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  1. Article ; Online: Deciphering microglia phenotypes in health and disease.

    Balak, Christopher D / Han, Claudia Z / Glass, Christopher K

    Current opinion in genetics & development

    2024  Volume 84, Page(s) 102146

    Abstract: Microglia are the major immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that perform numerous adaptive functions required for normal CNS development and homeostasis but are also linked to neurodegenerative and behavioral diseases. Microglia development ... ...

    Abstract Microglia are the major immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that perform numerous adaptive functions required for normal CNS development and homeostasis but are also linked to neurodegenerative and behavioral diseases. Microglia development and function are strongly influenced by brain environmental signals that are integrated at the level of transcriptional enhancers to drive specific programs of gene expression. Here, we describe a conceptual framework for how lineage-determining and signal-dependent transcription factors interact to select and regulate the ensembles of enhancers that determine microglia development and function. We then highlight recent findings that advance these concepts and conclude with a consideration of open questions that represent some of the major hurdles to be addressed in the future.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Microglia/physiology ; Neurodegenerative Diseases/genetics ; Central Nervous System ; Brain ; Phenotype
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1077312-5
    ISSN 1879-0380 ; 0959-437X
    ISSN (online) 1879-0380
    ISSN 0959-437X
    DOI 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102146
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  2. Article ; Online: Human microglia phenotypes in the brain associated with HIV infection.

    Schlachetzki, Johannes C M / Zhou, Yi / Glass, Christopher K

    Current opinion in neurobiology

    2022  Volume 77, Page(s) 102637

    Abstract: Cognitive impairment in individuals infected with HIV is highly prevalent despite life-long antiretroviral therapy. A growing line of evidence suggests that the human brain serves as a sanctuary for HIV persistence. Microglia, the innate immune cells of ... ...

    Abstract Cognitive impairment in individuals infected with HIV is highly prevalent despite life-long antiretroviral therapy. A growing line of evidence suggests that the human brain serves as a sanctuary for HIV persistence. Microglia, the innate immune cells of the brain parenchyma, may serve as a reservoir for HIV and drive the pathogenesis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Here, we highlight recent advances in understanding microglia diversity in HIV regarding their epigenome, transcriptome, and function.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; HIV Infections/complications ; Microglia ; Brain ; Phenotype
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1078046-4
    ISSN 1873-6882 ; 0959-4388
    ISSN (online) 1873-6882
    ISSN 0959-4388
    DOI 10.1016/j.conb.2022.102637
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  3. Article ; Online: Deep learning predicts the impact of regulatory variants on cell-type-specific enhancers in the brain.

    Zheng, An / Shen, Zeyang / Glass, Christopher K / Gymrek, Melissa

    Bioinformatics advances

    2023  Volume 3, Issue 1, Page(s) vbad002

    Abstract: Motivation: Previous studies have shown that the heritability of multiple brain-related traits and disorders is highly enriched in transcriptional enhancer regions. However, these regions often contain many individual variants, while only a subset of ... ...

    Abstract Motivation: Previous studies have shown that the heritability of multiple brain-related traits and disorders is highly enriched in transcriptional enhancer regions. However, these regions often contain many individual variants, while only a subset of them are likely to causally contribute to a trait. Statistical fine-mapping techniques can identify putative causal variants, but their resolution is often limited, especially in regions with multiple variants in high linkage disequilibrium. In these cases, alternative computational methods to estimate the impact of individual variants can aid in variant prioritization.
    Results: Here, we develop a deep learning pipeline to predict cell-type-specific enhancer activity directly from genomic sequences and quantify the impact of individual genetic variants in these regions. We show that the variants highlighted by our deep learning models are targeted by purifying selection in the human population, likely indicating a functional role. We integrate our deep learning predictions with statistical fine-mapping results for 8 brain-related traits, identifying 63 distinct candidate causal variants predicted to contribute to these traits by modulating enhancer activity, representing 6% of all genome-wide association study signals analyzed. Overall, our study provides a valuable computational method that can prioritize individual variants based on their estimated regulatory impact, but also highlights the limitations of existing methods for variant prioritization and fine-mapping.
    Availability and implementation: The data underlying this article, nucleotide-level importance scores, and code for running the deep learning pipeline are available at https://github.com/Pandaman-Ryan/AgentBind-brain.
    Contact: mgymrek@ucsd.edu.
    Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2635-0041
    ISSN (online) 2635-0041
    DOI 10.1093/bioadv/vbad002
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  4. Article ; Online: Immune memory in the brain.

    Nott, Alexi / Glass, Christopher K

    Nature

    2018  Volume 556, Issue 7701, Page(s) 312–313

    MeSH term(s) Brain ; Immunologic Memory ; Memory ; Memory Disorders
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-03-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type News ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/d41586-018-03800-6
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  5. Article ; Online: Exploiting dynamic enhancer landscapes to decode macrophage and microglia phenotypes in health and disease.

