Love and death: microglia, NLRP3 and the Alzheimer's brain

Microglia emerge from erythromyeloid precursors via Pu.1- and Irf8-dependent pathways

(2013) Katrin Kierdorf et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

NLRP3 is activated in Alzheimer’s disease and contributes to pathology in APP/PS1 mice

(2012) Michael T. Heneka et al.   NATURE

A Lineage of Myeloid Cells Independent of Myb and Hematopoietic Stem Cells

(2012) C. Schulz et al.   SCIENCE

Heterogeneity of CNS myeloid cells and their roles in neurodegeneration

(2011) Marco Prinz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Microglia in the CNS: Immigrants from another world

(2010) Marco Prinz et al.   GLIA

Fate Mapping Analysis Reveals That Adult Microglia Derive from Primitive Macrophages

(2010) F. Ginhoux et al.   SCIENCE

The inflammasome: a caspase-1-activation platform that regulates immune responses and disease pathogenesis

(2009) Luigi Franchi et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

The NALP3 inflammasome is involved in the innate immune response to amyloid-β

(2008) Annett Halle et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY