Some sensome-related molecules that were increased by TGFβ1 in our study are commonly down-regulated in AD-associated microglia and DAM (Keren-Shaul et al., 2017; Krasemann et al., 2017); e.g., Csf1r, Cx3cr1, P2ry12, Tgfbr1. This evidence concerns the gene CX3CR1 and Alzheimer disease.