165 Results Found

Background: Astrocytes and microglia play an important role in the inflammatory process of multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated the associations between the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) and soluble trig...

TREM2 is a critical innate immune receptor primarily expressed on myeloid-derived cells, such as microglia and macrophages. Mutations in TREM2 are linked to several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). TREM2 can be cle...

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum levels of the soluble form of triggering receptor-1 expressed on myeloid cells (sTREM-1) in neonatal meningitis. Methods: Serum sTREM-1 le...

Uncontrolled inflammatory responses play a critical role in coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In this context, because the triggering-receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) is considered an intrinsic amplifier of inflammatory signals, this stud...

sTREM-1 and its ligand PGLYRP1 play an essential role in the inflammatory process around teeth and implants. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of peri-implant treatment on the salivary levels of the sTREM-1/PGLYRP-1/MMP-8 axis after 3 mo...

Recent investigations implicate neuroinflammatory changes, including astrocyte and microglia activation, as crucial in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Thus, we compared selected proteins reflecting neuroinflammatory processes to est...

Increased soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (sTREM-1) levels have been reported in patients with sepsis. We tested the hypotheses that serum sTREM-1 levels increase in the early phase of sepsis and decrease after sepsis under a...

Triggering Receptor Expressed in Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2) is a membrane receptor in myeloid cells that mediates cellular phagocytosis and inflammation. TREM2 and its soluble extracellular domain are clearly implicated in neuroinflammation and neurodeg...

Sepsis is a serious public health problem. sTREM-1 is a marker of inflammatory and infectious processes that has the potential to become a useful tool for predicting the evolution of sepsis. A prediction model for sepsis was constructed by combining...

Background: The soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) is linked to the progression of cardiovascular conditions, but its role in coronary microcirculation dysfunction (CMD) is not yet clear. Methods: A cross-sectional obse...

Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) is a potential biomarker and therapy target for neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs). The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the associ...

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is suggested to hamper antitumor immune response in multiple cancers. However, the role of TREM2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and its expression in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs)...

In 2022, stroke emerged as the most significant cerebrovascular disorder globally, causing 6.55 million deaths. Microglia, crucial for CNS preservation, can exacerbate brain damage in ischemic stroke by triggering neuroinflammation. This process is m...

Advances in spine surgery enable technically safe interventions in older patients with disabling spine disease, yet postoperative delirium (POD) poses a serious risk for postoperative recovery. This study investigates biomarkers of pro-neuroinflammat...

Background: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare systems emphasized the need for rapid and effective triage tools to identify patients at risk of severe or fatal infection. Measuring host response markers of inflammation and endothelial...

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia; its key pathological findings include the deposition of extracellular-neurotoxic-plaques composed of amyloid-beta (Ab). AD-pathogenesis involves mechanisms that operate outside the brain,...

Background/Objectives: The activation of microglia and the activity of innate immunity have recently been recognized as part of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) pathophysiology. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a gene with ne...

Patients with COVID-19 predominantly have a respiratory tract infection and acute lung failure is the most severe complication. While the molecular basis of SARS-CoV-2 immunopathology is still unknown, it is well established that lung infection is as...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive decline and loss of neuronal integrity. Emerging evidence suggests that RhoA, Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase (ROCK), and their downstream effector...

Sepsis was recently redefined as a life-threatening disease involving organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Biomarkers play an important role in early detection, diagnosis, and prognostication. We reviewed six promisi...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a lethal neurodegenerative disorder primarily affecting the aged population. The etiopathogenesis of AD, especially that of the sporadic type, remains elusive. The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2),...

We report an effective surface immobilization protocol for capture of Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2), a receptor whose elevated concentration in cerebrospinal fluid has recently been associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD)....

Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection and remains a major cause of mortality in intensive care units. Methods: We analyzed plasma levels of sTREM-1, CRP, PCT, sCD14-ST, HMGB1, I...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. The extracellular deposits of Amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain—called amyloid plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles—intracellular tau aggregates, are morphologic...

Genetic variants in TREM2, a microglia-related gene, are well-known risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here, we report that TREM2 originates from circular RNAs (circRNAs), a novel class of non-coding RNAs characterized by a covalent and...

