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The impact of microglial activation on blood-brain barrier in brain diseases
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB), constituted by an extensive network of endothelial cells (ECs) together with neurons and glial cells, including microglia, forms the neurovascular unit (NVU). The crosstalk between these cells guarantees a proper environment for brain function. In this context, changes in the endothelium-microglia interactions are associated with a variety of inflammation-related diseases in brain, where BBB permeability is compromised. Increasing evidences indicate that activated microglia modulate expression of tight junctions, which are essential for BBB integrity and function. On the other hand, the endothelium can regulate the state of microglial activation. Here, we review recent advances that provide insights into interactions between the microglia and the vascular system in brain diseases such as infectious/inflammatory diseases, epilepsy, ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative disorders.
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This narrative review synthesizes evidence that activated microglia impair blood-brain barrier (BBB) function through release of inflammatory mediators (ROS, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, MMPs, chemokines), while the endothelium can in turn regulate microglial activation. It argues that microglia–endothelium crosstalk within the neurovascular unit is a central, and potentially targetable, mechanism in epilepsy, ischemic stroke, infectious/inflammatory disease, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis.
Key findings
- In rat brain microvascular endothelial cell (RBEC)/microglia co-culture, abluminal LPS did not change transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) in RBEC monolayers alone, but decreased TEER and increased sodium-fluorescein permeability in co-culture, in a manner dependent on microglial cell number; the disrupted ZO-1, claudin-5 and occludin staining was restored by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor DPI (Sumi et al., 2010).
- In mouse brain capillary endothelial (MBEC4)/microglia co-culture, LPS-activated microglia increased Na-F permeability, an effect blocked by a neutralizing antibody against TNF-α (Nishioku et al., 2010).
- In CD200-deficient mice, increased BBB permeability was associated with T cell/macrophage entry, elevated IFNγ, and increased TNF-α, promoting classical microglial activation (Denieffe et al., 2013).
- In rat hippocampus, Aβ1–42 injection caused time-dependent increases in fibrinogen and microgliosis and significantly increased IgG immunoreactivity; anti-Mac-1 reduced IgG, consistent with reduced microglial reactivity and greater BBB preservation (Ryu and McLarnon, 2009).
- In stroke, BBB disruption is described as biphasic: an early opening (12–48 h) driven mainly by ROS activating latent MMP-2, and a delayed secondary opening (48–72 h) driven by sustained inflammation and microglial MMP-2/3/9 production; activated microglia were reported up to 16 weeks after 2-hour MCAO in rats (Ekdahl et al., 2009), while neutrophil infiltration was more prominent only with longer MCAO periods and few exogenous macrophages infiltrated over the first 72 h (Denes et al., 2007).
- Minocycline, a microglial inhibitor, preserved BBB constituents in vitro and reduced BBB disruption and hemorrhage in vivo (Yenari et al., 2006), and in two clinical trials in ischemic stroke patients improved neurological functional outcome, alone and combined with fibrinolysis (Fagan et al., 2011).
Methods
- Design: narrative literature review of "recent advances" on microglia–vascular interactions in brain disease; no systematic search strategy, inclusion criteria, or quantitative synthesis is reported.
- Scope: developmental microglia–endothelium interaction, mechanisms of microglial activation and BBB impairment, and disease-specific sections on epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis.
- Evidence base: cited in vitro co-culture systems (RBEC/microglia, MBEC4/microglia), rodent models (PU.1-deficient mice, clodronate liposome depletion, choroidal neovascularization, Aβ1–42 intra-hippocampal injection, tMCAO, EAE, TMEV-IDD, CD200-deficient mice), human AD and MS tissue, and clinical trial reports; the review also presents one original confocal image (Figure 1) of IBA1-positive microglia and IsolectinB4-positive endothelium in a 1-month-old mouse cortex.
Limitations
- The paper states no explicit limitations section; it acknowledges that "the mechanisms involved in the multifaceted interactions between the constituents of the NVU are not yet fully uncovered," particularly how microglial activation drives BBB disruption.
