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

Yaping Wang, Yan Lin, Linhan Wang, Hongrui Zhan, Xiaoting Luo, Yanyan Zeng, Wen Wu, Xingmei Zhang, Fang Wang

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Article in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.

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103 citing papers in PubMed, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is an agonist of the Alzheimer's disease-associated immune receptor TREM2.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yaping WangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Yan LinKey Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Linhan WangKey Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Hongrui ZhanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Xiaoting LuoKey Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Yanyan ZengDepartment of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Wen WuDepartment of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Xingmei ZhangKey Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Fang WangKey Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Southern Medical University · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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). However, the TREM2 induced anti-inflammatory mechanism is still not well known. In this study it has been demonstrated that the expression of TREM2 was upregulated in hippocampus of 5xFAD mice, whereas TREM2 knock-out mediated by AAV significantly increased the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and aggravated cognitive defect. Additionally, FoxO3a, a downstream member of the PI3K/AKT pathway, could be activated by TREM2 defect via the PI3K/AKT signaling in 5xFAD mice. That suggests TREM2-induced protection is associated with the PI3K-FoxO3a axis. On the contrary, overexpression of TREM2 alleviated the LPS-induced inflammatory response and induced M2 phenotype microglia in vitro. This phenomenon can be abolished by applying the PI3K inhibitor LY294002, suggesting FoxO3a not only participates in TREM2-induced anti-inflammation response, but is also involved in regulating the phenotype of microglia. Taken together, our results show that the protective functions of TREM2, both in inflammatory response and cognitive impairment as well as in the decrease of M1 phenotype microglia, are related to PI3K/AKT/FoxO3a signaling pathway in AD mice.

Indexed as

NeuroprotectionSignal TransductionAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainCognitive DysfunctionForkhead Box Protein O3InflammationMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicrogliaPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, ImmunologicForkhead Box Protein O3FoxO3 protein, mouseMembrane GlycoproteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, ImmunologicTrem2 protein, mouseAlzheimer diseasemicroglianeuroinflammationsignal transductionTREM2

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PMID33065553
PMCPMC7655179
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