitors

Gomez Perdiguero, E., Klapproth, K., Schulz, C., Busch, K., Azzoni, E., Crozet, L., Garner, H., Trouillet, C., de Bruijn, M. F., Geissmann, F., et al. (2015) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature13989 · Cited by 2,339 · see citing works

Tissue-Resident Macrophages Self-Maintain Locally throughout Adult Life with Minimal Contribution from Circulating Monocytes

Hashimoto, D., Chow, A., Noizat, C., Teo, P., Beasley, M. B., Leboeuf, M., Becker, C. D., See, P., Price, J., Lucas, D., et al. (2013) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2013.04.004 · Cited by 2,311 · see citing works

Synapse Loss and Microglial Activation Precede Tangles in a P301S Tauopathy Mouse Model

Yoshiyama, Y., Higuchi, M., Zhang, B., Huang, S.-M., Iwata, N., Saido, T. C., Maeda, J., Suhara, T., Trojanowski, J. Q., & Lee, V. M.-Y. (2007) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2007.01.010 · Cited by 2,208 · see citing works

Gene-expression profiles and transcriptional regulatory pathways that underlie the identity and diversity of mouse tissue macrophages

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Colony-Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor Signaling Is Necessary for Microglia Viability, Unmasking a Microglia Progenitor Cell in the Adult Brain

Elmore, M. R. P., Najafi, A. R., Koike, M. A., Dagher, N. N., Spangenberg, E. E., Rice, R. A., Kitazawa, M., Matusow, B., Nguyen, H., West, B. L., et al. (2014) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.040 · Cited by 1,968 · see citing works

How neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration

Ransohoff, R. M. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aag2590 · Cited by 1,967 · see citing works

BDNF from microglia causes the shift in neuronal anion gradient underlying neuropathic pain

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Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

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M2 microglia and macrophages drive oligodendrocyte differentiation during CNS remyelination

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Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia

Boillée, S., Yamanaka, K., Lobsiger, C. S., Copeland, N. G., Jenkins, N. A., Kassiotis, G., Kollias, G., & Cleveland, D. W. (2006) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1123511 · Cited by 1,623 · see citing works

Microglia Shape Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis through Apoptosis-Coupled Phagocytosis

Sierra, A., Encinas, J. M., Deudero, J. J. P., Chancey, J. H., Enikolopov, G., Overstreet-Wadiche, L. S., Tsirka, S. E., & Maletic-Savatic, M. (2010) · Cell Stem Cell · doi:10.1016/j.stem.2010.08.014 · Cited by 1,622 · see citing works

The P2Y12 receptor regulates microglial activation by extracellular nucleotides

Haynes, S. E., Hollopeter, G., Yang, G., Kurpius, D., Dailey, M. E., Gan, W.-B., & Julius, D. (2006) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn1805 · Cited by 1,542 · see citing works

Microglial interactions with synapses are modulated by visual experience

Tremblay, M.-È., Lowery, R. L., & Majewska, A. K. (2010) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000527 · Cited by 1,542 · see citing works

Microglia emerge from erythromyeloid precursors via Pu.1- and Irf8-dependent pathways

Kierdorf, K., Erny, D., Goldmann, T., Sander, V., Schulz, C., Perdiguero, E. G., Wieghofer, P., Heinrich, A., Riemke, P., Hölscher, C., et al. (2013) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.3318 · Cited by 1,457 · see citing works

Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways

Chung, W.-S., Clarke, L. E., Wang, G. X., Stafford, B. K., Sher, A., Chakraborty, C., Joung, J., Foo, L. C., Thompson, A., Chen, C., et al. (2013) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature12776 · Cited by 1,377 · see citing works

Microglia and brain macrophages in the molecular age: from origin to neuropsychiatric disease

Prinz, M., & Priller, J. (2014) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nrn3722 · Cited by 1,329 · see citing works

TREM2 Maintains Microglial Metabolic Fitness in Alzheimer’s Disease

Ulland, T. K., Song, W. M., Huang, S. C.-C., Ulrich, J. D., Sergushichev, A., Beatty, W. L., Loboda, A. A., Zhou, Y., Cairns, N. J., Kambal, A., et al. (2017) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.023 · Cited by 1,263 · see citing works

