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  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.

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  1. Strong evidence implicates the complement pathway as an important contributor to amyloid pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the role of complement in tau modulation remains unclear.

  2. Inflammasome-derived cytokine IL18 suppresses amyloid-induced seizures in Alzheimer-prone mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2018-08-20 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the progressive destruction and dysfunction of central neurons.

  3. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2): a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Expert opinion on therapeutic targets 2018-06-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    There are currently no effective therapeutics for Alzheimer disease (AD).

  4. Identification and therapeutic modulation of a pro-inflammatory subset of disease-associated-microglia in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2018-05-21 Genetics

    Gene ontology analyses coupled with bioinformatics approaches revealed drug targets and transcriptional regulators of microglial modules predicted to favorably modulate neuroinflammation in AD.

  5. Galantamine improves cognition, hippocampal inflammation, and synaptic plasticity impairments induced by lipopolysaccharide in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2018-04-18 Biomarkers

    These findings indicate that galantamine could be a promising treatment to improve endotoxin-induced cognitive decline and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

  6. Inflammation in CNS neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Immunology 2018-04-17 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neurodegenerative diseases, the leading cause of morbidity and disability, are gaining increased attention as they impose a considerable socioeconomic impact, due in part to the ageing community.

  7. Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nature 2018-04-11 Inflammation and the immune system

    Innate immune memory is a vital mechanism of myeloid cell plasticity that occurs in response to environmental stimuli and alters subsequent immune responses.

  8. Microglia-Mediated Synapse Loss in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2018-03-01 Risk factors

    Microglia are emerging as key players in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  9. A transcriptomic atlas of aged human microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Nature communications 2018-02-07 Genetics

    With a rapidly aging global human population, finding a cure for late onset neurodegenerative diseases has become an urgent enterprise.

  10. High-Dimensional Single-Cell Mapping of Central Nervous System Immune Cells Reveals Distinct Myeloid Subsets in Health, Aging, and Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Immunity 2018-02-06 Genetics

    Individual reports suggest that the central nervous system (CNS) contains multiple immune cell types with diverse roles in tissue homeostasis, immune defense, and neurological diseases.

  11. Neuroinflammatory responses in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2017-12-22 Inflammation and the immune system

    Neuroinflammatory responses in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are complex and not fully understood.

  12. Nuclear Factor-Kappa B and Alzheimer Disease, Unifying Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors from Cell to Humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in immunology 2017-12-11 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, an eversible, progressive disease that causes problems with memory, thinking, language, planning, and behavior.

  13. Microglia-derived ASC specks cross-seed amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nature 2017-12-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The spreading of pathology within and between brain areas is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders.

  14. Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 Overexpression Inhibits Proinflammatory Cytokines in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Mediators of inflammation 2017-10-18 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Microglia play an important role in mediating inflammatory processes in the central nervous system (CNS).

  15. Microglia emerge as central players in brain disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nature medicine 2017-09-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    There has been an explosion of new findings recently giving us insights into the involvement of microglia in central nervous system (CNS) disorders.

  16. Microglia turnover with aging and in an Alzheimer's model via long-term in vivo single-cell imaging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2017-08-28 Genetics

    To clarify the role of microglia in brain homeostasis and disease, an understanding of their maintenance, proliferation and turnover is essential.

  17. Complement C3 deficiency protects against neurodegeneration in aged plaque-rich APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Science translational medicine 2017-05-01 Disease mechanisms

    The complement cascade not only is an innate immune response that enables removal of pathogens but also plays an important role in microglia-mediated synaptic refinement during brain development.

  18. Activation of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Promotes Neuroprotection in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Reducing Neuroinflammatory Responses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2017-04-29 Drug development

    Here, we studied whether multiple sclerosis (MS) could be a complement to the CNS disorders that are associated with the GLP-1/GLP-1R signaling axis.

  19. iPSC-Derived Human Microglia-like Cells to Study Neurological Diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neuron 2017-04-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia play critical roles in brain development, homeostasis, and neurological disorders.

  20. An early and late peak in microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease trajectory

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2017-03-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Amyloid-β deposition, neuroinflammation and tau tangle formation all play a significant role in Alzheimer's disease.

  21. Inflammasome activation and innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2017-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    Activation of innate immunity and the assembly of microglial cells at sites of Alzheimer disease pathology has long been regarded as bystander phenomenon, which does not actively contribute to disease pathogenesis and progression.

  22. Neuroinflammation in glaucoma: A new opportunity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Experimental eye research 2017-02-24 Brain scans and imaging

    Mounting evidence suggests neuroinflammation is a key process in glaucoma, yet the precise roles are not known.

  23. The role of peripheral immune cells in the CNS in steady state and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2017-01-16 Vascular contributions

    The CNS is protected by the immune system, including cells that reside directly within the CNS and help to ensure proper neural function, as well as cells that traffic into the CNS with disease.

  24. Resveratrol regulates neuro-inflammation and induces adaptive immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2017-01-03 Cognitive tests and assessment

    These data suggest that resveratrol decreases CSF MMP9, modulates neuro-inflammation, and induces adaptive immunity.

  25. TREM2 and the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Current neurovascular research 2017 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, which has been currently considered as a genetically complex disorder caused by a combination of environmental and genetic risk factors.

