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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2025

TREM2 supports neuronal protection and microglial reactivity without an effect on misfolded protein deposition in chronic neurodegenerative prion disease.

Sarah M Carpanini, Barry M Bradford, Alessio Alfieri, Pedro Piccardo, Jimena Monzón-Sandoval, Deborah Brown, Aileen Boyle, Aleksandra Pokrovskaya, Neil A Mabbott, Jean Manson and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

11 authors.

Sarah M CarpaniniUK Dementia Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Barry M BradfordThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Alessio AlfieriThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Pedro PiccardoThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Jimena Monzón-SandovalUK Dementia Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Deborah BrownThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Aileen BoyleThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Aleksandra PokrovskayaThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Neil A MabbottThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Jean MansonThe Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Barry W McCollCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 ( Methods: We used the ME7 prion disease model to assess the role of TREM2 in the progression and pathology of neurodegenerative disease. Prion diseases are characterised by the accumulation of misfolded prion proteins and provide a highly tractable platform to determine if TREM2 has disease-modifying effects. Results: Conclusion: We conclude that during brain infection with prions, TREM2 supports microglial reactive changes associated with resilience to neuronal loss independently of affecting misfolded PrP deposition. These data imply that TREM2 status may be an important influence on the downstream response to CNS proteinopathy, which alters the susceptibility of neurons and brain tissue to proteinopathy-induced degenerative changes.

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microglial reactivityneurodegenerative diseaseneuroinflammationpathologyprion diseaseTREM2

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PMID40400621
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