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ArticleASN neuro2025

Proliferating Microglia Exhibit Unique Transcriptional and Functional Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease.

Nàdia Villacampa, Heela Sarlus, Paula Martorell, Khushbu Bhalla, Sergio Castro-Gomez, Ana Vieira-Saecker, Ilya Slutzkin, Kristian Händler, Carmen Venegas, Róisín McManus and 4 more

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Article in ASN neuro, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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14 authors.

Nàdia VillacampaDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6513-0250
Heela SarlusDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7880-9828
Paula MartorellDepartment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2219-059X
Khushbu BhallaLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.ORCID 0009-0009-6736-2544
Sergio Castro-GomezDepartment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1581-474X
Ana Vieira-SaeckerDepartment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Ilya SlutzkinDepartment of Computer Science and Applied Mathematic, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Kristian HändlerDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5273-5277
Carmen VenegasDepartment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8902-4986
Róisín McManusDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6896-0302
Thomas UlasDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9785-4197
Marc BeyerDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9704-148X
Eran SegalDepartment of Computer Science and Applied Mathematic, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6859-1164
Michael T HenekaDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4996-1630

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proliferation of microglia represents a physiological process, which is accelerated in several neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer disease (AD). The effect of such neurodegeneration-associated microglial proliferation on function and disease progression remains unclear. Here, we show that proliferation results in profound alterations of cellular function by providing evidence that newly proliferated microglia show impaired beta-amyloid clearance in vivo. Through sorting of proliferating microglia of APP/PS1 mice and subsequent transcriptome analysis, we define unique proliferation-associated transcriptomic signatures that change with age and beta-amyloid accumulation and are characterized by enrichment of immune system-related pathways. Of note, we identify the DEAD-Box Helicase 3 X-Linked (DDX3X) as a key molecule to modulate microglia activation and cytokine secretion and it is expressed in the AD brain. Together, these results argue for a novel concept by which phenotypic and functional microglial changes occur longitudinally as a response to accelerated proliferation in a neurodegenerative environment.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCell ProliferationMicrogliaAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainDEAD-box RNA HelicasesDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPresenilin-1Amyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorDEAD-box RNA HelicasesPresenilin-1Alzheimer’s diseaseinflammasomemicrogliaproliferationtranscriptome

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