Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

TLR9 activation via microglial glucocorticoid receptors contributes to degeneration of midbrain dopamine neurons

  • Layal Maatouk,
  • Anne-Claire Compagnion,
  • Maria-Angeles Carrillo-de Sauvage,
  • Alexis-Pierre Bemelmans,
  • Sabrina Leclere-Turbant,
  • Vincent Cirotteau,
  • Mira Tohme,
  • Allen Beke,
  • Michaël Trichet,
  • Virginie Bazin,
  • Bobby N. Trawick,
  • Richard M. Ransohoff,
  • François Tronche,
  • Bénédicte Manoury,
  • Sheela Vyas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04569-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Inflammation is a component of Parkinson’s disease. Here the authors show that activation of Toll-like receptor 9 controlled by microglial glucocorticoid receptor signaling, contributes to dopamine neuron loss in a model of Parkinson’s disease.