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Newest in this topic

  1. Molecular MRI of Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease using a Folate-targeted Nanoprobe 2026-11-01
  2. Neuroinflammation is an early pathological process in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinsons disease 2026-10-30
  3. The TREM-receptor family interactome in the human brain 2026-10-29

Studies

384 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • bioRxiv 21
  • Journal of neuroinflammation 17
  • International journal of molecular sciences 13
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 10
  • Glia 10

169 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Role of NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated neuronal pyroptosis and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2023-09-19 Inflammation and the immune system

    The aim of this review is to explore the role of NLRP3 activation-mediated neuronal pyroptosis and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

  2. Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β, NLRP3 Inflammasome, and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current medical science 2023-09-18 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of dementia worldwide.

  3. Targeting NLRP3 inflammasome for neurodegenerative disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular psychiatry 2023-09-05 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroinflammation is a key pathological feature in neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. Human microglial state dynamics in Alzheimer's disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cell 2023-09-01 Genetics

    Altered microglial states affect neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and disease but remain poorly understood.

  5. Crosstalk between NLRP3 inflammasome and calpain in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The European journal of neuroscience 2023-08-31 Inflammation and the immune system

    Amyloid plaques are considered to be the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  6. Trem2 Enhances Demyelination in the Csf1r+/- Mouse Model of Leukoencephalopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biomedicines 2023-07-25 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R)-related leukoencephalopathy (CRL) is a neurodegenerative disease that triggers early demyelination, leading to an adult-onset dementia.

  7. Role of neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration development

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Signal transduction and targeted therapy 2023-07-12 Inflammation and the immune system

    Studies in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and so on, have suggested that inflammation is not only a result of neurodegeneration but also a crucial player in this process.

  8. Tetrahydroxy stilbene glycoside ameliorates neuroinflammation for Alzheimer's disease via cGAS-STING

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. European journal of pharmacology 2023-06-14 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known as senile dementia, is the most common degenerative disease of the central nervous system.

  9. Genetic insights into immune mechanisms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2023-06-08 Genetics

    Microglia, the macrophages of the brain, are vital for brain homeostasis and have been implicated in a broad range of brain disorders.

  10. Complement C3 Enhances LPS-Elicited Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Via the Mac1/NOX2 Pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2023-06-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    Recent studies showed increased expression of complements in various neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

  11. Total Chemical Synthesis of Glycosylated TREM2 Ectodomain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. ACS chemical neuroscience 2023-05-26 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Mutations in a microglia-associated gene TREM2 increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

  12. TREM2 Expression and Amyloid-Beta Phagocytosis in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-05-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's Disease is the most common form of dementia; its key pathological findings include the deposition of extracellular-neurotoxic-plaques composed of amyloid-beta (Ab).

  13. The involvement of NLRP3 inflammasome in CUMS-induced AD-like pathological changes and related cognitive decline in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2023-05-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    CUMS induced depressive-like behaviors and cognitive decline in mice, which could be reversed by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome.

  14. The TREM2 H157Y Variant Influences Microglial Phagocytosis, Polarization, and Inflammatory Cytokine Release

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain sciences 2023-04-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Previously, we reported that H157Y, a rare coding variant on exon 3 of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 gene (TREM2), was associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in a Han Chinese population.

  15. APOE and immunity: Research highlights

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-03-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    During the 4-day meeting, presenters illuminated aspects of the cross-talk between APOE and immunity, with a focus on the roles of microglia, triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), and components of inflammation (e.g., tumor necrosis factor α [TNFα]).

  16. NLRP3-directed antisense oligonucleotides reduce microglial immunoactivities in vitro

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2023-03-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with the cerebral deposition of Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, which leads to NLRP3 inflammasome activation and subsequent release of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-18 (IL-18).

  17. Inflammasome activation under high cholesterol load triggers a protective microglial phenotype while promoting neuronal pyroptosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Translational neurodegeneration 2023-03-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    In activated microglia, cholesterol enrichment promoted the release of encapsulated IL-1β accompanied by a switch to a more neuroprotective phenotype, with increased phagocytic capacity and release of neurotrophic factors.

  18. β2-Microglobulin exacerbates neuroinflammation, brain damage, and cognitive impairment after stroke in rats

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neural regeneration research 2023-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    β2-Microglobulin (β2M), a component of the major histocompatibility complex class I molecule, is associated with aging-related cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

  19. INPP5D/SHIP1 regulates inflammasome activation in human microglia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023-02-26 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia and neuroinflammation are implicated in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  20. TOMM40 Genetic Variants Cause Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-02-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 (TOMM40) is located in the outer membrane of mitochondria.

  21. Negative regulation of TREM2-mediated C9orf72 poly-GA clearance by the NLRP3 inflammasome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cell reports 2023-02-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    Expansion of the hexanucleotide repeat GGGGCC in the C9orf72 gene is the most common genetic factor in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

  22. Complement in the Brain: Contributions to Neuroprotection, Neuronal Plasticity, and Neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Annual review of immunology 2023-02-07 Inflammation and the immune system

    The complement system is an ancient collection of proteolytic cascades with well-described roles in regulation of innate and adaptive immunity.

  23. Perivascular cells induce microglial phagocytic states and synaptic engulfment via SPP1 in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2023-02-06 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by synaptic loss, which can result from dysfunctional microglial phagocytosis and complement activation.

