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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.

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  1. Distinct roles of TREM2 in central nervous system cancers and peripheral cancers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Cancer cell 2024-05-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Glioblastomas (GBM) are incurable central nervous system (CNS) cancers characterized by substantial myeloid cell infiltration.

  2. Association of soluble TREM2 with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2024-05-22 TREM2 and immune genetics

    CSF sTREM2 levels are positively associated with an increased risk of AD and MCI.

  3. Microglia, Trem2, and Neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry 2024-05-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia are a specialized type of neuroimmune cells that undergo morphological and molecular changes through multiple signaling pathways in response to pathological protein aggregates, neuronal death, tissue injury, or infections.

  4. TREM2 deficiency reprograms intestinal macrophages and microbiota to enhance anti-PD-1 tumor immunotherapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Science immunology 2024-05-17 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The gut microbiota and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) affect tumor responses to anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint blockade.

  5. Neuroinflammation is associated with Alzheimer's disease co-pathology in dementia with Lewy bodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2024-05-07 Brain tissue and pathology

    Morphologically, reactive and amoeboid microglia were common in mixed DLB + AD, while homeostatic microglia with a small soma and thin processes were observed in pure DLB cases.

  6. Trem2 Agonist Reprograms Foamy Macrophages to Promote Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability-Brief Report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2024-05-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Trem2 (triggering receptor on myeloid cells 2), a surface lipid receptor, is expressed on foamy macrophages within atherosclerotic lesions and regulates cell survival, proliferation, and anti-inflammatory responses.

  7. Regulation of human microglial gene expression and function via RNAase-H active antisense oligonucleotides in vivo in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2024-04-24 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We proved their efficacy in human iPSC microglia in vitro, as well as their pharmacological activity in vivo in a xenografted microglia model.

  8. Identification of senescent, TREM2-expressing microglia in aging and Alzheimer's disease model mouse brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2024-04-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia in general are age-related diseases with multiple contributing factors, including brain inflammation.

  9. Osteopontin drives neuroinflammation and cell loss in MAPT-N279K frontotemporal dementia patient neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Cell stem cell 2024-04-15 Genetics

    Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an incurable group of early-onset dementias that can be caused by the deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau in patient brains.

  10. SHIP inhibition mediates select TREM2-induced microglial functions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular immunology 2024-04-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia play a pivotal role in the pathology of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), with the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) central to their neuroprotective functions.

  11. SKA2 regulated hyperactive secretory autophagy drives neuroinflammation-induced neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-03-25 Inflammation and the immune system

    High levels of proinflammatory cytokines induce neurotoxicity and catalyze inflammation-driven neurodegeneration, but the specific release mechanisms from microglia remain elusive.

  12. Proteomic analysis of P. gingivalis-Lipopolysaccharide induced neuroinflammation in SH-SY5Y and HMC3 cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. GeroScience 2024-03-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    Chronic periodontitis and its keystone pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, have increasingly been linked with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  13. Hepatic danger signaling triggers TREM2+ macrophage induction and drives steatohepatitis via MS4A7-dependent inflammasome activation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2024-03-13 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), formerly known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is an advanced stage of metabolic fatty liver disease.

  14. TREM2 protects from atherosclerosis by limiting necrotic core formation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Nature cardiovascular research 2024-03-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease of the vascular wall driven by lipid accumulation and inflammation in the intimal layer of arteries, and its main complications, myocardial infarction and stroke, are the leading cause of mortality worldwide [1], [2].

  15. TREM2 promotes macrophage polarization from M1 to M2 and suppresses osteoarthritis through the NF-κB/CXCL3 axis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. International journal of biological sciences 2024-03-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prominent chronic arthritic disease, affecting over 3 billion people globally.

  16. Functional BRI2-TREM2 interactions in microglia: implications for Alzheimer's and related dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. EMBO reports 2024-02-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    ITM2B/BRI2 mutations cause Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-related dementias.

  17. Microglia at sites of atrophy restrict the progression of retinal degeneration via galectin-3 and Trem2

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2024-01-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Outer retinal degenerations, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), are characterized by photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy.

  18. TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease: Structure, function, therapeutic prospects, and activation challenges

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Molecular and cellular neurosciences 2024-01-19 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a membrane glycoprotein that plays a crucial role in the regulation of microglial survival, activation, phagocytosis, as well as in the maintenance of brain homeostasis and the inflammatory response to injury or neurodegeneration.

  19. Aducanumab anti-amyloid immunotherapy induces sustained microglial and immune alterations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2024-01-16 Treatments

    Aducanumab, an anti-amyloid immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease, efficiently reduces Aβ, though its plaque clearance mechanisms, long-term effects, and effects of discontinuation are not fully understood.

  20. TREM2 variants that cause early dementia and increase Alzheimer's disease risk affect gene splicing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain 2024-01-16 Genetics

    This molecular genetics study found that several TREM2 gene variants previously thought to work only by altering the TREM2 protein itself, also disrupt how the TREM2 gene's RNA message is spliced together, sometimes producing dysfunctional protein versions.

