ArticleDevelopmental cell2022
The spatiotemporal dynamics of microglia across the human lifespan.
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- Cytokine-mediated immune-to-brain signaling in neural circuit disorders.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Spatial statistics and point pattern analysis reveal lifespan trajectories of microglial density and clustering in the primate hippocampus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Disrupted maternal care alters neural-microglia interactions in the primate paralaminar (PL) nucleus of the amygdala.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Glial cells in chronic inflammation: diversity, dysfunction and therapeutic targeting.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026Review
- Identification of secondary microglial formation centers in the human fetal brain.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026Article
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- Genetic-Environmental Programming of Microglial Identity: Shaping Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Neurodevelopment and Neurodevelopmental Diseases.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Quantification of the neuropathology of alcohol use disorder using tissue microarrays.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2026Article
- Single-cell spatiotemporal transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility profiling in developing postnatal human and macaque prefrontal cortex.Nature neuroscience · 2026Article
- Epigenetic control of microglial developmental milestones from proliferative progenitors to efficient phagocytes.Research square · 2026Article
- Microglial Maturation and Functional Heterogeneity: Mechanistic Links to Neurodevelopmental Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Interplay between CD33 and TREM2 in Alzheimer's Disease: Potential Mechanistic Insights into Microglial Function in Amyloid Pathology.ACS chemical neuroscience · 2026Review
- From Neuron-Centric to Glia-Centric: How Aging Glial Networks Drive Neurodegenerative Disease.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Review
- Microglial colonization of the developing mouse brain is controlled by both microglial and neural CSF-1.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
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Abstract
Microglia, the brain's resident macrophages, shape neural development and are key neuroimmune hubs in the pathological signatures of neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite the importance of microglia, their development has not been carefully examined in the human brain, and most of our knowledge derives from rodents. We aimed to address this gap in knowledge by establishing an extensive collection of 97 post-mortem tissues in order to enable quantitative, sex-matched, detailed analysis of microglia across the human lifespan. We identify the dynamics of these cells in the human telencephalon, describing waves in microglial density across gestation, infancy, and childhood, controlled by a balance of proliferation and apoptosis, which track key neurodevelopmental milestones. These profound changes in microglia are also observed in bulk RNA-seq and single-cell RNA-seq datasets. This study provides a detailed insight into the spatiotemporal dynamics of microglia across the human lifespan and serves as a foundation for elucidating how microglia contribute to shaping neurodevelopment in humans.
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