An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity

Gosselin, D., Skola, D., Coufal, N. G., Holtman, I. R., Schlachetzki, J. C. M., Sajti, E., Jaeger, B. N., O’Connor, C., Fitzpatrick, C., Pasillas, M. P., et al. (2017) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aal3222 · Cited by 1,220 · see citing works

Microglia development follows a stepwise program to regulate brain homeostasis

Matcovitch-Natan, O., Winter, D. R., Giladi, A., Vargas Aguilar, S., Spinrad, A., Sarrazin, S., Ben-Yehuda, H., David, E., Zelada González, F., Perrin, P., et al. (2016) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aad8670 · Cited by 1,180 · see citing works

C-Myb+ Erythro-Myeloid Progenitor-Derived Fetal Monocytes Give Rise to Adult Tissue-Resident Macrophages

Hoeffel, G., Chen, J., Lavin, Y., Low, D., Almeida, F. F., See, P., Beaudin, A. E., Lum, J., Low, I., Forsberg, E. C., et al. (2015) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2015.03.011 · Cited by 1,135 · see citing works

Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

ARUK Consortium, Sims, R., GERAD/PERADES, C., van der Lee, S. J., Naj, A. C., Bellenguez, C., Badarinarayan, N., Jakobsdottir, J., Kunkle, B. W., Boland, A., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng.3916 · Cited by 1,126 · see citing works

Microglia in the adult brain arise from Ly-6ChiCCR2+ monocytes only under defined host conditions

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Origin and differentiation of microglia

Ginhoux, F., Lim, S., Hoeffel, G., Low, D., & Huber, T. (2013) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2013.00045 · Cited by 905 · see citing works

Differential roles of microglia and monocytes in the inflamed central nervous system

Yamasaki, R., Lu, H., Butovsky, O., Ohno, N., Rietsch, A. M., Cialic, R., Wu, P. M., Doykan, C. E., Lin, J., Cotleur, A. C., et al. (2014) · Journal of Experimental Medicine · doi:10.1084/jem.20132477 · Cited by 855 · see citing works

TREM2-mediated early microglial response limits diffusion and toxicity of amyloid plaques

Wang, Y., Ulland, T. K., Ulrich, J. D., Song, W., Tzaferis, J. A., Hole, J. T., Yuan, P., Mahan, T. E., Shi, Y., Gilfillan, S., et al. (2016) · Journal of Experimental Medicine · doi:10.1084/jem.20151948 · Cited by 840 · see citing works

Layer V cortical neurons require microglial support for survival during postnatal development

Ueno, M., Fujita, Y., Tanaka, T., Nakamura, Y., Kikuta, J., Ishii, M., & Yamashita, T. (2013) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.3358 · Cited by 781 · see citing works

Microglia Promote the Death of Developing Purkinje Cells

Marı́n-Teva, J. L., Dusart, I., Colin, C., Gervais, A., van Rooijen, N., & Mallat, M. (2004) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(04)00069-8 · Cited by 757 · see citing works

Progranulin Deficiency Promotes Circuit-Specific Synaptic Pruning by Microglia via Complement Activation

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Turnover of resident microglia in the normal adult mouse brain

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Diverse Requirements for Microglial Survival, Specification, and Function Revealed by Defined-Medium Cultures

Bohlen, C. J., Bennett, F. C., Tucker, A. F., Collins, H. Y., Mulinyawe, S. B., & Barres, B. A. (2017) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.04.043 · Cited by 676 · see citing works

Heterogeneity of CNS myeloid cells and their roles in neurodegeneration

Prinz, M., Priller, J., Sisodia, S. S., & Ransohoff, R. M. (2011) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.2923 · Cited by 674 · see citing works

A complement–microglial axis drives synapse loss during virus-induced memory impairment

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Stroma-derived interleukin-34 controls the development and maintenance of Langerhans cells and the maintenance of microglia

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Age-related myelin degradation burdens the clearance function of microglia during aging

Safaiyan, S., Kannaiyan, N., Snaidero, N., Brioschi, S., Biber, K., Yona, S., Edinger, A. L., Jung, S., Rossner, M. J., & Simons, M. (2016) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.4325 · Cited by 604 · see citing works

A new fate mapping system reveals context-dependent random or clonal expansion of microglia

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Transcranial amelioration of inflammation and cell death after brain injury.

