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Best Publications

  • Microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: uncovering the molecular mechanisms

    Michelle L. Block;Luigi Zecca;Jau Shyong Hong

  • Systemic LPS Causes Chronic Neuroinflammation and Progressive Neurodegeneration

    Liya Qin;Xuefei Wu;Michelle L. Block;Yuxin Liu;Yuxin Liu

  • Microglia and inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration: Multiple triggers with a common mechanism

    Michelle L. Block;Jau Shyong Hong

  • Aggregated α-synuclein activates microglia: a process leading to disease progression in Parkinson’s disease

    Wei Zhang;Tongguang Wang;Zhong Pei;David S. Miller

  • Microglial activation and chronic neurodegeneration

    Melinda E. Lull;Michelle L. Block

  • NADPH Oxidase Mediates Lipopolysaccharide-induced Neurotoxicity and Proinflammatory Gene Expression in Activated Microglia

    Liya Qin;Yuxin Liu;Tongguang Wang;Sung Jen Wei

  • Nanometer size diesel exhaust particles are selectively toxic to dopaminergic neurons: the role of microglia, phagocytosis, and NADPH oxidase

    M. L. Block;X. Wu;X. Wu;Z. Pei;G. Li

  • Chronic microglial activation and progressive dopaminergic neurotoxicity

    M.L. Block;M.L. Block;J.-S. Hong

  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors up-regulate astrocyte GDNF and BDNF gene transcription and protect dopaminergic neurons

    Xuefei Wu;Po See Chen;Po See Chen;Shannon Dallas;Belinda Wilson

  • Neuroinflammation, Hyperphosphorylated Tau, Diffuse Amyloid Plaques, and Down-Regulation of the Cellular Prion Protein in Air Pollution Exposed Children and Young Adults

    Lilian Calderón-Garcidueas;Michael Kavanaugh;Michelle Block;Amedeo D'Angiulli

  • Retinoic Acid Attenuates β-Amyloid Deposition and Rescues Memory Deficits in an Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mouse Model

    Yun Ding;Aimin Qiao;Ziqing Wang;J. Shawn Goodwin

  • Interactive role of the toll-like receptor 4 and reactive oxygen species in LPS-induced microglia activation.

    Liya Qin;Guorong Li;Xun Qian;Yuxin Liu

  • A pivotal role of matrix metalloproteinase-3 activity in dopaminergic neuronal degeneration via microglial activation

    Yoon Seong Kim;Dong Hee Choi;Michelle L. Block;Stefan Lorenzl

  • NADPH oxidase as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease

    Michelle L Block

  • Outdoor Ambient Air Pollution and Neurodegenerative Diseases: the Neuroinflammation Hypothesis

    Richard L. Jayaraj;Eric A. Rodriguez;Yi Wang;Michelle L. Block

  • The role of microglia in paraquat-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity.

    Xue Fei Wu;Michelle L. Block;Wei Zhang;Liya Qin;Liya Qin

  • Microglial priming through the lung–brain axis: the role of air pollution–induced circulating factors

    Christen L. Mumaw;Shannon Levesque;Constance McGraw;Sarah Robertson

  • Targeting microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: the potential of NOX2 inhibitors.

    Michael J. Surace;Michelle L. Block

  • Reactive microgliosis: extracellular μ-calpain and microglia-mediated dopaminergic neurotoxicity

    Shannon Levesque;Belinda Wilson;Vincent Gregoria;Laura B. Thorpe

  • Femtomolar concentrations of dextromethorphan protect mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons from inflammatory damage

    Guorong Li;Gang Cui;Nian Ssheng Tzeng;Sung Jen Wei

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