Nature Communications (May 2018)

A20 critically controls microglia activation and inhibits inflammasome-dependent neuroinflammation

  • Sofie Voet,
  • Conor Mc Guire,
  • Nora Hagemeyer,
  • Arne Martens,
  • Anna Schroeder,
  • Peter Wieghofer,
  • Carmen Daems,
  • Ori Staszewski,
  • Lieselotte Vande Walle,
  • Marta Joana Costa Jordao,
  • Mozes Sze,
  • Hanna-Kaisa Vikkula,
  • Delphine Demeestere,
  • Griet Van Imschoot,
  • Charlotte L. Scott,
  • Esther Hoste,
  • Amanda Gonçalves,
  • Martin Guilliams,
  • Saskia Lippens,
  • Claude Libert,
  • Roos E. Vandenbroucke,
  • Ki-Wook Kim,
  • Steffen Jung,
  • Zsuzsanna Callaerts-Vegh,
  • Patrick Callaerts,
  • Joris de Wit,
  • Mohamed Lamkanfi,
  • Marco Prinz,
  • Geert van Loo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04376-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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As resident macrophages of the brain, microglia are important for neuroinflammatory responses. This work shows that nuclear factor kappa B regulatory protein A20 is important for microglia activation and regulation during inflammation of the central nervous system.