- Evident from the text: as a narrative review it relies on heterogeneous cited studies (in vitro co-cultures, animal models, human tissue, clinical trials) without systematic appraisal, and several mechanistic claims are hedged by the authors as hypotheses or suggestions (e.g., "we can hypothesize," "we suggest") rather than demonstrated findings.
- Evident from the text: much of the mechanistic evidence is preclinical (rodent and cell-culture), and the authors note uncertainty about the relative contribution of resident microglia versus infiltrating bone-marrow-derived myeloid cells in inflammatory conditions.
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“Representative confocal image revealing close interaction between microglia (IBA1, green) and endothelial cells (IsolectinB4, red) in a 50 micron-cryopreserved cross-section of a 1 month-old mouse cortex.”
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“but undoubtedly microglia certainly play an important role in these pathologies (Perry et al., 2010; Graeber et al., 2011).”
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“Considering all the studies mentioned above, microglial activation impairs BBB function by the release of various molecules leading to a hyperpermeability condition associated with inflammation that is similar to what occurs in certain neurodegenerative disorders, including AD and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).”
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“indicating that TNF-α contributes to BBB dysfunction (Nishioku et al., 2010).”
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“These current findings show the increasing importance of the inflammatory pathways activated by microglial cells in inducing BBB dysfunction, which contributes to epileptogenesis.”
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“Taking all the recent data into consideration, we can suggest that the cells of the NVU, specially glial cells, have an overwhelming importance in epileptogenesis.”
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“impairments of the BBB have been observed in this context (Dickstein et al., 2006; Zipser et al., 2007; Lassman et al., 2012; Figure 2).”
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“Increasing evidences indicate that activated microglia modulate expression of tight junctions, which are essential for BBB integrity and function.”
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“microglia associate with endothelial tip cells, as demonstrated during embryonic brain and postnatal retinal angiogenesis”
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“Recent studies suggest that microglial activation may be related to BBB disruption.”
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“On the other hand, the endothelium can regulate the state of microglial activation.”
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“One of the key components of the cell death cascades in stroke is neuroinflammation, where the main players are microglial cells and the peripheral leukocytes, especially neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages.”
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“Microglial and astrocytic IL-1β act directly on the endothelium, altering BBB permeability and contributing to epileptogenesis.”
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“the authors suggest that microglia play a role in CNS angiogenesis by serving as a bridge to promote tip cell fusion, vascular plexus growth following sprouting induction and tip cell migration by VEGF (Fantin et al., 2010).”
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“The fact that microglia are present in the embryonic CNS territory prior to endothelial invasion and that they participate in cerebrovasculature growth place the interactions between microglia and CNS endothelium as a possible key mechanism in BBB formation and regulation.”
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“Microglia become activated under brain injury and immunological stimuli (Kreutzberg, 1996) and undergo several alterations from a “resting state” to an active state (Hanisch and Kettenmann, 2007; Kettenmann et al., 2011).”
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“In this phase, MMPs are important mediators: microglial ROS, especially superoxide radical O2−, increase vascular permeability also by stimulating MMP-2/MMP-3/MMP-9 production by microglia, astrocytes and ECs (Gottschall and Deb, 1996; Asahi et al., 2001; Rosenberg et al., 2001), contributing to hemorrhagic transformation and vasogenic edema.”
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“After the ischemic insult, the recruitment of immune cells occurs in a biphasic dynamics. In the acute phase (within minutes), microglial cells are rapidly recruited to the injury site, due to the immediate release of cytokines and chemokines.”
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“Blood-derived macrophages and microglia appear to have many functions in the dynamic process of CNS injury and repair, affecting BBB permeabilization, which in turn can aggravate stroke (Hallenbeck, 2002; Sandoval and Witt, 2008; Jiao et al., 2011).”
