Microglia exacerbate white matter injury via complement C3/C3aR pathway after hypoperfusion

Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that aberrant activated microglia aggravate white matter injury via C3-C3aR pathway during chronic hypoperfusion. These findings indicate C3aR plays a critical role in mediating neuroinflammation and white matter injury through aberrant microglia activation, which provides a novel therapeutic target for the small vessel disease and vascular dementia.

Source: Theranostics - July 3, 2020 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Lin-Yuan Zhang, Jiaji Pan, Muyassar Mamtilahun, Yuan Zhu, Liping Wang, Ashwin Venkatesh, Rubing Shi, Xuanqiang Tu, Kunlin Jin, Yongting Wang, Zhijun Zhang, Guo-Yuan Yang Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research