Below you will find our publications (lab members in bold), linking to open access pdf files.
2021
Hu, Y., Fryatt, G. L., Ghorbani, M., Obst, J., Menassa, D., Martin estebane, M., Muntslag, T. A. O., Olmos alonso, A., Guerrero Carrasco, M., Thomas, D., Cragg, M., & Gomez-Nicola, D. (2021). Replicative senescence dictates the emergence of disease-associated microglia and contributes to Aβ pathology. Cell Reports. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.22.436174
Li, T., Zhao, J., Xie, W., Yuan, W., Guo, J., Gan, W-B., Pang, S., Gomez-Nicola, D., & Zhang, S. (2021). Specific depletion of resident microglia in the early stage of stroke reduces cerebral ischemic damage. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 18(1), [81]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-021-02127-w
Chacon-De-La-Rocha, I., Fryatt, G. L., Rivera, A. D., Restani, L., Caleo, M., Gomez-Nicola, D., & Butt, A. M. (2021). The synaptic blocker botulinum toxin A decreases the density and complexity of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the adult mouse hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24856
2020
Chacon-De La Rocha, I., Fryatt, G., Rivera, A. D., Verkhratsky, A., Raineteau, O., Gomez-Nicola, D., & Butt, A. M. (Accepted/In press). Accelerated dystrophy and decay of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the APP/PS1 model of Alzheimer’s-like pathology. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 14, [575082]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2020.575082
Obst, J., Simon, E., Martin Estebane, M., Pipi, E., Barkwill, L. M., Gonzalez-Rivera, I., Buchanan, F., Prescott, A., Faust, D., Fox, S., Brownlees, J., Taylor, D., Perry, V. H., Nuthall, H., Atkinson, P. J., Karran, E., Routledge, C., & Gomez-Nicola, D. Inhibition of IL-34 unveils tissue-selectivity and is sufficient to reduce microglial proliferation in a model of chronic neurodegeneration. Frontiers in Immunology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.579000
Martin Estebane, M., & Gomez-Nicola, D. Targeting microglial population dynamics in Alzheimer’s disease: are we ready for a potential impact on immune function? Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2020 Jun 5;14:149. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00149. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32581720
Carroll, L., Braeutigam, S., Dawes, J. M., Krsnik, Z., Kostovic, I., Coutinho, E., Dewing, J.M., Horton, C.A., Gomez-Nicola, D., Menassa, D. (2020). Autism spectrum disorders: multiple routes to, and multiple consequences of, abnormal synaptic function and connectivity. The Neuroscientist. DOI: 10.1177/1073858420921378
Vanzulli, I., Papanikolaou, M., Chacon De La Rocha, I., Pieropan, F., Rivera, A. D., Gomez-Nicola, D., Verkhratsky, A. Rodriguez, J.J., Butt, A. M. (2020). Disruption of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells is an early sign of pathology in the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.05.016
Mecha, M., Yanguas-Casás, N., Feliú, A., Mestre, L., Carrillo-Salinas, F. J., Riecken, K., Gomez-Nicola, D., Guaza, C. (2020). Involvement of Wnt7a in the role of M2c microglia in neural stem cell oligodendrogenesis. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 17(1), [88]. DOI: 10.1186/s12974-020-01734-3
Pegasiou, C-M., Zolnourian, A., Gomez-Nicola, D., Deinhardt, K., Nicoll, J., Ahmed, A., Vajramani, G.V., Grundy, P., Verhoog, M., Mansvelder, H., Perry, V. H., Bulters, D., Vargas-Caballero, M (2020). Age dependent changes in synaptic NMDA receptor composition in adult human cortical neurons. Cerebral Cortex, [bhaa052]. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa052
2019
