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Microglia in Alzheimer's disease
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Microglia are brain-resident myeloid cells that mediate key functions to support the CNS. Microglia express a wide range of receptors that act as molecular sensors, which recognize exogenous or endogenous CNS insults and initiate an immune response. In addition to their classical immune cell function, microglia act as guardians of the brain by promoting phagocytic clearance and providing trophic support to ensure tissue repair and maintain cerebral homeostasis. Conditions associated with loss of homeostasis or tissue changes induce several dynamic microglial processes, including changes of cellular morphology, surface phenotype, secretory mediators, and proliferative responses (referred to as an "activated state"). Activated microglia represent a common pathological feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cumulative evidence suggests that microglial inflammatory activity in AD is increased while microglial-mediated clearance mechanisms are compromised. Microglia are perpetually engaged in a mutual interaction with the surrounding environment in CNS; thus, diverse microglial reactions at different disease stages may open new avenues for therapeutic intervention and modification of inflammatory activities. In this Review, the role of microglia in the pathogenesis of AD and the modulation of microglia activity as a therapeutic modality will be discussed.
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“PRRs bind to different species of Aβ with various affinities (71).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Alzheimer's disease
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“Microglial-derived immune factors can induce a so-called A1 astrocyte phenotype that contributes to neuronal death through reduced trophic support, impaired clearance capacity, and release of toxins (69).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Microglia activation in AD
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“Activated microglia along with immunoglobulins and complement components are closely associated with Aβ deposits in brains from AD patients and AD mouse models (58)(59)(60)(61)(62).”
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“microglia also were implicated in spreading tau aggregates through endocytosis (via phagocytosis) and exocytosis (via exosomes) in a nonsynaptic transmission pathway (68).”
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“Stewart and colleagues demonstrated that Aβ-mediated release of proinflammatory factors and neurotoxicity partially involved signaling through the CD36/ TLR4/TRL6 complex (108).”
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“TLRs bind both fibrillar and oligomeric forms of Aβ (74).”
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- Not checked yetcites [74] Landreth, 2009, Toll-like receptors in Alzheimer’s disease, Curr Top Microbiol Immunol
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“recent GWAS link several immune genes, particularly complement receptor-1 (CR1), CD33, and triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2), with increased AD risk (55).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Loss of inhibitory signals
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“These findings raise the possibility that innate immune activation may actively contribute to AD pathogenesis, rather than arising as a pure bystander reaction to amyloid deposition, as previously assumed (57).”
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“a network-based integrative analysis of AD-related genes revealed that an immune/microglial gene network had the strongest association with AD neuropathology (56).”
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“APOE4 expression was associated with enhanced Aβ production, driven by increasing APP expression in neurons (54).”
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“Gamma oscillations arise from the activation of local circuits of excitatory and fast-spiking inhibitory neurons resonating at 20-50 Hz, and changes in gamma oscillation have been observed in neurological diseases (158).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Optogenics in activation of microglia
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The Abstract states that changes in gamma oscillations have been observed in several neurological disorders. The section “Gamma is decreased during hippocampal sharp wave ripples in 5XFAD mice early in disease” also describes altered gamma in neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Gamma oscillations arise from the activation of local circuits of excitatory and fast-spiking inhibitory neurons resonating at 20-50 Hz, and changes in gamma oscillation have been observed in neurological diseases (158).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Optogenics in activation of microglia
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The paper’s Abstract (page unavailable in our copy) states that activation of local excitatory and fast-spiking inhibitory circuits resonating at 20–50 Hz gives rise to gamma oscillations. It also notes disrupted gamma in neurological diseases, matching the rest of the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“Increased expression of Tlr2, Tlr4, Tlr5, Tlr7, and Tlr9 mRNAs was found in Aβ plaques, and expression of Tlr2/5 was elevated in plaque-associated tissue in comparison with plaquefree tissue (107)”
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“Depletion of microglia suppressed tau propagation (68), suggesting that microglia actively contribute to tau pathology during AD pathogenesis.”