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“Some in vitro and in vivo studies have shown the role of IGF-1 in promoting neuroprotection and neuroregeneration (Li et al., 2010; Selvamani et al., 2012; Sohrabji and Williams, 2013; Bake et al., 2014).”
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- Not checked yetcites Li et al., 2010
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“In addition, ROS and NO can also reorganize the cytoskeleton of ECs and modulate tight junction proteins claudin-5 and occludin (Yamagata et al., 2004; Schreibelt et al., 2007) activate microglial cells; and up-regulate inflammatory mediators in the first 48 h.”
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“These actions not only help enhancing the influx of peripheral leukocytes, but also contribute to the formation of vasogenic edema by allowing the diffusion of sodium and water (Sandoval and Witt, 2008).”
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“Recently, the neuroinflammatory state was shown to activate the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway not only in microglia but also in ECs, leading to microglial and endothelial activation with direct and microglial-induced BBB disruption, further cytokine production and perpetuation of the neuroinflammatory process (Tu et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2012).”
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“They activate the latent MMP-2 min after the ischemic insult, and are produced by microglia and astrocytes through the HIF-1α pathway (Yang and Rosenberg, 2011; Obermeier et al., 2013).”
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“minocycline, a member of the tetracycline antibiotic family, inhibits activation of microglia and brain infiltrating blood-derived macrophages and protects cultured neurons from excitotoxic insults by preventing microglial generation of glutamate, IL-1β and NO (Yrjänheikki et al., 1998, 1999; Tikka et al., 2001).”
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- Not matchedcites Yrjänheikki et al., 1998, 1999
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“Inhibiting microglial activation may limit BBB disruption and reduce vasogenic edema in the context of ischemic stroke, reducing the volume of ischemic tissue and neuronal deficits, as well as preventing hemorrhagic transformation (Tikka et al., 2001; Yenari et al., 2006).”
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“These mediators also indirectly lead to BBB damage, by acting not on ECs, but on different components of the NVU: activating MMPs and acting on astrocytes and pericytes through ROS, NO and cytokines.”
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“In addition, ROS and NO can also reorganize the cytoskeleton of ECs and modulate tight junction proteins claudin-5 and occludin (Yamagata et al., 2004; Schreibelt et al., 2007) activate microglial cells; and up-regulate inflammatory mediators in the first 48 h.”
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“These cells are activated, enhancing the release of ROS (through NADPH oxidase and MPO), cytokines (i.e., IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α) and chemokines (MCP-1, CXCL-1 and MIP-1α).”
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“Also, very few infiltrating exogenous macrophages were observed over the first 72 h period and, instead, a profound increase in proliferating resident microglia cells was observed (Denes et al., 2007).”
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- Not checked yetcites Denes et al., 2007 source
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“All these data suggest that microglia has a role in the EC damage and BBB disruption in stroke, making these cells a possible target to minimize the ischemic damage in stroke patients.”
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“Apart from the effects of MMPs, microglial-induced late-phase BBB disruption is due to direct effects on ECs: IL-1β and TNF-α downregulate tight junction proteins expression in ECs (Yamagata et al., 2004; Jiao et al., 2011) and, together with IL-6, modulate the expression of adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and VCAM; Hallenbeck, 2002).”
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“MMPs are further stimulated by NK-κB and HIF-1α and disrupt TJ proteins (as ZO-1, claudin-5 and occludin), rendering the BBB leaky, downstream effects which were shown to be reverted by blocking NOS (Yang and Rosenberg, 2011; Gu et al., 2012; Obermeier et al., 2013).”
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- Not checked yetcites Yang and Rosenberg, 2011
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“In AD, these cells can promote the clearance of Aβ, however, if they are not able to do that, there is an accumulation of Aβ deposits leading to neuronal death (Rogers et al., 2002).”
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- Not checked yetcites Rogers et al., 2002 source
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“When activated, microglia impair BBB function through the release of several inflammatory modulators leading to a hyperpermeability condition, which is associated with several brain disorders.”