  26. Inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome with MCC950 promotes non-phlogistic clearance of amyloid-β and cognitive function in APP/PS1 mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2016-12-18 Genetics

    Activation of the inflammasome is implicated in the pathogenesis of an increasing number of inflammatory diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  27. Contributions of triggering-receptor-expressed-on-myeloid-cells-2 to neurological diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. The International journal of neuroscience 2016-12-06 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Recent laboratory and gene sequencing data suggest that variations in receptors called the "triggering-receptors-expressed-on-myeloid-cells" (TREMs) are implicated in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

  28. Inflammasomes, hormesis, and antioxidants in neuroinflammation: Role of NRLP3 in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of neuroscience research 2016-11-08 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder leading to cognitive decline, neuropsychiatric symptoms, disability, caregiver burden, and premature death.

  29. The NLRP3 inflammasome in pathogenic particle and fibre-associated lung inflammation and diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Particle and fibre toxicology 2016-09-20 Risk factors

    The concept of the inflammasome, a macromolecular complex sensing cell stress or danger signals and initiating inflammation, was first introduced approximately a decade ago.

  30. Fenamate NSAIDs inhibit the NLRP3 inflammasome and protect against Alzheimer's disease in rodent models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Nature communications 2016-08-11 Drug development

    Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and COX-2 enzymes.

  31. Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: Current evidence and future directions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2016-05-11 Treatments

    Several attempts have been made to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) using anti-amyloid strategies with disappointing results.

  32. The role of interleukin-6 signaling in nervous tissue

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Biochimica et biophysica acta 2016-03-23 Brain scans and imaging

    The cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disorders and in the physiological homeostasis of neural tissue.

  33. The blood-brain barrier in systemic inflammation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2016-03-16 Vascular contributions

    The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a key role in maintaining the specialized microenvironment of the central nervous system (CNS), and enabling communication with the systemic compartment.

  34. The NLRP3 and NLRP1 inflammasomes are activated in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Molecular neurodegeneration 2016-03-03 Inflammation and the immune system

    mRNA for inflammasome components (NLRP1, NLRP3, PYCARD, caspase 1, 5 and 8) and downstream effectors (IL-1β, IL-18) was up-regulated in severe and MILD AD.

  35. Eliminating microglia in Alzheimer's mice prevents neuronal loss without modulating amyloid-β pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2016-02-26 Disease mechanisms

    In addition to amyloid-β plaque and tau neurofibrillary tangle deposition, neuroinflammation is considered a key feature of Alzheimer's disease pathology.

  36. Functional involvement of γ-secretase in signaling of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of neuroinflammation 2016-01-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    We show that inhibition of γ-secretase-dependent cleavage of the TREM2 C-terminal fragment in cellular membranes interferes with TREM2-dependent signaling and cellular function.

  37. TREM2 Overexpression has No Improvement on Neuropathology and Cognitive Impairment in Aging APPswe/PS1dE9 Mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Molecular neurobiology 2016-01-16 TREM2 and immune genetics

    Previously, we showed that overexpression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2), a microglia-specific immune receptor, in the brain of a middle-aged (7 months old) APPswe/PS1dE9 mice could ameliorate Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related neuropathology by enhancement of microglial amyloid-β (Aβ) phagocytosis.

  38. Astrocyte-Microglia Cross Talk through Complement Activation Modulates Amyloid Pathology in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of Neuroscience 2016-01-12 Inflammation and the immune system

    Increasing evidence supports a role of neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  39. Inflammation may play a role in neural damage in preclinical AD.

  40. New insights on the role of microglia in synaptic pruning in health and disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current opinion in neurobiology 2015-12-30 Genetics

    Recent genome-wide association studies implicate microglia in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis; however, their biological significance remains poorly understood.

  41. Neuroinflammation and Depression: Microglia Activation, Extracellular Microvesicles and microRNA Dysregulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2015-12-17 Risk factors

    Patients with chronic inflammation are often associated with the emergence of depression symptoms, while diagnosed depressed patients show increased levels of circulating cytokines.

  42. Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2015-12-15 Inflammation and the immune system

    The neurone-centred view of the past disregarded or downplayed the role of astroglia as a primary component in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases.

  43. Depression as a microglial disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Trends in neurosciences 2015-10-01 Risk factors

    Despite decades of intensive research, the biological mechanisms that causally underlie depression are still unclear, and therefore the development of novel effective antidepressant treatments is hindered.

  44. GWAS of longitudinal amyloid accumulation on18F-florbetapir PET in Alzheimer’s disease implicates microglial activation geneIL1RAP

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Brain 2015-08-11 Genetics

    Brain amyloid deposition is thought to be a seminal event in Alzheimer’s disease.

  45. Neutrophils promote Alzheimer's disease-like pathology and cognitive decline via LFA-1 integrin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature medicine 2015-07-27 Brain tissue and pathology

    Inflammation is a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and innate immune cells have been shown to contribute to disease pathogenesis.

  46. Role of pro-inflammatory cytokines released from microglia in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Annals of translational medicine 2015-06-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the brain, which is characterized by the formation of extracellular amyloid plaques (or senile plaques) and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles.

  47. Neurodegeneration severity can be predicted from early microglia alterations monitored in vivo in a mouse model of chronic glaucoma

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2015-05-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    Microglia serve key homeostatic roles, and respond to neuronal perturbation and decline with a high spatiotemporal resolution.

  48. Reactive microglia drive tau pathology and contribute to the spreading of pathological tau in the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Brain 2015-03-31 Inflammation and the immune system

    Pathological aggregation of tau is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies.

  49. TLR9 signalling in microglia attenuates seizure-induced aberrant neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Nature Communications 2015-03-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    Pathological conditions such as epilepsy cause misregulation of adult neural stem/progenitor populations in the adult hippocampus in mice, and the resulting abnormal neurogenesis leads to impairment in learning and memory.

  50. Reactive astrocytes with an increased expression of intermediate filament (IF) proteins Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) and Vimentin (VIM) surround amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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