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The Potential for Extracellular Vesicles in Nanomedicine: A Review of Recent Advancements and Challenges Ahead

Advanced Biology, EarlyView.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a dual role in diagnostics and therapeutics, offering innovative solutions for treating cancer, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and orthopedic diseases. This review highlights EVs’ potential to revolutionize personalized medicine through specific applications in disease detection and treatment.
Farbod Ebrahimi, Anjali Kumari, Samaneh Ghadami, Saqer Al Abdullah, Kristen Dellinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental Apoptosis Promotes a Disease-Related Gene Signature and Independence from CSF1R Signaling in Retinal Microglia

Cell Reports, 2019
Summary: Microglia have important remodeling functions in neurodevelopment, aging, and disease, with evidence for molecular diversity. However, the signaling pathways and environmental cues that drive diverse states of microglia are incompletely ...
Sarah R. Anderson, Jacqueline M. Roberts, Jianmin Zhang, Michael R. Steele, Cesar O. Romero, Alejandra Bosco, Monica L. Vetter   +6 more
doaj  

In vitro models of microglia: a comparative study

Scientific Reports
Microglia perform key homeostatic functions to protect the central nervous system (CNS). However, in many brain disorders their protective functions are abrogated, contributing to disease progression.
Zoe Woolf, Taylor J. Stevenson, Kevin Lee, Blake Highet, Jena Macapagal Foliaki, Ramona Ratiu, Justin Rustenhoven, Jason Correia, Patrick Schweder, Peter Heppner, Maria Weinert, Natacha Coppieters, Thomas Park, Johanna Montgomery, Amy M. Smith, Michael Dragunow   +15 more
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Adaptive Müller cell responses to microglial activation mediate neuroprotection and coordinate inflammation in the retina

Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2011
Purpose Microglia and Müller cells are prominent participants in retinal responses to injury and disease that shape eventual tissue adaptation or damage.
Wang Minhua, Ma Wenxin, Zhao Lian, Fariss Robert N, Wong Wai T   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microglia in Alzheimer’s disease

Journal of Cell Biology, 2018
Proliferation and activation of microglia in the brain, concentrated around amyloid plaques, is a prominent feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Human genetics data point to a key role for microglia in the pathogenesis of AD.
David V. Hansen, Jesse E. Hanson, Morgan Sheng   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Electrophysiological Investigation of Microglia [PDF]

, 2019
Although microglial cells are not electrically excitable, they express a large repertoire of ion channels that are activated by voltage, stretch, extracellular ligands, or intracellular pathways (e.g. Ca2+, G-proteins). The patch-clamp technique is the electrophysiological method of choice to study these channels whose expression varies largely in ...
Isabelle Arnoux, Elena Avignone, Elena Avignone, Giampaolo Milior, Giampaolo Milior, Etienne Audinat   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
There is a huge need for novel therapeutic and preventative approaches to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and neuroinflammation seems to be one of the most fascinating solutions. The primary cell type that performs immunosurveillance and helps clear out unwanted chemicals from the brain is the microglia.
Merighi, Stefania, Nigro, Manuela, Travagli, Alessia, Gessi, Stefania   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Functional Hydrogel for Modulating Lipid Droplets and Neuroinflammation in Head Injury

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
After TBI, elevated cholesterol levels in activated microglia lead to the accumulation of cholesterol esters in lipid droplets, exacerbating neuroinflammation. A β‐cyclodextrin‐conjugated GelMA (βCD‐GelMA) hydrogel is developed to promotes cholesterol efflux and reduces LDL influx, thereby alleviating intracellular cholesterol and lipid droplet buildup.
Feixiang Chen, Yvonne Shen, Yutong Shao, Tenghuan Ge, Haowen Qiao, Shangzhou Xia, Yafei Qu, Yuanpu Chiu, Ying Qin, Zhen Zhao   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

An updated assessment of microglia depletion: current concepts and future directions

Molecular Brain, 2017
Microglia are the principal resident immune cells in the central nervous system and are believed to be versatile players in both inflammatory and physiological contexts. On the one hand, in order to safeguard the microenvironment microglia can be rapidly
Jinming Han, Robert A. Harris, Xing-Mei Zhang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering Topographical Cues to Enhance Neural Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injury: Overcoming Challenges and Advancing Therapies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) poses significant challenges for regeneration due to a series of secondary injury mechanisms. How to use biomaterial approach to target the failed regeneration after SCI remains a critical challenge. This review systematically evaluates current strategies to optimize biomaterial topographies for neurite outgrowth, axonal ...
Wei Xu, Fenghui Wang, Joshua Stein, Siqiao Wang, Pengfei Jiang, Letao Yang, Liming Cheng, Ki‐Bum Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source