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“Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, progressive and neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS, which involves an energy deficit, tissue remodeling, microglial activation and loss of BBB integrity (Lassmann et al., 2012).”
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- Not checked yetcites Lassmann et al., 2012 source
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“it was observed in AD brains the presence of activated microglia and astrocytes around Aβ plaques, with the release of inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1 and IL-6, TNF-α and transforming growth factor-β (TNF-β; Wyss-Coray, 2006; Zhou et al., 2012).”
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“Previous studies showed that systemic inflammation contributes to the disease progression and the activation of immune cells allows the infiltration of T and B cells into the CNS, promoting the release of chemokines that in turn stimulate the migration of more immune cells, leading to BBB disruption (Holman et al., 2011; Kooij et al., 2011; Larochelle et al., 2011; Willis, 2011).”
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“Moreover, high levels of Aβ are correlated with production of CCL2 by microglia, which leads to BBB impairment (Roberts et al., 2012).”
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- Not checked yetcites Roberts et al., 2012 source
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“Hereupon, there are two different types of inflammation in MS. The first consists in the initial response to the disease, involving the infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells and robust microglial activation; the second occurs due to the myelin destruction, stimulating the secondary recruitment of T cells, B cells and macrophages (Lassmann et al., 2012).”
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- Not checked yetcites Lassmann et al., 2012 source
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“Furthermore, it was shown that intracranial injection of thrombin activates microglia, leading to the production of NO and TNFα via JAK2-STAT3 signaling pathway, which induce BBB disruption.”
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“It has already been shown that the elimination of Aβ from the brain and the consequent impairment of microglial activation decrease ROS, nitrogen compounds and also inflammatory cytokines produced by microglial cells, which are correlated with the activation of ECs (Dickstein et al., 2006).”
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“Moreover, during inflammation and demyelination in MS, the activation of microglial cells lead to the release of cytotoxic factors, such as NO and ROS, provoking myelin damage, release of proinflammatory cytokines (IFNγ, TNF-α and IL-1β), as well as chemokines (MCP-1), ultimately inducing BBB disruption (Mahad and Ransohoff, 2003).”
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- Not checked yetcites Mahad and Ransohoff, 2003
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“Thus, regarding all evidences described above, we can hypothesize that microglia activation plays an important role during BBB disruption, which substantiates the need to study other factors correlated with inflammatory pathways, as potential targets of new strategies to reduce microglial-dependent inflammation in the brain of AD patients.”
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“The inhibition of microglial activation by minocycline favors the differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursors and immature oligodendrocytes. These cells are responsible for remyelination of neurons, an important event for improvement of MS condition (Li et al., 2005; Yenari et al., 2006; Defaux et al., 2011; Miron et al., 2013).”
§ The impact of microglial activation on blood-brain barrier in brain diseases > Microglial activation and the impact on BBB > Multiple sclerosis
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“Recently published data demonstrated that dipyridamole attenuates the expression of Toll-like receptor stimulation-dependent cytokines and chemokines in human microglia, reduces microglial activity in EAE mice, and consequently decreases IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 expression, which are responsible for increased BBB permeability (Sloka et al., 2013).”
§ The impact of microglial activation on blood-brain barrier in brain diseases > Microglial activation and the impact on BBB > Multiple sclerosis
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“experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), where activation of microglia precedes infiltration of peripheral macrophages and occurs before the onset of the disease (Sriram and Steiner, 2005).”
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“Activated microglia are known to express ROS-generating enzymes, such as NADPH oxidase, which are responsible for degeneration of oligodendrocytes and increased BBB permeability by downregulating the expression of VE-cadherin, occludin and claudin-5 proteins in microvascular ECs (Fischer et al., 2012; Rochfort et al., 2014).”
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“In this event, fibrinogen induces the activation of microglia and consequently the release of ROS, inducing axonal damage (Davalos et al., 2012).”
