Up-regulated CD68 expression in microglia has also been observed in various kinds of neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and brain tumor, which involves in neurodegeneration, neuronal death and neuroinflammation (Aronica et al., 2005; Bachstetter et al., 2013; Bachstetter et al., 2015; Aono et al., 2017). The gene discussed is CD68; the disease is Alzheimer disease.