  21. TREM2 macrophage promotes cardiac repair in myocardial infarction by reprogramming metabolism via SLC25A53

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Cell death and differentiation 2024-01-05 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Efferocytosis and metabolic reprogramming of macrophages play crucial roles in myocardial infarction (MI) repair.

  22. Proteo-genomics of soluble TREM2 in cerebrospinal fluid provides novel insights and identifies novel modulators for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2024-01-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) plays a critical role in microglial activation, survival, and apoptosis, as well as in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis.

  23. Impaired microglial phagocytosis promotes seizure development

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024-01-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    In the central nervous system, triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is exclusively expressed by microglia and is critical for microglial proliferation, migration, and phagocytosis.

  24. Different Splice Isoforms of Peripheral Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 mRNA Expressions are Associated With Cognitive Decline in Mild Dementia Due to Alzheimer's Disease and Reflect Central Neuroinflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 2024 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is upregulated in activated microglia and may be related to cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  25. Microglial TLR4/NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease is a pervasive neurodegenerative disease that is estimated to represent approximately 70% of dementia cases worldwide, and the molecular complexity that has been highlighted remains poorly understood.

  26. Trem2 expression in microglia is required to maintain normal neuronal bioenergetics during development

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Immunity 2023-12-29 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (Trem2) is a myeloid cell-specific gene expressed in brain microglia, with variants that are associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.

  27. VEGF controls microglial phagocytic response to amyloid-β

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2023-12-15 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglial cells are well known to be implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), due to the impaired clearance of amyloid-β (Aβ) protein.

  28. Spatial and Temporal Mapping of Breast Cancer Lung Metastases Identify TREM2 Macrophages as Regulators of the Metastatic Boundary

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Cancer discovery 2023-12-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Cancer mortality primarily stems from metastatic recurrence, emphasizing the urgent need for developing effective metastasis-targeted immunotherapies.

  29. TREM2 regulates microglial lipid droplet formation and represses post-ischemic brain injury

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2023-12-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a transmembrane receptor protein predominantly expressed in microglia within the central nervous system (CNS).

  30. INPP5D regulates inflammasome activation in human microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Nature communications 2023-11-29 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia and neuroinflammation play an important role in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  31. PCSK9 ablation attenuates Aβ pathology, neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunctions in 5XFAD mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2023-11-13 Inflammation and the immune system

    In vitro, PCSK9 significantly increased IL6, IL1B and TNFΑ mRNA levels in Aβ fibrils-treated U373 cells, without influencing inflammasome gene expression, except for an increase in NLRC4 mRNA levels.

  32. Multiple sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2023-11-07 Mild cognitive impairment

    Multiple sclerosis remains one of the most common causes of neurological disability in the young adult population (aged 18-40 years).

  33. Role of trigger receptor 2 expressed on myeloid cells in neuroinflammation-neglected multidimensional regulation of microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurochemistry international 2023-11-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neuroinflammation is an inflammatory cascade involved in various neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other relevant diseases.

  34. TREM2 Deficiency Aggravates NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Pyroptosis in MPTP-Induced Parkinson's Disease Mice and LPS-Induced BV2 Cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2023-11-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD).

  35. Stimulation of TREM2 with agonistic antibodies-an emerging therapeutic option for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. The Lancet. Neurology 2023-11-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, are associated with microgliosis.

  36. The Pathogenesis in Alzheimer's Disease: TREM2 as a Potential Target

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of integrative neuroscience 2023-10-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is ranked as the third-most expensive illness and sixth leading cause of mortality.

  37. Trem2 promotes foamy macrophage lipid uptake and survival in atherosclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Nature cardiovascular research 2023-10-30 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Atherosclerosis is driven by the expansion of cholesterol-loaded 'foamy' macrophages in the arterial intima.

  38. Soluble TREM2 ameliorates tau phosphorylation and cognitive deficits through activating transgelin-2 in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nature communications 2023-10-21 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a transmembrane protein that is predominantly expressed by microglia in the brain.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. 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).

  42. 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.

  43. 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).

  44. Microglia-synapse engulfment via PtdSer-TREM2 ameliorates neuronal hyperactivity in Alzheimer's disease models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The EMBO journal 2023-08-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Neuronal hyperactivity is a key feature of early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  45. Target delivery of a PD-1-TREM2 scFv by CAR-T cells enhances anti-tumor efficacy in colorectal cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Molecular cancer 2023-08-10 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) -T cell therapy is an efficient therapeutic strategy for specific hematologic malignancies.

  46. A cell therapy approach to restore microglial Trem2 function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Cell stem cell 2023-08-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains one of the grand challenges facing human society.

  47. TREM2: Potential therapeutic targeting of microglia for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2023-07-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, resulting in the loss of cognitive ability and memory.

  48. 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.

  49. 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.

  50. TREM2 receptor protects against complement-mediated synaptic loss by binding to complement C1q during neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Immunity 2023-07-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk, but its functions are not fully understood.

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