Mancuso, R., Fryatt, G., Cleal, M. E., Obst, J., Pipi, E., Monzon-Sandoval, J., …, Gomez-Nicola, D., Perry, V. H. (2019). CSF1R inhibition by JNJ-40346527 alters microglial proliferation and phenotype and results in attenuation of neurodegeneration in P301S mice. Brain. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz241
Gomez-Nicola, D., Fryatt, G. L., & Askew, K. E. (2019). Measuring microglial turnover in the adult brain. In O. Garaschuk, & A. Verkhratsky (Eds.), Microglia (Vol. 2034, pp. 207-215). Methods in Molecular Biology. New York, NY: Humana. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9658-2_15
NIMA Consortium (2019). Inflammatory biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease plasma. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 15(6), 776-787. DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.03.007
Sri, S., Pegasiou, C-M., Cave, C-A., Hough, K., Wood, N., Gomez-Nicola, D., Deinhardt K, Bannerman D, Perry VH, Vargas-Caballero, M. (2019). Emergence of synaptic and cognitive impairment in a mature-onset APP mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 7(25). DOI: 10.1186/s40478-019-0670-1
2018
Obst, J., Mancuso, R., Simon, E. & Gomez-Nicola, D. (2018). PD-1 deficiency is not sufficient to induce myeloid mobilization to the brain or alter the inflammatory profile during chronic neurodegeneration. Brain, Behavior and Immunity. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.08.006
Menassa, D. A., & Gomez-Nicola, D. (2018). Microglial dynamics during human brain development. Frontiers in Immunology, 9 (1104). DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01014
Nunez, J. A., Goring, A., Gomez-Nicola, D., Javaheri, B., Pitsillides, A. A., Thurner, P., … Clarkin, C. (2018). Regional diversity in the murine cortical vascular network is revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomography and is amplified with age. European Cells & Materials, 35, 281-299. DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v035a20
2017
The role of microglia in prion diseases: a paradigm of functional diversity
Obst, J., Simon, E., Mancuso, R., Gomez-Nicola, D. Frontiers in Ageing Neuroscience. 2017. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00207
STING activation reverses lymphoma-mediated resistance to antibody immunotherapy
Dahal, L. N., Dou, L., Hussain, K., Liu, R., Earley, A., Cox, K. L., Murinello, S., Tracy, I., Forconi, F., Steele, A. J., Duriez, P., Gomez-Nicola, D., Teeling, J. L., Glennie, M. J., Cragg, M. S. & Beers, S. A. Cancer Research. 2017. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-2784
A story of birth and death: insights into the formation and dynamics of the microglial population
Askew, K. and Gomez-Nicola, D. Brain, Behavior and Immunity. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2017.03.009
Early microgliosis precedes neuronal loss and behavioural impairment in mice with a frontotemporal dementia-causing CHMP2B mutation
Clayton, E.L., Mancuso, R., Nielsen, T.T., Mizielinska, S., Holmes, H., Powell, N., Norona, F., Larsen, J.O., Milioto, C., Wilson, K.M., Lythgoe, M.F., Ourselin, S., Nielsen, J.E., Johannsen, P., Holm, I., Collinge, J., Frej, A., Oliver, P.L., Gomez-Nicola, D. and Isaacs, A.M. Human Molecular Genetics. 2017. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddx003
Coupled proliferation and apoptosis maintain the rapid turnover of microglia in the adult brain
Askew, K., Li, K., Olmos Alonso, A., Garcia-Moreno , F., Liang, Y., Richardson, P., Tipton, T., Chapman, M., Riecken, K., Beccari, S., Sierra, A., Molnar, Z., Cragg, M.S., Garaschuk, O., Perry, V.H. and Gomez-Nicola, D. Cell Reports. 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.041
*Comment in AlzForum “Ageing causes identity crisis in microglia”
2016
Neuronal hyperactivity disturbs ATP microgradients, impairs microglial motility, and reduces phagocytic receptor expression triggering apoptosis/microglial phagocytosis uncoupling
