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  1. Understanding the MIND phenotype: macrophage/microglia inflammation in neurocognitive disorders related to human immunodeficiency virus infection

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Clinical and Translational Medicine 2015-02-26 Inflammation and the immune system

    Tissue macrophages play important roles in maintaining homeostasis in most organs of the body including the brain where microglia represent the resident phagocytic cells of this compartment.

  2. Compromised MAPK signaling in human diseases: an update

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Archives of toxicology 2015-02-18 Inflammation and the immune system

    The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in mammals include c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), p38 MAPK, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK).

  3. Neuroinflammation and Aβ Accumulation Linked To Systemic Inflammation Are Decreased By Genetic PKR Down-Regulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2015-02-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, marked by senile plaques composed of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, neurofibrillary tangles, neuronal loss and neuroinflammation.

  4. Aging‐like changes in the transcriptome of irradiated microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Glia 2015-02-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Whole brain irradiation remains important in the management of brain tumors.

  5. Effect of stress and peripheral immune activation on astrocyte activation in transgenic bioluminescent Gfap‐luc mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Glia 2015-02-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroinflammation and the accompanying activation of glial cells is an important feature of many neurodegenerative conditions.

  6. Prion Infection of Mouse Brain Reveals Multiple New Upregulated Genes Involved in Neuroinflammation or Signal Transduction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Virology 2015-02-15 Inflammation and the immune system

    Comparison of inflammatory markers between mice infected with scrapie strains 22L and RML indicated that the inflammatory responses and gene expression profiles in the brains were strikingly similar, even though these scrapie strains infect different brain regions.

  7. The JAK/STAT3 Pathway Is a Common Inducer of Astrocyte Reactivity in Alzheimer's and Huntington's Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of Neuroscience 2015-02-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Astrocyte reactivity is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases (ND), but its effects on disease outcomes remain highly debated.

  8. Angiotensin II Mobilizes Spleen Monocytes to Promote the Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Apoe −/− Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2015-02 Genetics

    Intriguingly, the process is dependent on the presence of B cells and significantly contributes to the development of AAA and the occurrence of aortic rupture.

  9. A Peptide Antagonist of Thrombospondin-1 Promotes Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Progression in the Angiotensin II–Infused Apolipoprotein-E–Deficient Mouse

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2015-02 Genetics

    LSKL peptide administration was associated with greater aortic elastin fragmentation and lower expression and activity of the TGF-β1-target gene lysyl oxidase like 1 ( LOXL1 ).

  10. DNA sensors are expressed in astrocytes and microglia in vitro and are upregulated during gliosis in neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Glia 2015-01-27 Inflammation and the immune system

    The detection of nucleic acids by the innate immune system is an essential host response during viral infection.

  11. Differential Roles of M1 and M2 Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2015-01-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    One of the most striking hallmarks shared by various neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is microglia-mediated neuroinflammation.

  12. Apolipoprotein E promotes subretinal mononuclear phagocyte survival and chronic inflammation in age‐related macular degeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2015-01-20 Genetics

    Physiologically, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) expresses immunosuppressive signals such as FAS ligand (FASL), which prevents the accumulation of leukocytes in the subretinal space.

  13. HIV-1 and Morphine Regulation of Autophagy in Microglia: Limited Interactions in the Context of HIV-1 Infection and Opioid Abuse

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of Virology 2015-01-15 Inflammation and the immune system

    Infection of microglia with the HIV-1 SF162 macrophage-tropic strain resulted in increased Beclin1 expression, accompanied by an increase of LC3 protein levels and accumulation of LC3 reporter RFP + GFP + (yellow) puncta, suggesting that HIV-1 infection triggers autophagosome formation without promoting protein degradation by the lysosome.

  14. SIRT1 Deficiency in Microglia Contributes to Cognitive Decline in Aging and Neurodegeneration via Epigenetic Regulation of IL-1β

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of Neuroscience 2015-01-14 Inflammation and the immune system

    Aging is the predominant risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases.

  15. Regulator of G‐protein signalling 5 protects against atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E‐deficient mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. British Journal of Pharmacology 2015-01-12 Genetics

    Atherosclerotic phenotypes were significantly accelerated in RGS 5 −/− ApoE −/− mice, as indicated by increased inflammatory mediator expression and apoptosis of endothelial cells and macrophages.

  16. Three-dimensional brain-on-a-chip with an interstitial level of flow and its application as an in vitro model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Lab on a chip 2015-01-01 Digital health tools

    There has been a growing need for in vitro models of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease that would enable a better understanding of etiology and faster development of treatment strategies.

  17. Activation of an Innate Immune Receptor, Nod1, Accelerates Atherogenesis in Apoe −/− Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of Immunology 2015-01 Genetics

    Atherosclerosis is essentially a vascular inflammatory process in the presence of an excess amount of lipid.

  18. NFκB-activated astroglial release of complement C3 compromises neuronal morphology and function associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuron 2014-12-18 Disease mechanisms

    Abnormal NFκB activation has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  19. Maternal immune activation and abnormal brain development across CNS disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature reviews. Neurology 2014-10-14 Inflammation and the immune system

    Epidemiological studies have shown a clear association between maternal infection and schizophrenia or autism in the progeny.

  20. The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuroscience letters 2014-01-07 Brain scans and imaging

    Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis accompany most of the pathologies in the brain, spinal cord, and retina.

  21. In vivo direct reprogramming of reactive glial cells into functional neurons after brain injury and in an Alzheimer's disease model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cell stem cell 2013-12-19 Inflammation and the immune system

    Loss of neurons after brain injury and in neurodegenerative disease is often accompanied by reactive gliosis and scarring, which are difficult to reverse with existing treatment approaches.

  22. Glial fibrillary acidic protein isoform expression in plaque related astrogliosis in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2013-10-23 Biomarkers

    In Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyloid plaques are surrounded by reactive astrocytes with an increased expression of intermediate filaments including glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).

  23. Cerebrospinal fluid secretion by the choroid plexus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Physiological reviews 2013-10-01 Tau biomarkers

    The choroid plexus epithelium is a cuboidal cell monolayer, which produces the majority of the cerebrospinal fluid.

  24. VIP and PACAP: neuropeptide modulators of CNS inflammation, injury, and repair

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. British journal of pharmacology 2013-06-01 Disease mechanisms

    Inflammatory processes play both regenerative and destructive roles in multiple sclerosis, stroke, CNS trauma, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and aging-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's. Endogenous defence mechanisms against these pathologies include those that are directly neuroprotective, and those that modulate the expression of inflammatory mediators in microglia, astrocytes, and invading inflammatory cells.

  25. Review: activation patterns of microglia and their identification in the human brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuropathology and applied neurobiology 2013-02-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia in the central nervous system are usually maintained in a quiescent state.

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