ReviewFrontiers in immunology2019
Phagocytosis in the Brain: Homeostasis and Disease.
Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 181 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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181 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 307 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Blood serum from individuals with Alzheimer's disease alters microglial phagocytosis in vitro.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
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- Ifi27l2a acts as a cytokine that promotes a pro-inflammatory phenotype in microglia and enhances neuroinflammation.Research square · 2025Article
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- Impaired Efferocytosis of Pericytes and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Diabetic Retinopathy.Cells · 2025Review
- Cytoskeletal control in adult microglia is essential to restore neurodevelopmental synaptic and cognitive deficits.Science advances · 2025Article
121 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Microglia are resident macrophages of the central nervous system and significantly contribute to overall brain function by participating in phagocytosis during development, homeostasis, and diseased states. Phagocytosis is a highly complex process that is specialized for the uptake and removal of opsonized and non-opsonized targets, such as pathogens, apoptotic cells, and cellular debris. While the role of phagocytosis in mediating classical innate and adaptive immune responses has been known for decades, it is now appreciated that phagocytosis is also critical throughout early neural development, homeostasis, and initiating repair mechanisms. As such, modulating phagocytic processes has provided unexplored avenues with the intent of developing novel therapeutics that promote repair and regeneration in the CNS. Here, we review the functional consequences that phagocytosis plays in both the healthy and diseased CNS, and summarize how phagocytosis contributes to overall pathophysiological mechanisms involved in brain injury and repair.
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