Agnès Nadjar
University Teacher- Researcher
Professor - PhD / Université de Bordeaux/ Contact
www.orcid.org/0000-0002-3969-6530
My current research aims to decipher the effects of nutrients on microglial energy metabolism in the context of obesity. This follows on from my initial work (2001-2010) on the role of microglial inflammatory activation in various pathophysiological contexts. This project also builds on the expertise acquired between 2011 and 2020 on the impact of nutrition on microglia/neuron interactions in healthy or diseased brain.
Scientific articles
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Rethinking the role of microglia in obesity
Neuropharmacology. 2024-04-01. : 109951.
10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.109951 -
Discovery of a new type of neuroimmune interaction in the aged brain’s response to energy surfeit
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2023-03-01.
10.1016/j.bbi.2023.03.010 -
Microglial homeostasis disruption modulates non-rapid eye movement sleep duration and neuronal activity in adult female mice
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2023-01-01. 107 : 153-164.
10.1016/j.bbi.2022.09.016 -
Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads
Neuron. 2022-11-01. 110(21) : 3458-3483.
10.1016/j.neuron.2022.10.020 -
Nanoparticles: The new promise for region-specific targeting of microglia
Matter. 2022-08-01. 5(8) : 2529-2530.
10.1016/j.matt.2022.06.048 -
Susceptibility of Female Mice to the Dietary Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty-Acid Ratio: Effects on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Glia
Int. J. Mol. Sci.. 2022-03-21. 23(6) : 3399.
10.3390/ijms23063399 -
Female Mice Susceptibility to the Dietary Omega-3/Omega-6 Fatty Acid Ratio: Effects on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Glia
. 2022-02-22.
10.20944/preprints202202.0265.v1 -
N-3 PUFA Deficiency Affects the Ultrastructural Organization and Density of White Matter Microglia in the Developing Brain of Male Mice.
Front. Cell. Neurosci.. 2022-02-10. 16
10.3389/fncel.2022.802411 -
Microglial Cannabinoid Type 1 Receptor Regulates Brain Inflammation in a Sex-Specific Manner
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 2021-12-01. 6(6) : 488-507.
10.1089/can.2020.0170 -
Complement C3 mediates early hippocampal neurodegeneration and memory impairment in experimental multiple sclerosis
Neurobiology of Disease. 2021-12-01. 160 : 105533.
10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105533 -
N‐3 PUFA deficiency disrupts oligodendrocyte maturation and myelin integrity during brain development
Glia. 2021-09-14.
10.1002/glia.24088 -
Microglia modulate hippocampal synaptic transmission and sleep duration along the light/dark cycle
Glia. 2021-09-06. 70(1) : 89-105.
10.1002/glia.24090 -
Microglia–Neuron Crosstalk in Obesity: Melodious Interaction or Kiss of Death?
IJMS. 2021-05-15. 22(10) : 5243.
10.3390/ijms22105243 -
Essential omega-3 fatty acids tune microglial phagocytosis of synaptic elements in the mouse developing brain.
Nat Commun. 2020-11-30. 11(1)
10.1038/s41467-020-19861-z -
Maternal dietary omega-3 deficiency worsens the deleterious effects of prenatal inflammation on the gut-brain axis in the offspring across lifetime
Neuropsychopharmacol.. 2020-08-11.
10.1038/s41386-020-00793-7 -
Role of Glia in the Regulation of Sleep in Health and Disease.
Comprehensive Physiology. 2020-03-12. : 687-712.
10.1002/cphy.c190022 -
Direct and indirect effects of lipids on microglia function
Neuroscience Letters. 2019-08-01. 708 : 134348.
10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134348 -
Brain eicosapentaenoic acid metabolism as a lead for novel therapeutics in major depression
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2019-07-01.
10.1016/j.bbi.2019.07.001 -
Dietary N-3 PUFA deficiency affects sleep-wake activity in basal condition and in response to an inflammatory challenge in mice
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2019-05-01.
10.1016/j.bbi.2019.05.016 -
Neuroinflammation and aging: Influence of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
OCL. 2011-11-15. 18(6)
10.1684/ocl.2011.0412 -
Dietary n-3 long chain PUFA supplementation promotes a pro-resolving oxylipin profile in the brain
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2019-02-01. 76 : 17-27.
10.1016/j.bbi.2018.07.025 -
Dietary omega-3 deficiency exacerbates inflammation and reveals spatial memory deficits in mice exposed to lipopolysaccharide during gestation.
