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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

747 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Molecular neurodegeneration 31
  • Journal of neuroinflammation 26
  • bioRxiv 21
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 19
  • Neurobiology of aging 19

252 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. Regulation of TREM2 expression by an NF-кB-sensitive miRNA-34a

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Neuroreport 2013-04-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Genetic deficits and loss of function for the triggering receptor expressed in myeloid cells 2 (TREM2; encoded at chr6p21.1), a transmembrane spanning stimulatory receptor of the immunoglobulin/lectin-like gene superfamily, have been associated with deficiencies in phagocytosis and the innate immune system in Alzheimer's disease.

  2. The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2: "TREM-ming" the inflammatory component associated with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2013-03-06 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive loss of memory and cognitive skills.

  3. TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2013-02-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Recent works have demonstrated a rare functional variant (R47H) in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM) 2 gene, encoding TREM2 protein, increase susceptibility to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), with an odds ratio similar to that of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele.

  4. TREM2 is associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease in Spanish population

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2013-02-05 Genetics

    Two recent studies have reported the association of rs75932628-T in the TREM2 gene with the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  5. 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.

  6. Janus-faced microglia: beneficial and detrimental consequences of microglial phagocytosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2013-01-30 Disease mechanisms

    Microglia are the resident brain macrophages and they have been traditionally studied as orchestrators of the brain inflammatory response during infections and disease.

  7. Attenuated inflammatory response in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) knock-out mice following stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. PloS one 2013-01-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) is a microglial surface receptor involved in phagocytosis.

  8. TREM2 R47H variant as a risk factor for early-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2013-01-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The rs75932628-T variant of the gene encoding the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) has recently been identified as a rare risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  9. Using exome sequencing to reveal mutations in TREM2 presenting as a frontotemporal dementia-like syndrome without bone involvement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2013-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Our results show that TREM2 is responsible for an unexpectedly high number of dementia cases in our cohort, suggesting that this gene should be taken into account when mutations in other dementia genes are excluded.

  10. TREM2 variants in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 85 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2012-11-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Homozygous loss-of-function mutations in TREM2, encoding the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 protein, have previously been associated with an autosomal recessive form of early-onset dementia.

  11. Variant of TREM2 associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2012-11-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Sequence variants, including the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E, have been associated with the risk of the common late-onset form of Alzheimer's disease.

  12. An unconventional role for miRNA: let-7 activates Toll-like receptor 7 and causes neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2012-06-01 Tau biomarkers

    Activation of innate immune receptors by host-derived factors exacerbates CNS damage, but the identity of these factors remains elusive.

  13. A review: inflammatory process in Alzheimer's disease, role of cytokines

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. TheScientificWorldJournal 2012-04-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder to date.

  14. TREM2 and β-catenin regulate bone homeostasis by controlling the rate of osteoclastogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2012-02-06 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM2 is an immunoreceptor expressed on osteoclasts (OC) and microglia that transmits intracellular signals through the adaptor DAP12.

  15. Prolonged oral cannabinoid administration prevents neuroinflammation, lowers β-amyloid levels and improves cognitive performance in Tg APP 2576 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2012-01-16 Biomarkers

    We have shown that chronically administered cannabinoid showed marked beneficial effects concomitant with inflammation reduction and increased Aβ clearance.

  16. Inflammation in Alzheimer disease-a brief review of the basic science and clinical literature

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine 2012-01-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Biochemical and neuropathological studies of brains from individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) provide clear evidence for an activation of inflammatory pathways, and long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs is linked with reduced risk to develop the disease.

  17. TREM‐2, triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell‐2, negatively regulates TLR responses in dendritic cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. European Journal of Immunology 2011-09-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    DCs play a key role in defense against infections and also in preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.

  18. Complement in the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Molecular immunology 2011-05-04 Digital health tools

    The brain is considered to be an immune privileged site, because the blood-brain barrier limits entry of blood borne cells and proteins into the central nervous system (CNS).

