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Immunoregulatory Receptor Genetics, Expression, And Splicing Studies In Alzheimer’S Disease, Benjamin C. Shaw
Immunoregulatory Receptor Genetics, Expression, And Splicing Studies In Alzheimer’S Disease, Benjamin C. Shaw
Theses and Dissertations--Physiology
Microglia are the resident immune cells of the brain, undertaking many critical tissue maintenance functions such as immune surveillance and phagocytosis. Microglial dysfunction has recently been identified as a multi-stage signature of many neurodegenerative diseases, including late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD). Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in over thirty genes that modulate risk of developing LOAD. In the central nervous system, roughly half of these LOAD-associated genes are primarily expressed in microglia. The proteins encoded by these genes include cell surface receptors that contain either immunomodulatory tyrosine-phosphorylated activating motifs (ITAMs) or inhibitory motifs (ITIMs), including TREM2 …