Abiega, O., Beccari, S., Diaz-Aparicio , I., Nadjar, A., Laye, S., Leyrolle, Q., Gomez-Nicola, D., Domercq, M., Perez-Samartin, A., Sanchez-Zafra, V., Paris, I., Valero, J., Savage, J.C., Hui, C.W., Tremblay, M.E., Deudero, J.J.P., Brewster, A.L., Anderson, A.E., Zaldumbide, L., Galbarriatu, L., Marinas, A., Vivanco, M.D.M., Matute, C., Maletic-Savatic, M., Encinas, J.M. and Sierra, A. PLoS Biology. 2016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002466
Martinez-Muriana, A, Mancuso, R, Francos-Quijorna, I, Olmos-Alonso, A, Osta, R, Perry, VH, Navarro, X, Gómez-Nicola, D and Lopez-Vales, R. Scientific Reports. 2016. doi: 10.1038/srep25663
Long-term in vivo single-cell tracking reveals the switch of migration patterns in adult-born juxtaglomerular cells of the mouse olfactory bulb
Liang, Y, Li, K, Riecken, K, Maslyukov, A, Gómez-Nicola, D, Kovalchuk, Y, Fehse, B and Garaschuk, O. Cell Research. 2016. doi: 10.1038/cr.2016.55
The use of human neurons for novel drug discovery in dementia research
Vargas-Caballero, M, Willaime-Morawek, S, Gómez-Nicola, D, Perry, VH, Bulters, D and Mudher, A. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 2016. doi: 10.1517/17460441.2016.1154528
Dark microglia: a new phenotype predominantly associated with pathological states
Bisht , K, Sharma, KP, Lecours, C, Sánchez, MG, El Hajj, H, Milior, G, Olmos-Alonso, A, Gómez-Nicola, D, Luheshi, G, Vallières, L, Branchi, I, Maggi, L, Limatola, C, Butovsky, O and Tremblay, ME. Glia. 2016. doi: 10.1002/glia.22966
Pharmacological targeting of CSF1R inhibits microglial proliferation and prevents the progression of Alzheimer’s-like pathology
Olmos-Alonso, A, Schetters, STT, Sri, S, Askew, K, Mancuso, R, Vargas-Caballero, M, Holscher, C, Perry, VH and Gómez-Nicola, D. Brain. 2016. doi: 10.1093/brain/awv379
*Featured in “Blocking microglial proliferation halts Alzheimer disease in mice”. Nature Reviews in Neurology. 12, 64 doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2016.6
2015
Microglia regulate hippocampal neurogenesis during chronic neurodegeneration – De Lucia, C, Rinchon, A, Olmos-Alonso, A, Riecken, K, Fehse, B, Boche, D, Perry, VH and Gómez-Nicola, D. Brain Behaviour and Immunity. 2015. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.11.001
The PDK1-Rsk signaling pathway controls Langerhans cell proliferation and patterning – Zaru, R, Matthews, SP, Edgar, AJ, Prescott, AR, Gómez-Nicola, D, Hanauer, A and Watts, C. The Journal of Immunology. 2015. doi: 10.4049/?jimmunol.1501520
Analysis of microglial proliferation in Alzheimer’s disease – Gómez-Nicola, D and Perry, VH, Castrillo, JI and Oliver, SG. (eds.) Methods in Molecular Biology. 2015. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2627-5_10
Post-mortem analysis of neuroinflammatory changes in human Alzheimer’s disease – Gómez-Nicola, D and Boche, D. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. 2015. doi: 10.1186/s13195-015-0126-
Multicolor RGB marking allows morphometric and functional analysis of hippocampal granule neurons at the single-cell level – Gómez-Nicola, D, Riecken, K, Perry, VH and Fehse, B. Human Gene Therapy. 2015. doi: 10.1089/hum.2015.010
Microglial dynamics and role in the healthy and diseased brain: a paradigm of functional plasticity – Gómez-Nicola, D and Perry, VH. The Neuroscientist. 2015. doi:10.1177/1073858414530512
2014
In-vivo RGB marking and multicolour single-cell tracking in the adult brain – Gómez-Nicola, D, Riecken, K, Fehse, B and Perry, VH. Scientific Reports. 2014. doi: 10.1038/srep07520
How can we exploit the brain’s ability to repair itself? – Miller, V and Gómez-Nicola, D. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 2014. doi: 10.1586/14737175.2014.985659
Differential role of CCR2 in the dynamics of microglia and perivascular macrophages during prion disease – Gómez-Nicola, D, Schetters, STT and Perry, VH. Glia. 2014. doi: 10.1002/glia.22660