  19. Delivery of siRNA to the mouse brain by systemic injection of targeted exosomes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature biotechnology 2011-03-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    To realize the therapeutic potential of RNA drugs, efficient, tissue-specific and nonimmunogenic delivery technologies must be developed.

  20. Nasu-Hakola disease with a splicing mutation of TREM2 in a Japanese family

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. European journal of neurology 2010-12-22 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by a combination of progressive presenile dementia and formation of multifocal bone cysts, caused by genetic mutations of DAP12 and TREM2, which constitute a receptor/adapter signaling complex expressed on osteoclasts, dendritic cells, macrophages, and microglia.

  21. A meta-analysis of cytokines in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Biological psychiatry 2010-08-08 Tau biomarkers

    These results strengthen the clinical evidence that AD is accompanied by an inflammatory response, particularly higher peripheral concentrations of IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β, TGF-β, IL-12 and IL-18 and higher CSF concentrations of TGF-β.

  22. Dual induction of TREM2 and tolerance-related transcript, Tmem176b, in amyloid transgenic mice: implications for vaccine-based therapies for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. ASN neuro 2010-07-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Vaccine-based autoimmune (anti-amyloid) treatments are currently being examined for their therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease.

  23. TREM2- and DAP12-dependent activation of PI3K requires DAP10 and is inhibited by SHIP1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Science signaling 2010-05-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The activation and fusion of macrophages and of osteoclasts require the adaptor molecule DNAX-activating protein of 12 kD (DAP12), which contains immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs).

  24. Mechanisms underlying inflammation in neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cell 2010-03-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Inflammation is associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis.

  25. Inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Immunology 2010-02-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neurodegeneration, the slow and progressive dysfunction and loss of neurons and axons in the central nervous system, is the primary pathological feature of acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, neurotropic viral infections, stroke, paraneoplastic disorders, traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis.

  26. HMGB1 and RAGE in inflammation and cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annual review of immunology 2010-01-01 Risk factors

    The immune system has evolved to respond not only to pathogens, but also to signals released from dying cells.

  27. Amyloid Deposition and Inflammation in APPswe/PS1dE9 Mouse Model of Alzheimers Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current Alzheimer Research 2009-12-01 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles associated with chronic inflammation.

  28. Effect of quinolinic acid on human astrocytes morphology and functions: implications in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2009-12-01 Biomarkers

    The excitotoxin quinolinic acid (QUIN) is synthesized through the kynurenine pathway (KP) by activated monocyte lineage cells.

  29. Does neuroinflammation fan the flame in neurodegenerative diseases?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Molecular Neurodegeneration 2009-11-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    While peripheral immune access to the central nervous system (CNS) is restricted and tightly controlled, the CNS is capable of dynamic immune and inflammatory responses to a variety of insults.

  30. Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease: its role in neuronal death and implications for therapeutic intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2009-11-10 Inflammation and the immune system

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, after Alzheimer's disease.

  31. Sustained hippocampal IL-1beta overexpression impairs contextual and spatial memory in transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2009-10-13 Down syndrome and Alzheimer's

    Neuroinflammatory conditions such as traumatic brain injury, aging, Alzheimer's disease, and Down syndrome are often associated with cognitive dysfunction.

  32. Simvastatin inhibits the activation of p21ras and prevents the loss of dopaminergic neurons in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2009-10-01 Drug development

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is second only to Alzheimer's disease as the most common devastating human neurodegenerative disorder.

  33. CD14 and Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 Are Required for Fibrillar Aβ-Stimulated Microglial Activation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Neuroscience 2009-09-23 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia are the brain's tissue macrophages and are found in an activated state surrounding beta-amyloid plaques in the Alzheimer's disease brain.

  34. Systemic inflammation and disease progression in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 2009-09-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Both acute and chronic systemic inflammation, associated with increases in serum tumor necrosis factor alpha, is associated with an increase in cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease.