    Troutman, Ty D / Kofman, Eric / Glass, Christopher K

    Molecular cell

    2021  Volume 81, Issue 19, Page(s) 3888–3903

    Abstract: The development and functional potential of metazoan cells is dependent on combinatorial roles of transcriptional enhancers and promoters. Macrophages provide exceptionally powerful model systems for investigation of mechanisms underlying the activation ... ...

    Abstract The development and functional potential of metazoan cells is dependent on combinatorial roles of transcriptional enhancers and promoters. Macrophages provide exceptionally powerful model systems for investigation of mechanisms underlying the activation of cell-specific enhancers that drive transitions in cell fate and cell state. Here, we review recent advances that have expanded appreciation of the diversity of macrophage phenotypes in health and disease, emphasizing studies of liver, adipose tissue, and brain macrophages as paradigms for other tissue macrophages and cell types. Studies of normal tissue-resident macrophages and macrophages associated with cirrhosis, obese adipose tissue, and neurodegenerative disease illustrate the major roles of tissue environment in remodeling enhancer landscapes to specify the development and functions of distinct macrophage phenotypes. We discuss the utility of quantitative analysis of environment-dependent changes in enhancer activity states as an approach to discovery of regulatory transcription factors and upstream signaling pathways.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Lineage ; Cellular Microenvironment ; Enhancer Elements, Genetic ; Humans ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Macrophages/pathology ; Microglia/metabolism ; Microglia/pathology ; Phenotype ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Signal Transduction ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation
    Chemical Substances Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.08.004
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  6. Article ; Online: Genetic and genomic approaches to understanding macrophage identity and function.

    Glass, Christopher K

    Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology

    2015  Volume 35, Issue 4, Page(s) 755–762

    Abstract: A major goal of our laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the development and functions of diverse macrophage phenotypes in health and disease. Recent studies using genetic and genomic approaches suggest a relatively simple ... ...

    Abstract A major goal of our laboratory is to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the development and functions of diverse macrophage phenotypes in health and disease. Recent studies using genetic and genomic approaches suggest a relatively simple model of collaborative and hierarchical interactions between lineage-determining and signal-dependent transcription factors that enable selection and activation of transcriptional enhancers that specify macrophage identity and function. In addition, we have found that it is possible to use natural genetic variation as a powerful tool for advancing our understanding of how the macrophage deciphers the information encoded by the genome to attain specific phenotypes in a context-dependent manner. Here, I will describe our recent efforts to extend genetic and genomic approaches to investigate the roles of distinct tissue environments in determining the phenotypes of different resident populations of macrophages.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Lineage ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genetic Variation ; Genomics/methods ; Genotype ; Humans ; Macrophages/classification ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Phenotype ; Signal Transduction ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Transcription Factors/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Transcription Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Lectures ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1221433-4
    ISSN 1524-4636 ; 1079-5642
    ISSN (online) 1524-4636
    ISSN 1079-5642
    DOI 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.304051
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  7. Article ; Online: Nuclei isolation of multiple brain cell types for omics interrogation.

    Nott, Alexi / Schlachetzki, Johannes C M / Fixsen, Bethany R / Glass, Christopher K

    Nature protocols

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 3, Page(s) 1629–1646

    Abstract: We present a nuclei isolation protocol for genomic and epigenomic interrogation of multiple cell type populations in the human and rodent brain. The nuclei isolation protocol allows cell type-specific profiling of neurons, microglia, oligodendrocytes, ... ...

    Abstract We present a nuclei isolation protocol for genomic and epigenomic interrogation of multiple cell type populations in the human and rodent brain. The nuclei isolation protocol allows cell type-specific profiling of neurons, microglia, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes, being compatible with fresh and frozen samples obtained from either resected or postmortem brain tissue. This 2-day procedure consists of tissue homogenization with fixation, nuclei extraction, and antibody staining followed by fluorescence-activated nuclei sorting (FANS) and does not require specialized skillsets. Cell type-specific nuclei populations can be used for downstream omic-scale sequencing applications with an emphasis on epigenomic interrogation such as histone modifications, transcription factor binding, chromatin accessibility, and chromosome architecture. The nuclei isolation protocol enables translational examination of archived healthy and diseased brain specimens through utilization of existing medical biorepositories.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Astrocytes/metabolism ; Brain/metabolism ; Brain Chemistry/physiology ; Cell Nucleus/chemistry ; Cell Nucleus/metabolism ; Chromatin/metabolism ; Epigenomics/methods ; Flow Cytometry/methods ; Genomics/methods ; Humans ; Neurons/metabolism ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational/physiology
    Chemical Substances Chromatin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2244966-8
    ISSN 1750-2799 ; 1754-2189
    ISSN (online) 1750-2799
    ISSN 1754-2189
    DOI 10.1038/s41596-020-00472-3
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  8. Article ; Online: Monocyte Regulation in Homeostasis and Malignancy.

