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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Acute TREM2 inhibition depletes MAFB-high microglia and hinders remyelination.

Jinchao Hou, Roberta Magliozzi, Yun Chen, Junjie Wu, John Wulf, Gregory Strout, Xiangming Fang, Marco Colonna

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jinchao HouDepartment of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
Roberta MagliozziDepartment of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom.
Yun ChenDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Junjie WuDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID 0009-0004-2625-3230
John WulfDepartment of Neuroscience, Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Gregory StroutDepartment of Neuroscience, Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Xiangming FangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2283-1863
Marco ColonnaDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID 0000-0001-5222-4987

Funding

The protein tyrosine kinase SYK drives innate immune responses against Alzheimer's DiseaseP01AG078106 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Jonathan Kipnis · 2022 to 2026
$18.4M
TREM2 IN MICROGLIA BIOLOGY AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASERF1AG051485 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COLONNA, MARCO · 2015 to 2021
$3.5M
TREM2 IN MICROGLIA BIOLOGY AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASER01AG051485 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MARCO COLONNA · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
Elucidating the mechanisms by which microgliopathy causes early-onset dementiaR21AG085133 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COLONNA, MARCO · 2024 to 2024
$428k
IMPACT OF NOVEL REGULATORS OF TREM2 EXPRESSION ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASER21AG059176 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COLONNA, MARCO · 2018 to 2019
$419k
Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF) no numberFred and Ginger Haberle Charitable Fund at East Texas Communities Foundation no numberNIA NIH HHS P01 AG078106NIA NIH HHS R01 AG051485NIA NIH HHS R21 AG059176NIA NIH HHS R21 AG085133NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG051485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the role of Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) in myelin regeneration in the brain. TREM2 is a receptor that activates microglia, which are crucial for clearing myelin debris and promoting remyelination. Previous studies in a mouse model of demyelination induced by the copper-chelating agent Cuprizone (CPZ) have shown that stimulation of TREM2 with a monoclonal antibody reduces demyelination, while deleting the

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Demyelinating DiseasesMafB Transcription FactorMembrane GlycoproteinsMicrogliaMyelin SheathReceptors, ImmunologicRemyelinationAnimalsBrainCuprizoneDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMultiple SclerosisOligodendrogliaCuprizoneMafb protein, mouseMafB Transcription FactorMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicTREM2 protein, humanTrem2 protein, mousemicrogliamultiple sclerosismyelintranscription factorTREM2

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PMID40131948
PMCPMC12002275

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