Microglia in Brain Development, Homeostasis, and Neurodegeneration

Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia

Liddelow, S. A., Guttenplan, K. A., Clarke, L. E., Bennett, F. C., Bohlen, C. J., Schirmer, L., Bennett, M. L., Münch, A. E., Chung, W.-S., Peterson, T. C., et al. (2017) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature21029 · Cited by 7,971 · see citing works

The amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease at 25 years

Selkoe, D. J., & Hardy, J. (2016) · EMBO Molecular Medicine · doi:10.15252/emmm.201606210 · Cited by 6,164 · 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

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

Meta-Analysis of 74,046 Individuals Identifies 11 New Susceptibility Loci for Alzheimer’s Disease

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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

Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

Erny, D., Hrabě de Angelis, A. L., Jaitin, D., Wieghofer, P., Staszewski, O., David, E., Keren-Shaul, H., Mahlakoiv, T., Jakobshagen, K., Buch, T., et al. (2015) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.4030 · Cited by 3,569 · 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

The Classical Complement Cascade Mediates CNS Synapse Elimination

Stevens, B., Allen, N. J., Vazquez, L. E., Howell, G. R., Christopherson, K. S., Nouri, N., Micheva, K. D., Mehalow, A. K., Huberman, A. D., Stafford, B., et al. (2007) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.036 · Cited by 3,313 · see citing works

The TREM2-APOE Pathway Drives the Transcriptional Phenotype of Dysfunctional Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Krasemann, S., Madore, C., Cialic, R., Baufeld, C., Calcagno, N., El Fatimy, R., Beckers, L., O’Loughlin, E., Xu, Y., Fanek, Z., et al. (2017) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2017.08.008 · Cited by 2,979 · see citing works

Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing

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NLRP3 is activated in Alzheimer’s disease and contributes to pathology in APP/PS1 mice

Heneka, M. T., Kummer, M. P., Stutz, A., Delekate, A., Schwartz, S., Vieira-Saecker, A., Griep, A., Axt, D., Remus, A., Tzeng, T.-C., et al. (2013) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature11729 · Cited by 2,898 · 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

Schizophrenia risk from complex variation of complement component 4

Sekar, A., Bialas, A. R., de Rivera, H., Davis, A., Hammond, T. R., Kamitaki, N., Tooley, K., Presumey, J., Baum, M., Van Doren, V., et al. (2016) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature16549 · Cited by 2,394 · see citing works

Purification and Characterization of Progenitor and Mature Human Astrocytes Reveals Transcriptional and Functional Differences with Mouse

Zhang, Y., Sloan, S. A., Clarke, L. E., Caneda, C., Plaza, C. A., Blumenthal, P. D., Vogel, H., Steinberg, G. K., Edwards, M. S. B., Li, G., et al. (2016) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.11.013 · Cited by 2,295 · see citing works

Amyloid β deposition, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline in sporadic Alzheimer's disease: a prospective cohort study

Villemagne, V. L., Burnham, S., Bourgeat, P., Brown, B., Ellis, K. A., Salvado, O., Szoeke, C., Macaulay, S. L., Martins, R., Maruff, P., et al. (2013) · The Lancet Neurology · doi:10.1016/s1474-4422(13)70044-9 · Cited by 2,279 · see citing works

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk

Jansen, I. E., Savage, J. E., Watanabe, K., Bryois, J., Williams, D. M., Steinberg, S., Sealock, J., Karlsson, I. K., Hägg, S., Athanasiu, L., et al. (2019) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/s41588-018-0311-9 · Cited by 2,277 · see citing works

Complex cell-state changes revealed by single cell RNA sequencing of 76,149 microglia throughout the mouse lifespan and in the injured brain

Hammond, T. R., Dufort, C., Dissing-Olesen, L., Giera, S., Young, A., Wysoker, A., Walker, A. J., Segel, M., Nemesh, J., Saunders, A., et al. (2018) · doi:10.1101/406140 · Cited by 2,225 · see citing works

Tissue-Resident Macrophage Enhancer Landscapes Are Shaped by the Local Microenvironment

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Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature

Nelson, P. T., Alafuzoff, I., Bigio, E. H., Bouras, C., Braak, H., Cairns, N. J., Castellani, R. J., Crain, B. J., Davies, P., Tredici, K. D., et al. (2012) · Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology · doi:10.1097/nen.0b013e31825018f7 · Cited by 2,050 · see citing works

Microglia and macrophages in brain homeostasis and disease

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Microglia in Alzheimer’s disease

Hansen, D. V., Hanson, J. E., & Sheng, M. (2018) · Journal of Cell Biology · doi:10.1083/jcb.201709069 · Cited by 1,935 · see citing works

TREM2 Lipid Sensing Sustains the Microglial Response in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model

Wang, Y., Cella, M., Mallinson, K., Ulrich, J. D., Young, K. L., Robinette, M. L., Gilfillan, S., Krishnan, G. M., Sudhakar, S., Zinselmeyer, B. H., et al. (2015) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.01.049 · Cited by 1,736 · see citing works