Roth, T. L., Nayak, D., Atanasijevic, T., Koretsky, A. P., Latour, L. L., & McGavern, D. B. (2014) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature12808 · Cited by 574 · see citing works

Microglia contribute to normal myelinogenesis and to oligodendrocyte progenitor maintenance during adulthood

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<i>C9orf72</i> is required for proper macrophage and microglial function in mice

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Microglial P2Y12 is necessary for synaptic plasticity in mouse visual cortex

Sipe, G. O., Lowery, Tremblay, M.-È., Kelly, E. A., Lamantia, C. E., & Majewska, A. K. (2016) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms10905 · Cited by 512 · see citing works

Local cues establish and maintain region-specific phenotypes of basal ganglia microglia

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A Dramatic Increase of C1q Protein in the CNS during Normal Aging

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Formation and maintenance of Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid plaques in the absence of microglia

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Deficiency of the Microglial Receptor CX3CR1 Impairs Postnatal Functional Development of Thalamocortical Synapses in the Barrel Cortex

Hoshiko, M., Arnoux, I., Avignone, E., Yamamoto, N., & Audinat, E. (2012) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1167-12.2012 · Cited by 384 · see citing works

Role of the CX3CR1/p38 MAPK pathway in spinal microglia for the development of neuropathic pain following nerve injury-induced cleavage of fractalkine

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Complement<i>C3</i>-Deficient Mice Fail to Display Age-Related Hippocampal Decline

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Purinergic receptor P2RY12-dependent microglial closure of the injured blood–brain barrier

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Microglial Physiology and Pathophysiology: Insights from Genome-wide Transcriptional Profiling

Crotti, A., & Ransohoff, R. M. (2016) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2016.02.013 · Cited by 323 · see citing works

Functional differences between microglia and monocytes after ischemic stroke

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Generation of microglial cells from mouse embryonic stem cells

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Mice deficient in NRROS show abnormal microglial development and neurological disorders

Wong, K., Noubade, R., Manzanillo, P., Ota, N., Foreman, O., Hackney, J. A., Friedman, B. A., Pappu, R., Scearce-Levie, K., & Ouyang, W. (2017) · Nature Immunology · doi:10.1038/ni.3743 · Cited by 71 · see citing works

Diversity, Mechanisms, and Significance of Macrophage Plasticity

Locati, M., Curtale, G., & Mantovani, A. (2020) · Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease · doi:10.1146/annurev-pathmechdis-012418-012718 · Cited by 2,199 · see citing works

Microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

Gao, C., Jiang, J., Tan, Y., & Chen, S. (2023) · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy · doi:10.1038/s41392-023-01588-0 · Cited by 1,616 · see citing works

Microglial signatures and their role in health and disease

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Developmental Heterogeneity of Microglia and Brain Myeloid Cells Revealed by Deep Single-Cell RNA Sequencing

Li, Q., Cheng, Z., Zhou, L., Darmanis, S., Neff, N. F., Okamoto, J., Gulati, G., Bennett, M. L., Sun, L. O., Clarke, L. E., et al. (2019) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.12.006 · Cited by 1,129 · see citing works

ROS Generation in Microglia: Understanding Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Disease

Simpson, D. S. A., & Oliver, P. L. (2020) · Antioxidants · doi:10.3390/antiox9080743 · Cited by 1,044 · see citing works

The Semantics of Microglia Activation: Neuroinflammation, Homeostasis, and Stress

Woodburn, S. C., Bollinger, J. L., & Wohleb, E. S. (2021) · Journal of Neuroinflammation · doi:10.1186/s12974-021-02309-6 · Cited by 783 · see citing works

Interplay between innate immunity and Alzheimer disease: APOE and TREM2 in the spotlight

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Microglia in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration: From Understanding to Therapy

Muzio, L., Viotti, A., & Martino, G. (2021) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.742065 · Cited by 581 · see citing works

Amyloid-β-independent regulators of tau pathology in Alzheimer disease

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A combination of ontogeny and CNS environment establishes microglial identity

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Microglia in Central Nervous System Inflammation and Multiple Sclerosis Pathology

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Microbiota-derived acetate enables the metabolic fitness of the brain innate immune system during health and disease

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Molecular and spatial signatures of mouse brain aging at single-cell resolution

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Macrophages at CNS interfaces: Ontogeny and function in health and disease

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Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

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