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Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mouse and human microglia at single-cell resolution
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Microglia have critical roles not only in neural development and homeostasis, but also in neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases of the central nervous system 1-4. These highly diverse and specialized functions may be executed by subsets of microglia that already exist in situ, or by specific subsets of microglia that develop from a homogeneous pool of cells on demand. However, little is known about the presence of spatially and temporally restricted subclasses of microglia in the central nervous system during development or disease. Here we combine massively parallel single-cell analysis, single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridization, advanced immunohistochemistry and computational modelling to comprehensively characterize subclasses of microglia in multiple regions of the central nervous system during development and disease. Single-cell analysis of tissues of the central nervous system during homeostasis in mice revealed specific time- and region-dependent subtypes of microglia. Demyelinating and neurodegenerative diseases evoked context-dependent subtypes of microglia with distinct molecular hallmarks and diverse cellular kinetics. Corresponding clusters of microglia were also identified in healthy human brains, and the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis. Our data provide insights into the endogenous immune system of the central nervous system during development, homeostasis and disease, and may also provide new targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory pathologies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Masuda, T., Sankowski, R., Staszewski, O., Böttcher, C., Amann, L., Sagar, Scheiwe, C., Nessler, S., Kunz, P., van Loo, G., Coenen, V. A., Reinacher, P. C., Michel, A., Sure, U., Gold, R., Grün, D., Priller, J., Stadelmann, C., & Prinz, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- St. Josef-Hospital (DE)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Prinz, Marco
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 566
- Issue
- 7744
- Pages
- 388-392
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2914756534
- Cited by
- 1,310
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 136 · 2025: 145 · 2024: 187 · 2023: 184 · 2022: 207 · 2021: 209 · 2020: 169 · 2019: 71
- FWCI
- 72.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2019-03-27)
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
- GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB-1160, SFB 992, SFB/ TRR 167, TRR 167)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Karolinska Institutet
- Deutschen Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft
- Kanae Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science
- Roman, Marga und Mareille Sobek Stiftung
- Medical Research Council (MC_PC_16031)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Keywords
- microglia, microglial heterogeneity, microglial subtypes, central nervous system development, neuroinflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, demyelination, multiple sclerosis, mouse brain, human brain, single-cell transcriptomics, single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridization, brain homeostasis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Cell Separation, Demyelinating Diseases, Female, Humans, Kinetics, Male, Multiple Sclerosis, Case-Control Studies, Microglia, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Mice, Single-Cell Analysis, Spatio-Temporal Analysis
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