Journal
GLIA
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 195-205Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10148
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microglia; astrocyte; scavenger receptor class A (SR-A; CD204); scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI); CD36; fibrillar amyloid-beta; Alzheimer's disease
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI20516] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG 08702, AG19772] Funding Source: Medline
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Scavenger receptor class A (SR-A, CD204), scavenger receptor-BI (SR-BI), and CD36 are cell surface proteins that mediate cell adhesion to, and endocytosis of, various native and pathologically modified substances, and participate in intracellular signaling, lipid metabolism, and host defense against bacterial pathogens. Microglia, Mato cells, astrocytes, cerebral microvascular endothelial cells, cerebral arterial smooth muscle cells, and retinal pigment epithelial cells express one or more of these SR. Expression of SR-A and SR-BI by microglia is developmentally regulated. Neonatal microglia express SR-A and SR-BI, while microglia in normal mouse and human adult brain express neither. Astrocytes in adult brain express SR-BI. In Alzheimer's disease, microglial expression of SR-A is increased. Such findings, and evidence that SR-A and SR-BI mediate adhesion and endocytosis of fibrillar P-amyloid by microglia and astrocytes, respectively, and that SR-A, SR-BI, and CD36 participate in secretion of reactive oxygen species by microglia, suggest roles for these receptors in homeostasis and neuropathology. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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