    Robinson, Amy / Han, Claudia Z / Glass, Christopher K / Pollard, Jeffrey W

    Trends in immunology

    2021  Volume 42, Issue 2, Page(s) 104–119

    Abstract: Monocytes are progenitors to macrophages and a subclass of dendritic cells (monocyte-derived dendritic cells, MoDCs), but they also act as circulating sensors that respond to environmental changes and disease. Technological advances have defined the ... ...

    Abstract Monocytes are progenitors to macrophages and a subclass of dendritic cells (monocyte-derived dendritic cells, MoDCs), but they also act as circulating sensors that respond to environmental changes and disease. Technological advances have defined the production of classical monocytes in the bone marrow through the identification of lineage-determining transcription factors (LDTFs) and have proposed alternative routes of differentiation. Monocytes released into the circulation can be recruited to tissues by specific chemoattractants where they respond to sequential niche-specific signals that determine their differentiation into terminal effector cells. New aspects of monocyte biology in the circulation are being revealed, exemplified by the influence of cancer on the systemic alteration of monocyte subset abundance and transcriptional profiles. These changes can act to enhance the metastatic spread of primary cancers and may offer therapeutic opportunities.
    MeSH term(s) Cell Differentiation ; Dendritic Cells ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Macrophages ; Monocytes ; Neoplasms
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2036831-8
    ISSN 1471-4981 ; 1471-4906
    ISSN (online) 1471-4981
    ISSN 1471-4906
    DOI 10.1016/j.it.2020.12.001
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  9. Article ; Online: Shared Mechanisms between Cardiovascular Disease and NAFLD.

    Huang, Daniel Q / Downes, Michael / Evans, Ronald M / Witztum, Joseph L / Glass, Christopher K / Loomba, Rohit

    Seminars in liver disease

    2022  Volume 42, Issue 4, Page(s) 455–464

    Abstract: The burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising globally. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with NAFLD. Nearly half of individuals with NAFLD have coronary heart disease, and more than a third have carotid ... ...

    Abstract The burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rising globally. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with NAFLD. Nearly half of individuals with NAFLD have coronary heart disease, and more than a third have carotid artery atherosclerosis. Individuals with NAFLD are at a substantially higher risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events. NAFLD and cardiovascular disease share multiple common disease mechanisms, such as systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, genetic risk variants, and gut microbial dysbiosis. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in NAFLD, and highlight common risk factors. In addition, we examine recent advances evaluating the shared disease mechanisms between NAFLD and cardiovascular disease. In conclusion, multidisciplinary collaborations are required to further our understanding of the complex relationship between NAFLD and cardiovascular disease and potentially identify therapeutic targets.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/epidemiology ; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/complications ; Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology ; Risk Factors ; Insulin Resistance ; Inflammation/complications
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 603177-8
    ISSN 1098-8971 ; 0272-8087
    ISSN (online) 1098-8971
    ISSN 0272-8087
    DOI 10.1055/a-1930-6658
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  10. Article ; Online: Nature and nurture of tissue-specific macrophage phenotypes.

    Hoeksema, Marten A / Glass, Christopher K

    Atherosclerosis

    2018  Volume 281, Page(s) 159–167

    Abstract: Macrophages are key players in immunity and tissue homeostasis but can also contribute to a diverse range of human diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Enhancers, cis-acting DNA elements regulating gene activity, have been shown to be crucial for ...

    Abstract Macrophages are key players in immunity and tissue homeostasis but can also contribute to a diverse range of human diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Enhancers, cis-acting DNA elements regulating gene activity, have been shown to be crucial for control of macrophage development and function. The selection and activities of macrophage-specific enhancers are regulated by the combined actions of lineage determining transcription factors (LDTFs) and signal dependent transcription factors (SDTFs) that are specified by developmental origin and tissue-specific signals. As a consequence, each tissue resident macrophage population adopts a distinct phenotype. In this review, we discuss recent work on how environmental factors affect the activation status of enhancers and can lead to long-lasting epigenetic changes resulting in innate immune memory. Furthermore, we discuss how non-coding genetic variation affects gene expression by altering transcription factor binding through local and domain-wide mechanisms. These findings have implications for interpretation of non-coding risk alleles that are associated with human disease and efforts to target macrophages for therapeutic purposes.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Plasticity/genetics ; Cellular Microenvironment ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Gene-Environment Interaction ; Humans ; Immunity, Innate/genetics ; Immunologic Memory/drug effects ; Macrophage Activation/genetics ; Macrophages/immunology ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transcription, Genetic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-10-06
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 80061-2
    ISSN 1879-1484 ; 0021-9150
    ISSN (online) 1879-1484
    ISSN 0021-9150
    DOI 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.10.005
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