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Microglia, Calcification and Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Neurodegeneration is a complex process involving different cell types and neurotransmitters. A common characteristic of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple sclerosis, Huntington’s disease (HD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the occurrence of a neuroinflammatory reaction in which cellular processes involving glial cells (mainly microglia and astrocytes) and T cells are activated in response to neuronal death. This inflammatory reaction has recently received attention as an unexpected potential target for the treatment of these diseases. Microglial cells have a mesenchymal origin, invade the central nervous system (CNS) prenatally (Chan et al., 2007b) and are the resident macrophages in the CNS (Ransohoff & Perry, 2009). They comprise approximately 10-20% of adult glia and serve as the CNS innate immune system. In neurodegenerative diseases, microglia is activated by misfolded proteins. In the case of AD, amyloid-􀇃 (A􀇃) peptides accumulate extracellularly and activate the microglia locally. In the case of PD, ALS and HD, the misfolded proteins accumulate intracellularly but are still associated with activation of the microglia (Perry et al., 2010). Reactive microglia in the substantia nigra and striatum of PD brains have been described, and increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines and inducible nitric oxide synthase have been detected in these brain regions, providing evidence of a local inflammatory reaction (Hirsch & Hunot, 2009). The injection of lipopolysaccharide (a potent microglia activator) into the substantia nigra produces microglial activation and the death of dopaminergic cells. These findings support the hypothesis that microglial activation and neuroinflammation contribute to PD pathogenesis (Herrera et al., 2000)...

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Micròglia, Malalties neurodegeneratives

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Microglia, Neurodegenerative Diseases

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VIDAL TABOADA, José manuel, MAHY GEHENNE, Josette nicole, RODRÍGUEZ ALLUÉ, Manuel josé. Microglia, Calcification and Neurodegenerative Diseases. _Capítol del llibre: Neurodegenerative Diseases - Processes_. Prevention. Vol.  Protection and Monitoring
Edited by Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, núm. ISBN 978-953-307-485-6, pàgs. Hard cover. [consulta: 20 de gener de 2026]. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/34285]

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