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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. TREM2 Mediates Microglial Anti-Inflammatory Activations in Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons Learned from Transcriptomics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cells 2021-02-04 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a lethal neurodegenerative disorder primarily affecting the aged population.

  2. Alzheimer's Risk Gene TREM2 Determines Functional Properties of New Type of Human iPSC-Derived Microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2021-02-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia are key in the homeostatic well-being of the brain and microglial dysfunction has been implicated in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  3. The influence of the R47H triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 variant on microglial exosome profiles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Brain communications 2021-02-03 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Variants in the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 gene are linked with an increased risk of dementia, in particular the R47Hhet triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 variant is linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

  4. Mangiferin inhibited neuroinflammation through regulating microglial polarization and suppressing NF-κB, NLRP3 pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Chinese journal of natural medicines 2021-02 Inflammation and the immune system

    Inflammation plays important roles in the progress of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

  5. TREM2 sustains macrophage-hepatocyte metabolic coordination in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and sepsis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2021-02-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Sepsis is a leading cause of death in critical illness, and its pathophysiology varies depending on preexisting medical conditions.

  6. TREM2, microglia, and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Mechanisms of ageing and development 2021-01-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) has been suggested to play a crucial role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, as revealed by genome-wide association studies (GWAS).

  7. Decoding Mast Cell-Microglia Communication in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2021-01-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia, resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), play a pivotal role in immune surveillance and maintenance of neuronal health.

  8. Restoring metabolism of myeloid cells reverses cognitive decline in ageing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Nature 2021-01-20 Disease mechanisms

    Ageing is characterized by the development of persistent pro-inflammatory responses that contribute to atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, cancer and frailty 1-3 .

  9. TREM2 alters the phagocytic, apoptotic and inflammatory response to Aβ42 in HMC3 cells

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Molecular immunology 2021-01-15 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation in the brain of extracellular amyloid β (Aβ) plaques as well as intraneuronal inclusions (neurofibrillary tangles) consisting of total tau and phosphorylated tau.

  10. Engagement of TREM2 by a novel monoclonal antibody induces activation of microglia and improves cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2021-01-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    By engaging membrane-bound TREM2, the selected antibody was shown to promote their cellular proliferation, uptake of oligomeric beta amyloid/apoptotic neurons, and activation in a Syk and Akt dependent manner.

  11. Innate Immunity and Cell Death in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. ASN neuro 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    The innate immune system plays key roles in controlling Alzheimer's disease (AD), while secreting cytokines to eliminate pathogens and regulating brain homeostasis.

  12. Microglia and its Genetics in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2021 Genetics

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia across the world.

  13. Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on NLRP1 and NLRP3 Inflammasomes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current protein & peptide science 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

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

  14. NLRP3 Inflammasome: A Starring Role in Amyloid-β- and Tau-Driven Pathological Events in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease commonly diagnosed among the elderly population.

  15. Prior activation state shapes the microglia response to antihuman TREM2 in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021-01-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) sustains microglia response to brain injury stimuli including apoptotic cells, myelin damage, and amyloid β (Aβ).

  16. The NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia.

  17. Wild-type sTREM2 blocks Aβ aggregation and neurotoxicity, but the Alzheimer's R47H mutant increases Aβ aggregation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The Journal of biological chemistry 2021-01-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM2 is a pattern recognition receptor, expressed on microglia and myeloid cells, detecting lipids and Aβ and inducing an innate immune response.

  18. Trem2 mediated Syk-dependent ROS amplification is essential for osteoclastogenesis in periodontitis microenvironment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Redox biology 2020-12-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Periodontitis is the sixth most prevalent diseases around the globe, which is closely related to many systemic diseases and affects general health.

  19. Attenuated CSF-1R signalling drives cerebrovascular pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. EMBO molecular medicine 2020-12-22 Vascular contributions

    Cerebrovascular pathologies occur in up to 80% of cases of Alzheimer's disease; however, the underlying mechanisms that lead to perivascular pathology and accompanying blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption are still not fully understood.

  20. The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is an immune receptor expressed on myeloid-derived cell types.

  21. Reactive or transgenic increase in microglial TYROBP reveals a TREM2-independent TYROBP-APOE link in wild-type and Alzheimer's-related mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020-12-12 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Herein, we demonstrate that endogenous Tyrobp transcription is specifically increased in recruited microglia.

  22. Function of TREM1 and TREM2 in Liver-Related Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Cells 2020-12-07 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM1 and TREM2 are members of the triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells (TREM) family.

  23. Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders: the roles of microglia and astrocytes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Translational neurodegeneration 2020-11-26 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroinflammation is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  24. Locus Coeruleus Modulates Neuroinflammation in Parkinsonism and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2020-11-16 Inflammation and the immune system

    Locus Coeruleus (LC) is the main noradrenergic nucleus of the central nervous system, and its neurons widely innervate the whole brain.

  25. TREM2 Alzheimer's variant R47H causes similar transcriptional dysregulation to knockout, yet only subtle functional phenotypes in human iPSC-derived macrophages

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2020-11-16 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM2 is a microglial cell surface receptor, with risk mutations linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD), including R47H. TREM2 signalling via SYK aids phagocytosis, chemotaxis, survival, and changes to microglial activation state.