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“In AD pathogenesis, microglia activation may play a dual role: on one side, acute microglial activation in some experimental paradigms leads to decreased Aβ accumulation by increasing phagocytosis or clearance.”
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“chronic activation of microglia contributes to neurotoxicity and synapse loss by triggering several proinflammatory cascades.”
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“activated microglia in AD show increased proliferation (63,64) and increased expression of inflammatory markers such as CD36, CD14, CD11c, MHC-II, and iNOS (65,66)”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Microglia activation in AD
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- Not checked yetcites [63] source
- Not checked yetcites [64] Olmos-Alonso, 2016, Pharmacological targeting of CSF1R inhibits microglial proliferation and prevents the progression of Alzheimer’s-like pathology, Brain source
- Not checked yetcites [65] Kamphuis, 2016, Transcriptional profiling of CD11c-positive microglia accumulating around amyloid plaques in a mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease, Biochim Biophys Acta source
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“In vivo imaging shows that microglia activation precedes the onset of AD (100) and is paralleled by increased levels of inflammatory markers in the cerebrospinal fluid (101)”
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“the COX-1 inhibitor naproxen was beneficial in fast decliners only; in contrast, the selective COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib was beneficial in slow decliners but harmful in the fast-progressing group.”
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“repeated monthly injections of CpG-ODNs reduced amyloid deposition and cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and prevented cognitive deficits.”
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- Not checked yetcites [116] source
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“These findings suggested that CD14 deletion shifts microglia activation to an immunomodulatory state, possibly by blocking TLR2 signaling, which contributes to inflammation and AD pathology (115).”
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“In contrast to TLR4 stimulation, TLR9 stimulation decreased tau-related pathology (116).”
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“COX-2 expression peaks in neurons in Braak phases 0-II (an early stage characterized by neurofibrillary changes beginning at transentorhinal regions), probably representing an adaptive response that subsequently declines (105).”
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- Not checked yetcites [105] source
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“microglial activation correlated with glucose hypometabolism in AD patients (103), suggesting a link between microglial activation and synaptic dysfunction.”
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- Not checked yetcites [103] Fan, 2015, Longitudinal influence of microglial activation and amyloid on neuronal function in Alzheimer’s disease, Brain source
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“Hence, it seems that TLR9 stimulation activates an innate immune response that benefits AD pathology without provoking inflammation.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Microglia proliferation
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“APP/PS1dE9 mice lacking functional TRL4 showed an increase in Aβ load associated with decreased expression of IL-1β, CCL3, and CCL4 and decreased cognitive function (110), suggesting a protective role of TRL4 in amyloid clearance.”
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- Not checked yetcites [110] Song, 2011, TLR4 mutation reduces microglial activation, increases Aβ deposits and exacerbates cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, J Neuroinflammation source
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“other studies have reported that inhibition of different components of complement impaired Aβ phagocytosis, resulting in elevated synapse loss.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Complement system
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“Inhibition of microglial C3aR reduced microglial activation and augmented Aβ clearance in the brain (125), suggesting a detrimental role for complement.”
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“in the clinical phase of AD, the strong association between microglial activation and AD pathology was observed in young AD patients, but activation waned in AD patients older than 80 years (106)”
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- Not checked yetcites [106] Hoozemans, 2011, Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease wanes with age, J Neuroinflammation source
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“Lian and colleagues demonstrated that Aβ induced release of C3 from astrocytes and impaired microglial Aβ phagocytosis (125).”
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“IL-1β, a key cytokine of the innate immune response, was shown to enhance Aβ pathology (126), as well as increase tau pathology (109).”
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“The NLRP3 inflammasome is critical for maturation of IL-1β, and loss of NLRP3 in APP/PS1 decreased amyloid burden (131).”
