Mitochondria-Endoplasmic Reticulum Contact Sites (MERCS/MAM): Multi-Layered Upstream Regulators of Microglial Senescence in Alzheimer's Disease.
Overall, MERCS dysfunction is proposed as a candidate multimodal upstream hub for calcium, mitochondrial, inflammatory, lipid and ER-stress signalling, and rigorous in-vivo validation together with microglia-selective delivery platforms is essential for therapeutic translation.