Trem2 and Tyrobp are considered as hub genes for microglial functions and the TREM2-APOE pathway has been shown essential to drive the transcriptional phenotype associated with dysfunctional microglia in neurodegenerative diseases (Jay et al., 2017; Krasemann et al., 2017; Gratuze et al., 2018; Ulland and Colonna, 2018; Deczkowska et al., 2020). Here, TREM2 is linked to neurodegenerative disease.