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CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages 54-60Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2015.10.001
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- Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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As average life expectancy rises throughout the world, neurodegenerative diseases have emerged as one of the greatest global public heath challenges in modern times. Substantial efforts have been made in researching neurodegenerative diseases over the last few decades, yet their predominantly sporadic nature has made uncovering their etiologies challenging. Mounting evidence has suggested that factors like damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) released by stressed and dying neurons are likely involved in disease pathology and in stimulating chronic activation of microglia that contributes to neuronal oxidative stress and degeneration. This review focuses on how the microglial integrin receptor Mac1 and its downstream effector NADPH oxidase (NOX2) contribute to maintaining chronic neuroinflammation and are crucial in inflammation-driven neurotoxicity in neurodegenerative diseases. Our hope is to provide new insights on novel targets and therapies that could slow or even halt neurodegeneration.
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