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- Not checked yetcites [131] Heneka, 2013, NLRP3 is activated in Alzheimer’s disease and contributes to pathology in APP/PS1 mice, Nature source
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“Increased microglial proliferation was observed in several murine AD models (63), appearing with plaque onset and persisting for 18 months (63).”
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“Lawson and colleagues reported a microglial turnover rate of 0.05% at any given time in healthy brain (141), but recent data from the same group indicated a turnover rate of 0.69% (7).”
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“IL-10 levels are elevated in AD brain, and IL-10 overexpression in mice increased APOE expression in addition to worsening AD-related pathology and cognitive impairment (132).”
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“microglia from TNFR-deficient 3xTgAD mice showed defective phagocytosis, highlighting the protective role of TNF-α in facilitating clearance mechanisms.”
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“Il10 deletion led to increased Aβ phagocytosis and increased CD68 reactivity in Aβ depositassociated microglia (133).”
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“Increased microglial proliferation has been described in the brains of AD patients (135), and in the prodromal stage of Parkinson disease (136), suggesting that microglial proliferation is an early event in the course of neurodegenerative diseases.”
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“TNF receptor (TNFR) deficiency in 3xTgAD mice was associated with increased amyloid deposition and enhanced tau phosphorylation (129).”
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“TREM2 deficiency impairs microglial phagocytosis of plaques opsonized with anti-Aβ antibodies, suggesting a critical role for TREM2 in the efficacy of antibody-based therapeutics (152).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > TREM2
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“TREM2 promotes phagocytosis of apoptotic neurons, proliferation, and survival of microglia, and has been implicated in dampening TLR-induced inflammatory responses (147-151).”
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“the CEBP/α/PU.1 pathway is involved in the regulation of monopoiesis and granulopoiesis (143, 144) and serves as a candidate for regulating proliferation in microglia.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Complement system
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“Pharmacological inhibition of CSF1R in mice upregulated antiinflammatory mediators, including IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, and CCL9, and increased synapse and spine densities while reducing proinflammatory cytokine levels (64).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Complement system
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- Not checked yetcites [64] Olmos-Alonso, 2016, Pharmacological targeting of CSF1R inhibits microglial proliferation and prevents the progression of Alzheimer’s-like pathology, Brain source
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“Although targeting CSF1R has therapeutic potential, caution should be taken, as CSF1R haploinsufficiency was linked to adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (145).”
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- Not checked yetcites [145] source
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“TREM2 was upregulated in CD45 hi LyC + myeloid cells surrounding the amyloid plaques, but not in parenchymal P2Y12 + microglia (155).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > TREM2
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“AD risk variants in TREM2 impair the cell surface transport and expression of TREM2; some variants either impair or markedly enhance the binding of TREM2 to phospholipids, suggesting that balanced TREM2 function in AD is important to counteract disease progression (147).”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > TREM2
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“TREM2 deficiency eliminated plaque-associated CD45 hi LyC + myeloid cells, leading to reduced inflammation and AD-like pathology in these mice (155); however, TREM2-expressing myeloid cells were enriched in microglia processes contacting amyloid deposits in AD mice, and TREM2 deletion resulted in less compact plaques and increased dystrophic neurites.”
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“Interestingly, entraining gamma oscillation at 40 Hz in 5xFAD mice induced amyloid reductions that were associated with an increase in microglial numbers and morphological changes such as soma enlargement and shortening of processes loaded with Aβ.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Optogenics in activation of microglia
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“It seems that combining human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology (159) with recent advances in gene editing will provide new opportunities to model disease pathology that more closely resembles human AD.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Concluding remarks
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- The authors state this as an assumption: Existing mouse models do not show clear neurodegeneration or human-like tau pathology unless a tau mutation is used to induce the disease.
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Aging strongly affects innate immunity and is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
“Given that age has a dramatic impact on innate immunity and represents a major risk factor for AD, more longitudinal studies need to be performed and the overall outcome of immune modulation needs to be tested in aged animals.”
