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      Assessing Autophagy in Microglia: A Two-Step Model to Determine Autophagosome Formation, Degradation, and Net Turnover 

      Plaza Zabala, Ainhoa ORCID; Sierra Torre, Virginia; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda (Frontiers Media, 2021-01-29)
      Autophagy is a complex process that encompasses the enclosure of cytoplasmic debris or dysfunctional organelles in membranous vesicles, the autophagosomes, for their elimination in the lysosomes. Autophagy is increasingly ...
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      Development and Maintenance of the Brain’s Immune Toolkit: Microglia and Non-Parenchymal Brain Macrophages 

      Lopez-Atalaya, Jose P.; Askew, Katharine E.; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Gomez-Nicola, Diego (Wiley, 2018-06)
      Microglia and non-parenchymal macrophages located in the perivascular space, the meninges and the choroid plexus are independent immune populations that play vital roles in brain development, homeostasis, and tissue healing. ...
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      Editorial: Assessing Microglial Function and Identity 

      Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Paolicelli, Rosa Chiara (Frontiers Media, 2021-12-20)
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      Essential Omega-3 Fatty Acids Tune Microglial Phagocytosis of Synaptic Elements in the Mouse Developing Brain 

      Madore, C.; Leyrolle, Quentin; Morel, L.; Rossitto, M.; Greenhalgh, A. D.; Delpech, J. C.; Martinat, M.; Bosch-Bouju, Clémentine; Bourel, J.; Rani, B.; Lacabanne, C.; Thomazeau, Aurore; Hopperton, K. E.; Beccari Galeano, Marlene Soledad; Sere, A.; Aubert, A.; De Smedt-Peyrusse, Véronique; Lecours, Cynthia; Bisht, K.; Fourgeaud, L.; Gregoire, S.; Bretillon, L.; Acar, N.; Grant, N. J.; Badaut, J.; Gressens, P.; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Butovsky, O.; Tremblay, Marie-Ève; Bazinet, R. P.; Joffre, C.; Nadjar, Agnes; Layé, Sophie (Nature, 2020-11-30)
      Omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) are essential for the functional maturation of the brain. Westernization of dietary habits in both developed and developing countries is accompanied by a progressive reduction in dietary ...
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      From the Cajal alumni Achucarro and Rio-Hortega to the rediscovery of never-resting microglia 

      Tremblay, Marie-Ève; Lecours, Cynthia; Samson, Louis; Sánchez Zafra, Víctor; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015-04-14)
      Under the guidance of Ramon y Cajal, a plethora of students flourished and began to apply his silver impregnation methods to study brain cells other than neurons: the neuroglia. In the first decades of the twentieth century, ...
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      Janus-faced microglia: beneficial and detrimental consequences of microglial phagocytosis 

      Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Abiega Etxabe, Oihane; Shahraz, Anahita; Neumann, Harald (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2013-01)
      Microglia are the resident brain macrophages and they have been traditionally studied as orchestrators of the brain inflammatory response during infections and disease. In addition, microglia has a more benign, less explored ...
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      Microglia and meningeal macrophages depletion delays the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis 

      Montilla López, Alejandro ORCID; Zabala Olaizola, Alazne; Er-Lukowiak, Marco; Rissiek, Björn; Magnus, Tim; Rodríguez Iglesias, Noelia; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Matute Almau, Carlos José; Domercq García, María ORCID (SpringerNature, 2023)
      In multiple sclerosis and the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model, both resident microglia and infiltrating macrophages contribute to demyelination as well as spontaneous remyelination. Nevertheless, the ...
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      Microglial Corpse Clearance: Lessons From Macrophages 

      Márquez Ropero, Mar; Benito, Eva; Plaza Zabala, Ainhoa ORCID; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda (Frontiers Media, 2020-03-27)
      From development to aging and disease, the brain parenchyma is under the constant threat of debris accumulation, in the form of dead cells and protein aggregates. To prevent garbage buildup, the brain is equipped with ...
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      Microglial Phagocytosis Dysfunction in the Dentate Gyrus is Related to Local Neuronal Activity in a Genetic Model of Epilepsy 

      Sierra Torre, Virginia; Plaza Zabala, Ainhoa ORCID; Bonifazi, Paolo; Abiega Etxabe, Oihane; Díaz Aparicio, Irune; Tegelberg, Saara; Lehesjoki, Anna Elina; Valero Gómez-Lobo, Jorge; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda (Wiley, 2020-11)
      Objective Microglial phagocytosis of apoptotic cells is an essential component of the brain regenerative response during neurodegeneration. Whereas it is very efficient in physiological conditions, it is impaired in mouse ...
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      Never-resting microglia: physiological roles in the healthy brain and pathological implications 

      Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Tremblay, Marie-Ève; Wake, Hiroaki (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014-08-15)
      Microglia are largely known as the major orchestrators of the brain inflammatory response. As such, they have been traditionally studied in various contexts of disease, where their activation has been assumed to induce a ...
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      Reactive Disruption of the Hippocampal Neurogenic Niche After Induction of Seizures by Injection of Kainic Acid in the Amygdala 

      Muro García, Teresa; Martín Suárez, Soraya; Espinosa, Nelson; Valcárcel Martín, Roberto ORCID; Marinas, Ainhoa; Zaldumbide Dueñas, Laura; Galbarriatu, Lara; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Fuentealba, Pablo; Encinas Pérez, Juan Manuel (Frontiers Media, 2019-08-20)
      Adult neurogenesis persists in the adult hippocampus due to the presence of multipotent neural stem cells (NSCs). Hippocampal neurogenesis is involved in a range of cognitive functions and is tightly regulated by neuronal ...
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      Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics in Microglial Activation and Metabolic Switch 

      Montilla López, Alejandro ORCID; Ruiz Núñez, Asier ORCID; Márquez Ropero, Mar; Sierra Saavedra, Amanda; Matute Almau, Carlos José; Domercq García, María ORCID (American Association Of Immunologists, 2021-08-10)
      Microglia act as sensors of injury in the brain, favoring its homeostasis. Their activation and polarization toward a proinflammatory phenotype are associated with injury and disease. These processes are linked to a metabolic ...