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Mathew Blurton-Jones is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with considerable work in neurology, immunology, physiology, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The topics covered in Mathew Blurton-Jones's research include:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Inflammation biomarkers and pathways
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Nuclear receptors and signaling

They have contributed to several recent papers, notably:

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads, published in 2022 in Neuron
  • Gene expression and functional deficits underlie TREM2-knockout microglia responses in human models of Alzheimer's disease, published in 2020 in Nature Communications
  • Plaque-associated human microglia accumulate lipid droplets in a chimeric model of Alzheimer's disease, published in 2021 in Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • Modeling Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease in Human Brain Organoids under Serum Exposure, published in 2021 in Advanced Science
  • Absence of microglia promotes diverse pathologies and early lethality in Alzheimer's disease mice, published in 2022 in Cell Reports

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Hayk Davtyan
  • Jean Paul Chadarevian
  • Sepideh Kiani Shabestari
  • Jonathan Hasselmann
  • Amanda McQuade

Mathew Blurton-Jones's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Science

Best Publications

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

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  • A microfluidic culture platform for CNS axonal injury, regeneration and transport

    Anne M. Taylor;Mathew Blurton-Jones;Seog Woo Rhee;David H. Cribbs

  • iPSC-Derived Human Microglia-like Cells to Study Neurological Diseases

    Edsel M. Abud;Ricardo N. Ramirez;Eric S. Martinez;Luke M. Healy

  • Neural stem cells improve cognition via BDNF in a transgenic model of Alzheimer disease.

    Mathew Blurton-Jones;Masashi Kitazawa;Hilda Martinez-Coria;Nicholas A. Castello

  • Eliminating microglia in Alzheimer’s mice prevents neuronal loss without modulating amyloid-β pathology

    Elizabeth E. Spangenberg;Rafael J. Lee;Allison R. Najafi;Rachel A. Rice

  • Caspase-cleavage of tau is an early event in Alzheimer disease tangle pathology

    Robert A. Rissman;Wayne W. Poon;Mathew Blurton-Jones;Salvatore Oddo

  • Synergistic Interactions between Abeta, tau, and alpha-synuclein: acceleration of neuropathology and cognitive decline.

    Lani K. Clinton;Mathew Blurton-Jones;Kristoffer Myczek;John Q. Trojanowski

  • Aβ inhibits the proteasome and enhances amyloid and tau accumulation

    Bertrand P. Tseng;Kim N. Green;Julie L. Chan;Mathew Blurton-Jones

  • Development and validation of a simplified method to generate human microglia from pluripotent stem cells

    Amanda McQuade;Morgan Coburn;Christina H. Tu;Jonathan Hasselmann

  • The adaptive immune system restrains Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis by modulating microglial function

    Samuel E. Marsh;Edsel M. Abud;Anita Lakatos;Alborz Karimzadeh

  • Deletion of a Csf1r enhancer selectively impacts CSF1R expression and development of tissue macrophage populations

    Rocío Rojo;Rocío Rojo;Anna Raper;Derya D. Ozdemir;Lucas Lefevre

  • Development of a Chimeric Model to Study and Manipulate Human Microglia In Vivo.

    Jonathan Hasselmann;Morgan A. Coburn;Whitney England;Dario X. Figueroa Velez

  • Gene expression and functional deficits underlie TREM2-knockout microglia responses in human models of Alzheimer's disease.

    Amanda McQuade;You Jung Kang;Jonathan Hasselmann;Amit Jairaman

  • Inhibition of soluble TNF signaling in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease prevents pre-plaque amyloid-associated neuropathology

    Fiona E. McAlpine;Jae Kyung Lee;Ashley S. Harms;Kelly A. Ruhn

  • Pathways by which Abeta facilitates tau pathology.

    Mathew Blurton-Jones;Frank M Laferla

  • Human neural stem cells improve cognition and promote synaptic growth in two complementary transgenic models of Alzheimer's disease and neuronal loss

    Rahasson R. Ager;Joy L. Davis;Andy Agazaryan;Francisca Benavente

  • Inflammatory changes parallel the early stages of Alzheimer disease

    A. Parachikova;M.G. Agadjanyan;D.H. Cribbs;M. Blurton-Jones

  • The role of caspase cleavage of tau in Alzheimer disease neuropathology.

    Carl W. Cotman;Wayne W. Poon;Robert A. Rissman;Mathew Blurton-Jones

  • β-Amyloid impairs axonal BDNF retrograde trafficking.

    Wayne W. Poon;Mathew Blurton-Jones;Christina H. Tu;Leila M. Feinberg

  • Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease: Exploring How Genetics and Phenotype Influence Risk.

    Amanda McQuade;Mathew Blurton-Jones

  • Neural Stem Cells Improve Memory in an Inducible Mouse Model of Neuronal Loss

    Tritia R. Yamasaki;Mathew Blurton-Jones;Debbi A. Morrissette;Masashi Kitazawa

  • Neural stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative disorders: The role of neurotrophic support.

    Samuel E. Marsh;Mathew Blurton-Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
Kim N. Green
Kim N. Green University of California, Irvine
Carl W. Cotman
Carl W. Cotman University of California, Irvine
Salvatore Oddo
Salvatore Oddo Arizona State University
Eliezer Masliah
Eliezer Masliah National Institutes of Health
Charles K. Meshul
Charles K. Meshul Oregon Health & Science University
Roberta Diaz Brinton
Roberta Diaz Brinton University of Arizona
Helena C. Chui
Helena C. Chui University of Southern California
Jeffery M. Vance
Jeffery M. Vance University of Miami
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami

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