Temporal dynamics of hippocampal neurogenesis in chronic neurodegeneration – Gómez-Nicola, D, Suzzi, S, Vargas-Caballero, M, Fransen, NL, Al-Malki, H, Cebrian-Silla, A, García-Verdugo, JM, Riecken, K, Fehse, B and Perry, VH. Brain. 2014. doi: 10.1093/brain/awu155
2013
Regulation of microglial proliferation during chronic neurodegeneration – Gómez-Nicola, D, Fransen, NL, Suzzi, S and Perry, VH. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2013. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4440-12.2013
Editorial. The role of inflammatory mediators in immune-to-brain communication during health and disease – Gómez-Nicola, D, Teeling, J, Guaza, C, Godbout, JP and Taub, DD. Mediators of Inflammation. 2013. doi: 10.1155/2013/429231
2012
Cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 prevents the development of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in rats. Possible involvement of spinal glial cells – Burgos, E, Gómez-Nicola, D, Pascual, D, Martín, MI, Nieto-Sampedro, M and Goicoechea, C. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.02.008
2011
Interleukin-15 regulates proliferation and self-renewal of adult neural stem cells – Gómez-Nicola, D, Valle-Argos, B, Pallas-Bazarra, N and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2011. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-01-0053
Neurostatin blocks glioma cell cycle progression by inhibiting EGFR activation – Valle-Argos, B, Gómez-Nicola, D and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.08.009
Inhibitors of glioma growth that reveal the tumour to the immune system – Nieto-Sampedro, M, Valle-Argos, B, Gómez-Nicola, D, Fernández-Mayoralas, A and Nieto-Díaz, M. Clinical Medicine Insights Oncology. 2011. doi: 10.4137/CMO.S7685
2010
Glioma growth inhibition by neurostatin and O-But GD1b – Valle-Argos, B, Gómez-Nicola, D and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Neuro-Oncology. 2010. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noq073
CCR7 is expressed in astrocytes and upregulated after an inflammatory injury – Gómez-Nicola, D, Pallas-Bazarra, N, Valle-Argos, B and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.06.018
Synthesis and characterization of neurostatin-related compounds with high inhibitory activity of glioma growth – Valle-Argos, B, Gómez-Nicola, D and Nieto-Sampedro, M. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.01.015
Aggravated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in IL-15 knockout mice – Gómez-Nicola, D, Spagnolo, A, Guaza, C and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Experimental Neurology. 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.034
Blockade of IL-15 activity inhibits microglial activation through the NFkappaB, p38, and ERK1/2 pathways, reducing cytokine and chemokine release – Gómez-Nicola, D, Valle-Argos, B and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Glia. 2010. doi: 10.1002/glia.20920
2008
Role of IL-15 in spinal cord and sciatic nerve after chronic constriction injury: regulation of macrophage and T-cell infiltration – Gómez-Nicola, D, Valle-Argos, B, Suardíaz, M, Taylor, JS and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2008. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05746.x
Interleukin 15 expression in the CNS: blockade of its activity prevents glial activation after an inflammatory injury. – Gómez-Nicola, D, Valle-Argos, B, Pita-Thomas, DW and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Glia. 2008. doi: 10.1002/glia.20628
2006
Regulation by GD3 of the proinflammatory response of microglia mediated by interleukin-15 – Gómez-Nicola, D, Doncel-Pérez, E and Nieto-Sampedro, M. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2006. doi: 10.1002/jnr.20777