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- Title
Cross-Talk and Subset Control of Microglia and Associated Myeloid Cells in Neurological Disorders.
- Authors
Mills, Jatia; Ladner, Liliana; Soliman, Eman; Leonard, John; Morton, Paul D.; Theus, Michelle H.
- Abstract
Neurological disorders are highly prevalent and often lead to chronic debilitating disease. Neuroinflammation is a major driver across the spectrum of disorders, and microglia are key mediators of this response, gaining wide acceptance as a druggable cell target. Moreover, clinical providers have limited ability to objectively quantify patient-specific changes in microglia status, which can be a predictor of illness and recovery. This necessitates the development of diagnostic biomarkers and imaging techniques to monitor microglia-mediated neuroinflammation in coordination with neurological outcomes. New insights into the polarization status of microglia have shed light on the regulation of disease progression and helped identify a modifiable target for therapeutics. Thus, the detection and monitoring of microglia activation through the inclusion of diagnostic biomarkers and imaging techniques will provide clinical tools to aid our understanding of the neurologic sequelae and improve long-term clinical care for patients. Recent achievements demonstrated by pre-clinical studies, using novel depletion and cell-targeted approaches as well as single-cell RNAseq, underscore the mechanistic players that coordinate microglial activation status and offer a future avenue for therapeutic intervention.
- Subjects
MYELOID cells; MICROGLIA; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; CLINICAL medicine; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; BONE marrow
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 21, p3364
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells11213364