Nature Communications (May 2021)

Transcriptional signature in microglia associated with Aβ plaque phagocytosis

  • Alexandra Grubman,
  • Xin Yi Choo,
  • Gabriel Chew,
  • John F. Ouyang,
  • Guizhi Sun,
  • Nathan P. Croft,
  • Fernando J. Rossello,
  • Rebecca Simmons,
  • Sam Buckberry,
  • Dulce Vargas Landin,
  • Jahnvi Pflueger,
  • Teresa H. Vandekolk,
  • Zehra Abay,
  • Yichen Zhou,
  • Xiaodong Liu,
  • Joseph Chen,
  • Michael Larcombe,
  • John M. Haynes,
  • Catriona McLean,
  • Sarah Williams,
  • Siew Yeen Chai,
  • Trevor Wilson,
  • Ryan Lister,
  • Colin W. Pouton,
  • Anthony W. Purcell,
  • Owen J. L. Rackham,
  • Enrico Petretto,
  • Jose M. Polo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23111-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 22

Abstract

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Microglia associated with Aβ plaques may have a distinct transcriptional signature compared to those in plaque-free areas of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) models. Here the authors show that amyloid plaque phagocytosis is associated with a specific microglia transcriptional signature in a mouse model of AD.