  24. Trem2 H157Y increases soluble TREM2 production and reduces amyloid pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2023-01-31 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Consistent with previous in vitro findings, Trem2 H157Y increases TREM2 shedding with elevated soluble TREM2 levels in the brain and serum.

  25. Pathological Roles of INPP5D in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2023 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Current hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) postulates that amyloid β (Aβ) deposition in the brain causes tau inclusion in neurons and leads to cognitive decline.

  26. Pyroptosis in Alzheimer's disease: cell type-specific activation in microglia, astrocytes and neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2022-12-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    The major neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), accompanied by neuroinflammation and neuronal loss.

  27. The Dialogue Between Neuroinflammation and Adult Neurogenesis: Mechanisms Involved and Alterations in Neurological Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2022-11-16 Drug development

    Adult neurogenesis occurs mainly in the subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricles.

  28. The association between cerebrospinal ferritin and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 along Alzheimer's continuum

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Frontiers in neurology 2022-11-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Brain iron accumulation, which is indicated in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ferritin, is associated with the development of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

  29. TREM2 and Microglia Contribute to the Synaptic Plasticity: from Physiology to Pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2022-11-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Synapses are bridges for information transmission in the central nervous system (CNS), and synaptic plasticity is fundamental for the normal function of synapses, contributing substantially to learning and memory.

  30. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 deficiency exacerbates injury-induced inflammation in a mouse model of tauopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2022-11-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) promotes several Alzheimer's disease-like pathological features, including microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) accumulation within neurons.

  31. Microglia and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2022-10-27 Inflammation and the immune system

    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.

  32. New insight into neurological degeneration: Inflammatory cytokines and blood-brain barrier

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 2022-10-24 Costs and economics

    Neurological degeneration after neuroinflammation, such as that resulting from Alzheimer's disease (AD), stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), and post-traumatic brain injury (TBI), is typically associated with high mortality and morbidity and with permanent cognitive dysfunction, which places a heavy economic burden on families and society.

  33. Interferon γ: a master cytokine in microglia-mediated neural network dysfunction and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Trends in neurosciences 2022-10-22 Digital health tools

    Traditionally, lymphocytic interferon γ (IFN-γ) was considered to be a simple 'booster' of proinflammatory responses by microglia (brain-resident macrophages) during bacterial or viral infection.

  34. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) positively regulates lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of CXC chemokine ligand 10 and 11 in mouse macrophages

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2022-10-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM2 (Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2) is the causative gene for Nasu-Hakola disease, which is characterized by multiple bone cysts and leukoencephalopathy.

  35. Alzheimer's Disease and Inflammaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain sciences 2022-09-13 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorders.

  36. The therapeutic potential of TREM2 in cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in oncology 2022-09-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Cancer continues to be a substantial health concern and a leading cause of death in the United States and around the world.

  37. Targeting NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2022-08-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the general population and, to date, constitutes a major therapeutic challenge.

  38. Outer membrane vesicles of Porphyromonas gingivalis trigger NLRP3 inflammasome and induce neuroinflammation, tau phosphorylation, and memory dysfunction in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2022-08-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    Pg OMVs impaired memory and learning ability of mice and decreased tight junction-related gene expression ZO-1, occludin, claudin-5, and occludin protein expression in the hippocampus.

  39. Novel potent liposome agonists of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 phenocopy antibody treatment in cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Glia 2022-08-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The receptor Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's Disease and TREM2 stimulation represents a novel therapeutic opportunity.

  40. Spermidine reduces neuroinflammation and soluble amyloid beta in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2022-07-02 Inflammation and the immune system

    Oral treatment of the amyloid prone AD-like APPPS1 mice with spermidine reduced neurotoxic soluble Aβ and decreased AD-associated neuroinflammation.

  41. Type-I-interferon signaling drives microglial dysfunction and senescence in human iPSC models of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cell stem cell 2022-07-01 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Microglia are critical in brain development and Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology.

  42. Microglia Phenotypes in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cells 2022-06-30 Genetics

    Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and plays a fundamental role in mediating the onset and progression of disease.

  43. The role of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Behavioural brain research 2022-06-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder marked by cardinal clinical symptoms such as rigor, tremor, and akinesia.

  44. Microglial amyloid beta clearance is driven by PIEZO1 channels

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2022-06-15 Genetics

    These results indicate that the compromised function of microglia in AD could be improved by controlled activation of PIEZO1 channels resulting in alleviated Aβ burden.

  45. Innate Immune Cell Death in Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cells 2022-06-10 End-of-life care

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder molecularly characterized by the formation of amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and type 2 microtubule-associated protein (Tau) abnormalities.

  46. Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2) R47H Variant Causes Distinct Age- and Sex-Dependent Musculoskeletal Alterations in Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2022-06-07 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Previous studies proposed the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2), a receptor expressed in myeloid cells including microglia in brain and osteoclasts in bone, as a link between brain and bone disease.

  47. Amyloid-β activates NLRP3 inflammasomes by affecting microglial immunometabolism through the Syk-AMPK pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Aging cell 2022-04-27 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroinflammation is considered one of major factors in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  48. Microglia regulation of synaptic plasticity and learning and memory

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neural regeneration research 2022-04-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system.

  49. Inflammation in dementia with Lewy bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2022-03-18 Brain tissue and pathology

    Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common neurodegenerative cause of dementia, behind Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  50. Positive feedback regulation of microglial glucose metabolism by histone H4 lysine 12 lactylation in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cell metabolism 2022-03-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    The pro-inflammatory activation of microglia is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and this process involves a switch from oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) toward glycolysis.

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