Depletion of microglia and inhibition of exosome synthesis halt tau propagation

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Microglial interactions with synapses are modulated by visual experience

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The microglial sensome revealed by direct RNA sequencing

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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

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mouse and human microglia at single-cell resolution

Masuda, T., Sankowski, R., Staszewski, O., Böttcher, C., Amann, L., Sagar, Scheiwe, C., Nessler, S., Kunz, P., van Loo, G., et al. (2019) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0924-x · Cited by 1,310 · see citing works

Environment Drives Selection and Function of Enhancers Controlling Tissue-Specific Macrophage Identities

Gosselin, D., Link, V. M., Romanoski, C. E., Fonseca, G. J., Eichenfield, D. Z., Spann, N. J., Stender, J. D., Chun, H. B., Garner, H., Geissmann, F., et al. (2014) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.11.023 · Cited by 1,307 · 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

ApoE4 markedly exacerbates tau-mediated neurodegeneration in a mouse model of tauopathy

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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

Microglial brain region-dependent diversity and selective regional sensitivities to aging

Grabert, K., Michoel, T., Karavolos, M. H., Clohisey, S., Baillie, J. K., Stevens, M. P., Freeman, T. C., Summers, K. M., & McColl, B. W. (2016) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn.4222 · Cited by 1,151 · see citing works

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

Clearance of apoptotic neurons without inflammation by microglial triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2

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A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 17 new Parkinson's disease risk loci

Chang, D., Nalls, M. A., Hallgrímsdóttir, I. B., Hunkapiller, J., van der Brug, M., Cai, F., International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium, 23andMe Research Team, Kerchner, G. A., Ayalon, G., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng.3955 · Cited by 1,112 · see citing works

Massively parallel single-nucleus RNA-seq with DroNc-seq

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Engrafted parenchymal brain macrophages differ from microglia in transcriptome, chromatin landscape and response to challenge

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High-Dimensional Single-Cell Mapping of Central Nervous System Immune Cells Reveals Distinct Myeloid Subsets in Health, Aging, and Disease

Mrdjen, D., Pavlovic, A., Hartmann, F. J., Schreiner, B., Utz, S. G., Leung, B. P., Lelios, I., Heppner, F. L., Kipnis, J., Merkler, D., et al. (2018) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2018.01.011 · Cited by 1,010 · see citing works

Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene CD33 Inhibits Microglial Uptake of Amyloid Beta

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Microglia-derived ASC specks cross-seed amyloid-β in Alzheimer’s disease

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Integrative single-cell analysis of transcriptional and epigenetic states in the human adult brain

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Microglia Regulate the Number of Neural Precursor Cells in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

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Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in homeostasis

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TREM2 Binds to Apolipoproteins, Including APOE and CLU/APOJ, and Thereby Facilitates Uptake of Amyloid-Beta by Microglia

Yeh, F. L., Wang, Y., Tom, I., Gonzalez, L. C., & Sheng, M. (2016) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.015 · Cited by 943 · see citing works

Ccr2 deficiency impairs microglial accumulation and accelerates progression of Alzheimer-like disease

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Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals the Transcriptional Landscape and Heterogeneity of Aortic Macrophages in Murine Atherosclerosis

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Tissue-specific signals control reversible program of localization and functional polarization of macrophages

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Oligodendrocytes: Myelination and Axonal SupportPreprint

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Complement activation by beta-amyloid in Alzheimer disease.

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TREM2 Haplodeficiency in Mice and Humans Impairs the Microglia Barrier Function Leading to Decreased Amyloid Compaction and Severe Axonal Dystrophy

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Microglia remodel synapses by presynaptic trogocytosis and spine head filopodia induction

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Apolipoprotein E and Apolipoprotein E Receptors: Normal Biology and Roles in Alzheimer Disease

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

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TREM2 Is a Receptor for β-Amyloid that Mediates Microglial Function

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Transcriptomic analysis of purified human cortical microglia reveals age-associated changes

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Temporal Tracking of Microglia Activation in Neurodegeneration at Single-Cell Resolution

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TREM2 — a key player in microglial biology and Alzheimer disease

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

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Microglia constitute a barrier that prevents neurotoxic protofibrillar Aβ42 hotspots around plaques

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Microglia derived from aging mice exhibit an altered inflammatory profile

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

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

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Diverse Brain Myeloid Expression Profiles Reveal Distinct Microglial Activation States and Aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease Not Evident in Mouse Models

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Microglia Modulate Wiring of the Embryonic Forebrain

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A Neurodegeneration-Specific Gene-Expression Signature of Acutely Isolated Microglia from an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model

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Rejuvenation of Regeneration in the Aging Central Nervous System

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Microglia contact induces synapse formation in developing somatosensory cortex

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Genetic Cell Ablation Reveals Clusters of Local Self-Renewing Microglia in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

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Induction of a common microglia gene expression signature by aging and neurodegenerative conditions: a co-expression meta-analysis

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

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TAM receptors regulate multiple features of microglial physiology

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A multi-omic atlas of the human frontal cortex for aging and Alzheimer’s disease research

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