Several genetic studies have identified a rare variant of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, findings on the effects of TREM2 on Aβ deposition are quite inconsistent in ani...

Background: Individuals with specific TREM2 gene variants that encode for a Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2 have a higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). By interacting with amyloid and apolipoproteins, the TREM2 recept...

TREM2 is among the most well-known Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk genes; however, the functional roles of its AD-associated variants remain to be elucidated, and most known risk alleles are low-frequency variants whose investigation is challenging. He...

REMORIN proteins belong to a plant-specific multigene family that localise in plasma membrane nanodomains and in plasmodesmata. We previously showed that in Nicotiana benthamiana, group 1 StREM1.3 limits the cell-to-cell spread of a potexvirus withou...

Genes associated with immune response and inflammation have been identified as genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer´s disease (LOAD). The rare R47H variant within triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) has been shown...

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common clinical neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by progressive cognitive decline and behavioral abnormalities. The hallmark pathological changes of AD include widespread neuronal deg...

The role of TREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is not fully understood. Previous studies investigating the effect of TREM2 deletion on tauopathy mouse models without the contribution of b-amyloid have focused only on tau overexpression models. H...

Background/Objectives: TREM2 is a transmembrane receptor highly expressed in microglia and macrophages, and its involvement in Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, and cancer has garnered significant attention. Although its biological function has bee...

TREM2 (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2) is a membrane-bound receptor primarily expressed on microglia in the central nervous system (CNS). TREM2 plays a crucial role in regulating immune responses, phagocytosis, lipid metabolism, and...

Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (sTREM-1) is a new biomarker that can be used for the diagnosis and monitoring of urinary system infections. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of serum sTREM-1 in patients w...

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, characterized by the pathological accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is increasingly...

Objectives: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is an autoimmune encephalitis that can lead to severe neurological impairments, particularly in pediatric patients. Effective biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis are crucial for i...

Previously, we reported that H157Y, a rare coding variant on exon 3 of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 gene (TREM2), was associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk in a Han Chinese population. To date, how this variant i...

Cytokine and chemokine profiling is central to understanding inflammatory processes and the mechanisms driving diverse diseases. We introduce InCytokine, an open-source tool for semiquantitative analysis of cytokine and chemokine data generated by pr...

Background/Objectives: This study investigated clinical value of galectin-9 (Gal-9), a soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1), and soluble CD25 (sCD25) among critically ill patients with organ failure in the emergency depa...

Stress responses can impact bladder cancer (BC) outcomes via immune–inflammatory pathway modulation. This study explores heart rate variability (HRV) associations with serum immune–inflammatory biomarkers, blood count inflammatory markers...

TREM2 is a membrane receptor expressed on microglia that plays a pivotal role in the organization and function of these innate immune cell components within the neurodegenerated brain. Whereas TREM2 deletion has been studied extensively in experiment...

Stroke is a neurological emergency, where the mechanism of the blood supply to the brain is impaired, resulting in brain cell ischemia and death. Neuroinflammation is a key component in the ischemic cascade that results in cell damage and death after...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. AD involves major pathologies such as amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. During the progression of AD, microglia can be polarized from anti-in...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 50 million people worldwide with an estimated increase to 139 million people by 2050. The exact pathogenic mechanisms of AD remain elusive, resulting in the fact...

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is involved in neuroinflammation and HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment (NCI). People with HIV (PWH) using cannabis exhibit lower inflammation and neurological disorders. We hypothesized...

Chronic neuroinflammation and impaired protein clearance are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Central to these processes are microglia, the brain’...

Microglia are the cells that comprise the innate immune system in the brain. First described more than a century ago, these cells were initially assigned a secondary role in the central nervous system (CNS) with respect to the protagonists, neurons....

The identification of neuroinflammation as a critical factor in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has expanded the focus of research beyond amyloid-β and tau pathology. The neuroinflammatory fluid biomarkers GFAP, sTREM2, and YKL-40 have gained att...

Background: Early diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a challenge due to subjective clinical criteria and the low discriminative power of diagnostic tests. We assessed whether rapid molecular diagnostics in combination with Cli...