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To review the evolving roles of microglia across health and disease and establish a standardized framework for characterizing microglial phenotypic changes during chronic stress.

November 6, 2021Journal of NeuroinflammationOpen Access

The semantics of microglia activation: neuroinflammation, homeostasis, and stress

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SWSamuel C. WoodburnCornell University JBJustin L. BollingerUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center EWEric S. WohlebUniversity of Cincinnati

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Review reveals misapplied immunological terms in stress research, highlighting the need for precise frameworks to evaluate microglial phenotypes.

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To review the evolving roles of microglia across health and disease and establish a standardized framework for characterizing microglial phenotypic changes during chronic stress.
Synthesized primary literature evaluating classical immune and homeostatic functions of microglia across physiological states, disease, injury, and chronic stress models.
Developed a conceptual framework to define microglial phenotypic and functional alterations without conflating physiological adaptations with overt pathology.
Ubiquitous application of terms like 'microglia activation' and 'neuroinflammation' obscures distinctions between pathological states and normal or stress-induced neuro-immune adaptations.
A standardized classification framework resolves semantic barriers in neuro-immunology, enabling more accurate phenotypic profiling to support targeted psychiatric and neurological drug development.

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Woodburn et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02ad03bc3ffe278e651913 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-021-02309-6

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Review reveals misapplied immunological terms in stress research, highlighting the need for precise frameworks to evaluate microglial phenotypes.

The semantics of microglia activation: neuroinflammation, homeostasis, and stress

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The semantics of microglia activation: neuroinflammation, homeostasis, and stress

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