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Existing mouse models do not show clear neurodegeneration or human-like tau pathology unless a tau mutation is used to induce the disease.
“One limitation of current mouse models is the absence of clear neurodegeneration and human-like tau pathology unless the disease is induced by a tau mutation.”
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“Neuroinflammation is a key contributor to AD progression. While early immune responses may aid in the clearance of Aβ and tau aggregates, prolonged activation of microglia and astrocytes leads to chronic inflammation and the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β and TNF-α, promoting neuronal damage in vulnerable brain regions like the neocortex and hippocampus [34–36].”
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“For example, they facilitate the clearance of Aβ through phagocytosis42, yet they can also exacerbate neurodegeneration by driving persistent neuroinflammation43.”
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“Microglia are brain-resident innate immune effector cells and are widely thought to be the key mediators of amyloid beta clearance [14–16].”
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“Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the hallmark pathology comprised of widespread amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition, neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation, extensive neurodegeneration, and profound activation of microglia in the brain (6).”
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“In the early stages of AD, activated microglia cause phagocytosis and clearance of pathologic Aβ and/or tau, positively affecting AD pathologies in animal models [89, 90].”
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“Microglia both exert protective function by phagocytosing and clearing pathological protein aggregates”
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“Microglia phagocytose misfolded proteins, cellular debris, and dying cells to maintain homeostasis.”
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“Reactive gliosis and neural inflammation are hallmarks of AD4,122–125.”
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“Microglia represent innate immune cells of the CNS that play important disease-modifying roles in neurodegeneration including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) [1–4].”
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“Data from mouse models have suggested dual roles for microglia in AD: pro-inflammatory functions that promote neurotoxicity and amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation, opposed by amyloid-clearing and neuroprotective functions [3, 4].”
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“Aβ accumulation activates the microglia and promotes pro-inflammatory mediators’ production and impairment of their phagocytic function (232, 233).”
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“Colocalization of reactive microglia with Aβ deposits is a hallmark of AD pathology and has been reported also in brains from AD mouse models [102,103].”
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“Proliferation and activation of microglia in the brain, around amyloid plaques, is a prominent characteristic of AD [102].”
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§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Multifaceted immune activation
“the selective COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib was beneficial in slow decliners but harmful in the fast-progressing group.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Multifaceted immune activation
“Thus, COX-2 blockade in early phases may be harmful, whereas COX-1 inhibition (in addition to COX-2 inhibition) may be beneficial”
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§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > Complement system
“blocking of C5a (124), a downstream component of the complement cascade, increased Aβ levels in the absence of increased Aβ production, reflecting the role of complement in microglial phagocytosis.In the same studies, complement blockade was associated with increased neurodegeneration.”
§ Microglia in Alzheimer's disease > References
“124. Fonseca MI, et al. Treatment with a C5aR antago- nist decreases pathology and enhances behavioral performance in murine models of Alzheimer's disease.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sarlus, H., & Heneka, M. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Heneka, Michael T.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Published
- 2017-09-01
- Volume
- 127
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 3240-3249
- ISSN
- 0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-8238
- PMC
- PMC5669553
- OpenAlex
- W2750718695
- Semantic Scholar
- ef022dba477c27d3e9b6fce59a1f5267296be580
- Cited by
- 911
- References
- 162
- Citations by year
- 2026: 64 · 2025: 98 · 2024: 109 · 2023: 105 · 2022: 134 · 2021: 127 · 2020: 148 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 7
- FWCI
- 7.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg) (submittedVersion)
- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
- DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Keywords
- microglia, Alzheimer's disease, microglial activation, neuroinflammation, phagocytosis, neuroprotection, microglial receptors, neurodegeneration, brain homeostasis
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Brain, Central Nervous System, Complement System Proteins, Humans, Immune System, Inflammation, Macrophages, Phagocytosis, Cytokines, Microglia, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cell Proliferation, Toll-Like Receptors, Mice
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