  35. The surface-exposed chaperone, Hsp60, is an agonist of the microglial TREM2 receptor

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2009-04-29 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed in myeloid (TREM) cells 2, a receptor expressed by myeloid cells, osteoclasts and microglia, is known to play a protective role in bones and brain.

  36. A role for TREM2 ligands in the phagocytosis of apoptotic neuronal cells by microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of neurochemistry 2009-03-19 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Following neuronal injury, microglia initiate repair by phagocytosing dead neurons without eliciting inflammation.

  37. TREM-2 (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2) is a phagocytic receptor for bacteria

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. The Journal of Cell Biology 2009-01-26 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Phagocytosis, which is essential for the immune response to pathogens, is initiated by specific interactions between pathogens and cell surface receptors expressed by phagocytes.

  38. Efficient colonic mucosal wound repair requires Trem2 signaling

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008-12-24 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The colonic epithelial lining undergoes constant replacement, driven by epithelial stem cells in crypts of Lieberkühn.

  39. Neuroprotectin D1-mediated anti-inflammatory and survival signaling in stroke, retinal degenerations, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Lipid Research 2008-11-18 Brain scans and imaging

    Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the main omega-3 fatty acid, is concentrated and avidly retained in membrane phospholipids of the nervous system.

  40. Twelve months after infection, a time equivalent to middle to early elderly ages, mice had behavioral and neurological deficits, and brain MRIs showed mild to moderate ventricular dilatation.

  41. Evidence for a cytokine model of cognitive function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2008-10-18 Risk factors

    Aiming at a formulation of a cytokine model of cognitive function under immunologically unchallenged physiological conditions, this article reviews the cytokine biology in the central nervous system (CNS) and recent developments in normal cytokine functions within the CNS that subserve cognitive processes.

  42. TNF signaling inhibition in the CNS: implications for normal brain function and neurodegenerative disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2008-10-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    The role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) as an immune mediator has long been appreciated but its function in the brain is still unclear.

  43. TREM2 is upregulated in amyloid plaque-associated microglia in aged APP23 transgenic mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Glia 2008-10-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by extracellular deposits of amyloid-beta protein which attract dense clusters of microglial cells.

  44. An NF-kappaB-sensitive micro RNA-146a-mediated inflammatory circuit in Alzheimer disease and in stressed human brain cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2008-09-18 Drug development

    Human brains retain discrete populations of micro RNA (miRNA) species that support homeostatic brain gene expression functions; however, specific miRNA abundance is significantly altered in neurological disorders such as Alzheimer disease (AD) when compared with age-matched controls.

  45. Identification of soluble TREM-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid and its association with multiple sclerosis and CNS inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Brain 2008-09-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM-2) is a membrane-bound receptor expressed by microglia and macrophages.

  46. Mutations in TREM2 lead to pure early-onset dementia without bone cysts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Human mutation 2008-09-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    A genome-wide screen using 382 STR markers to localize and identify the gene implicated in early-onset dementia (EOD) without bone cysts in a Lebanese family with three affected subjects was conducted.

  47. Neuro-inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide causes cognitive impairment through enhancement of beta-amyloid generation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2008-08-29 Risk genes beyond APOE

    This study suggests that neuro-inflammatory reaction could contribute to AD pathology, and anti-inflammatory agent could be useful for the prevention of AD.

  48. The NALP3 inflammasome is involved in the innate immune response to amyloid-beta

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Nature immunology 2008-07-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    The fibrillar peptide amyloid-beta (A beta) has a chief function in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.

  49. Toll-like receptor 4-dependent upregulation of cytokines in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2008-05-29 Biomarkers

    This is the first demonstration of TLR4-dependent upregulation of cytokines in an AD mouse model.

  50. Developmental regulation of TREM2 and DAP12 expression in the murine CNS: implications for Nasu-Hakola disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Neurochemical research 2008-04-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Trem2 is an orphan, DAP12 associated receptor constitutively expressed in vivo by subsets of microglia in the healthy adult murine CNS and in vitro by subsets of oligodendrocytes in neonatal mixed glial cultures.

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