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“On the other hand, it has been shown that LPS induces the production of TNF-α in the brain by microglial cells, which promotes BBB dysfunction and also causes neuronal cell death by phagocytosis (Tanaka et al., 2006; Nishioku et al., 2010; Smith et al., 2012; Neniskyte et al., 2014).”
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The findings from animal models and in vitro co-culture systems about microglia-endothelium interactions are representative of human brain diseases.
“Considering all the studies mentioned above, microglial activation impairs BBB function by the release of various molecules leading to a hyperpermeability condition associated with inflammation that is similar to what occurs in certain neurodegenerative disorders, including AD and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).”
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Microglial activation is a common and comparable process across the different brain diseases discussed (infectious/inflammatory diseases, epilepsy, ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative disorders).
“Taking all the recent data into consideration, we can suggest that the cells of the NVU, specially glial cells, have an overwhelming importance in epileptogenesis.”
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BBB disruption worsens the clinical picture of stroke patients by causing intracerebral vasogenic edema and hemorrhagic transformation.
“BBB disruption is another key event in the pathogenesis of stroke, as it can worsen the clinical picture of the patients by the formation of intracerebral vasogenic edema and hemorrhagic transformation.”
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Findings from animal models of ischemic stroke, AD, and MS can be generalized to human patients.
“In vivo models helped clarifying the kinetics of the immune cells in ischemic stroke”
“Several studies using animal models have further contributed with in vivo evidences of the importance of microglia during AD progression.”
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Pharmacological modulation of microglial activation will produce net clinical benefit in AD and MS despite microglia's beneficial roles.
“Taking into account the literature reviewed about AD and MS, we suggest that pharmacological modulation of microglial activation may control the impairment of BBB in these diseases.”
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“Microglia and astrocytes are the main innate immune effector cells in the CNS (da Fonseca et al., 2014).”
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MajorThe review presents microglial inhibition by minocycline as favoring cells responsible for remyelination and cites Li et al. (2005). The cited study's title instead says that minocycline-mediated inhibition impairs progenitor-cell responses and remyelination.
“The inhibition of microglial activation by minocycline favors the differentiation of oligodendrocyte precursors and immature oligodendrocytes. These cells are responsible for remyelination of neurons, an important event for improvement of MS condition (Li et al., 2005; Yenari et al., 2006; Defaux et al., 2011; Miron et al., 2013).”
“Minocycline-mediated inhibition of microglia activation impairs oligodendrocyte progenitor cell responses and remyelination in a non-immune model of demyelination.”
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MinorThe Alzheimer's disease section abbreviates transforming growth factor-β as TNF-β, whereas an earlier section calls it TGF-β.
“transforming growth factor-β (TNF-β; Wyss-Coray, 2006; Zhou et al., 2012)”
“such as TGF-β, ATP, HMGB1”
Alzheimer's disease progression is described in opposite directions
MinorThe review says the deficient mouse model showed disease regression, but the title of its cited El Khoury study says Ccr2 deficiency accelerated progression of Alzheimer-like disease.
“they observed a regression in the disease (El Khoury et al., 2007; Kiyota et al., 2013).”
“Ccr2 deficiency impairs microglial accumulation and accelerates progression of Alzheimer-like disease.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- da Fonseca, A. C. C., Matias, D., Garcia, C., Amaral, R., Geraldo, L. H., Freitas, C., & Lima, F. R. S.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Venue
- Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2014-11-03
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 362-362
- ISSN
- 1662-5102 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4217497
- OpenAlex
- W2051140555
- Semantic Scholar
- c5be3f0efc87bc47ecc037aeddfe23499572e499
- Cited by
- 572
- References
- 192
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 71 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 59 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
- Keywords
- microglial activation, blood-brain barrier, neurovascular unit, endothelial cells, tight junctions, blood-brain barrier permeability, neuroinflammation, epilepsy, ischemic stroke, neurodegenerative diseases
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