TY - JOUR AU - Li, Jun-Wei AU - Zong, Yu AU - Cao, Xi-Peng AU - Tan, Lin AU - Tan, Lan PY - 2018 TI - Microglial priming in Alzheimer’s disease JF - Annals of Translational Medicine; Vol 6, No 10 (May 26, 2018): Annals of Translational Medicine (Focus on “Translational Neurodegeneration”) Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease of central nervous system (CNS). Nowadays, increasing evidence suggests that immune system plays a significant role in the mechanisms of AD’s onset and progression. Microglia, the main participator in the immune system of CNS, is always regarded as a protector of our brain in a healthy state and also has a beneficial role in maintaining the homeostasis of CNS microenvironment. However, chronic and sustained stimulation can push microglia into the state termed priming. Primed microglia can induce the production of amyloid β (Aβ), tau pathology, neuroinflammation and reduce the release of neurotrophic factors, resulting in loss of normal neurons in quantity and function that has immense relationship with AD. The therapeutic strategies mainly aimed at modulating the microenvironment and microglial activity in CNS to delay progression and alleviate pathogenesis of AD. Overall, in this review, we highlight the mechanism of microglial priming, and discuss the profound relationship between microglial priming and AD. Besides, we also pay attention to the therapeutic strategies targeting at microglial priming. UR - https://atm.amegroups.org/article/view/19218