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2018-10-01. 73 : 427-440.
10.1016/j.bbi.2018.06.004 -
Role of metabolic programming in the modulation of microglia phagocytosis by lipids.
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 2018-08-01. 135 : 63-73.
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Maternal n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary supply modulates microglia lipid content in the offspring
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 2018-06-01. 133 : 1-7.
10.1016/j.plefa.2018.04.003 -
Antiinflammatory Properties of Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Protect Against Cognitive Decline in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Role of the Mediterranean Diet in the Brain and Neurodegenerative Diseases. 2018-01-01. : 367-384.
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Anti-inflammatory effects of omega-3 fatty acids in the brain: Physiological mechanisms and relevance to pharmacology
Pharmacol Rev. 2017-12-07. 70(1) : 12-38.
10.1124/pr.117.014092 -
Bioactive lipids as new class of microglial modulators: When nutrition meets neuroimunology
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 2017-10-01. 79 : 19-26.
10.1016/j.pnpbp.2016.07.004 -
Roles of Microglial Phagocytosis and Inflammatory Mediators in the Pathophysiology of Sleep Disorders
Front. Cell. Neurosci.. 2017-08-30. 11
10.3389/fncel.2017.00250 -
Inhibiting Microglia Expansion Prevents Diet-Induced Hypothalamic and Peripheral Inflammation.
Diabetes. 2016-11-30. 66(4) : 908-919.
10.2337/db16-0586 -
Modulation of brain PUFA content in different experimental models of mice
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 2016-11-01. 114 : 1-10.
10.1016/j.plefa.2016.09.003 -
Enriched dairy fat matrix diet prevents early life lipopolysaccharide-induced spatial memory impairment at adulthood
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 2016-10-01. 113 : 9-18.
10.1016/j.plefa.2016.08.013 -
Correction: Neuronal Hyperactivity Disturbs ATP Microgradients, Impairs Microglial Motility, and Reduces Phagocytic Receptor Expression Triggering Apoptosis/Microglial Phagocytosis Uncoupling.
PLoS Biol. 2016-09-20. 14(9) : e1002554.
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Correction: Neuronal Hyperactivity Disturbs ATP Microgradients, Impairs Microglial Motility, and Reduces Phagocytic Receptor Expression Triggering Apoptosis/Microglial Phagocytosis Uncoupling.
PLoS Biol. 2016-09-20. 14(9) : e1002554.
10.1371/journal.pbio.1002554 -
Resolvin D1 and E1 promote resolution of inflammation in microglial cells in vitro
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2016-07-01. 55 : 249-259.
10.1016/j.bbi.2015.12.013 -
N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid and neuroinflammation in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
NUA. 2015-05-21. 3(1) : 33-47.
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Microglial Activation Enhances Associative Taste Memory through Purinergic Modulation of Glutamatergic Neurotransmission
Journal of Neuroscience. 2015-02-18. 35(7) : 3022-3033.
10.1523/jneurosci.3028-14.2015 -
Interleukin-6 activates arginine vasopressin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus during immune challenge in rats
American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2009-06-01. 296(6) : E1289-E1299.
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Shaping of motor responses by incentive values through the basal ganglia.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2007-01-31. 27(5) : 1176-1183.
10.1523/jneurosci.3745-06.2007 -
Phenotype of striatofugal medium spiny neurons in parkinsonian and dyskinetic nonhuman primates: a call for a reappraisal of the functional organization of the basal ganglia.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2006-08-23. 26(34) : 8653-8661.
10.1523/jneurosci.2582-06.2006 -
Inactivation of the Cerebral NFκB Pathway Inhibits Interleukin-1β-Induced Sickness Behavior and c-Fos Expression in Various Brain Nuclei
Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005-05-18. 30(8) : 1492-1499.
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Signaling pathways of interleukin-1 actions in the brain: anatomical distribution of phospho-ERK1/2 in the brain of rat treated systemically with interleukin-1beta.
Neuroscience. 2005-01-01. 134(3)
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.04.035 1104537600 -
NFκB Activates in vivo the Synthesis of Inducible Cox-2 in the Brain
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2005-03-09. 25(8) : 1047-1059.
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Book review: Interleukin protocols, methods in molecular medicine, vol. 70
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2003-04-01. 28(3) : 475-476.
10.1016/s0306-4530(02)00071-9