  26. The NLRP3 inflammasome triggers sterile neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Current opinion in immunology 2020-11-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    To maintain homeostasis, an organism must detect and resolve sterile tissue damage.

  27. Loss of TREM2 Confers Resilience to Synaptic and Cognitive Impairment in Aged Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2020-11-02 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), a receptor exclusively expressed by microglia in the brain, modulates microglial immune homeostasis.

  28. Trem2 promotes anti-inflammatory responses in microglia and is suppressed under pro-inflammatory conditions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Human molecular genetics 2020-11-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Genome-wide association studies have reported that, amongst other microglial genes, variants in TREM2 can profoundly increase the incidence of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  29. Alogliptin Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Neuroinflammation in Mice Through Modulation of TLR4/MYD88/NF-κB and miRNA-155/SOCS-1 Signaling Pathways

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2020-10-29 Drug development

    Alogliptin treatment alleviated LPS-induced cognitive impairment as assessed by Morris water maze and novel object recognition tests.

  30. Trem2 Y38C mutation and loss of Trem2 impairs neuronal synapses in adult mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-10-28 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The Trem2 variant R47H, confers substantially elevated risk of developing late onset Alzheimer's disease, while NHD-linked Trem2 variants like Y38C, are associated with development of early onset dementia with white matter pathology.

  31. Microglial Phagocytosis: A Disease-Associated Process Emerging from Alzheimer's Disease Genetics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Trends in neurosciences 2020-10-27 Genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating, chronic neurodegenerative disease.

  32. Gene expression and functional deficits underlie TREM2-knockout microglia responses in human models of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Nature communications 2020-10-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The discovery of TREM2 as a myeloid-specific Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk gene has accelerated research into the role of microglia in AD.

  33. TREM2 ameliorates neuroinflammatory response and cognitive impairment via PI3K/AKT/FoxO3a signaling pathway in Alzheimer's disease mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Aging 2020-10-16 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) has been shown with a neuroprotective function against inflammation and neuronal injury in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  34. TREM2 overexpression rescues cognitive deficits in APP/PS1 transgenic mice by reducing neuroinflammation via the JAK/STAT/SOCS signaling pathway

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Experimental neurology 2020-10-13 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Overactivated microglia and neuroinflammation are considered to play a crucial role in the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  35. A gene expression signature of TREM2hi macrophages and γδ T cells predicts immunotherapy response

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Nature communications 2020-10-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Identifying factors underlying resistance to immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) is still challenging.

  36. Functional insights from biophysical study of TREM2 interactions with apoE and Aβ1-42

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020-10-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) is an immune receptor expressed on microglia that also can become soluble (sTREM2).

  37. Higher CSF sTREM2 attenuates ApoE4-related risk for cognitive decline and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-10-08 TREM2 and immune genetics

    The Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (i.e. ApoE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  38. Interaction between genetic factors, Porphyromonas gingivalis and microglia to promote Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of oral microbiology 2020-09-16 TREM2 and immune genetics

    In late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis, genes, infections and immunity could be significant factors.

  39. Anti-human TREM2 induces microglia proliferation and reduces pathology in an Alzheimer's disease model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. The Journal of experimental medicine 2020-09-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM2 is a receptor for lipids expressed in microglia.

  40. Impact of TREM2R47H variant on tau pathology-induced gliosis and neurodegeneration

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2020-09-01 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by plaques containing amyloid-β (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles composed of aggregated, hyperphosphorylated tau.

  41. APOE and TREM2 regulate amyloid-responsive microglia in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2020-08-25 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Beta-amyloid deposition is a defining feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  42. Therapeutic Trem2 activation ameliorates amyloid-beta deposition and improves cognition in the 5XFAD model of amyloid deposition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2020-08-14 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-2 (TREM2) is a lipid and lipoprotein binding receptor expressed by cells of myeloid origin.

  43. ROS Generation in Microglia: Understanding Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 2020-08-13 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, are a global public health burden with poorly understood aetiology.

  44. Coupled scRNA-Seq and Intracellular Protein Activity Reveal an Immunosuppressive Role of TREM2 in Cancer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Cell 2020-08-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Cell function and activity are regulated through integration of signaling, epigenetic, transcriptional, and metabolic pathways.

  45. TREM2 Modulation Remodels the Tumor Myeloid Landscape Enhancing Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Cell 2020-08-11 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Checkpoint immunotherapy unleashes T cell control of tumors, but is undermined by immunosuppressive myeloid cells.

  46. TREM2 activation on microglia promotes myelin debris clearance and remyelination in a model of multiple sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2020-08-09 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating, and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) triggered by autoimmune mechanisms.

  47. A1 reactive astrocytes and a loss of TREM2 are associated with an early stage of pathology in a mouse model of cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2020-07-25 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is typified by the cerebrovascular deposition of amyloid.

  48. Key Mechanisms and Potential Targets of the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience 2020-07-24 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neurodegenerative diseases are neuronal disorders characterized by the loss of a large number of neurons in the human brain.

  49. Neuroinflammation, microglial activation, and glucose metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. International review of neurobiology 2020-07-24 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease is characterized by aggregated amyloid beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.

  50. Trem2 deficiency differentially affects phenotype and transcriptome of human APOE3 and APOE4 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2020-07-23 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder influenced by aging and genetic risk factors.

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