Smaller Body Size, Early Postnatal Lethality, and Cortical Extracellular Matrix-Related Gene Expression Changes of Cyfip2-Null Embryonic Mice.

abstract：:The application of super-resolution optical microscopy to investigating synaptic structures has revealed a highly heterogeneous and variable intra-synaptic organization. Dense subsynaptic protein assemblies named subsynaptic domains or SSDs have been proposed as structural units that regulate the efficacy of neuronal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yang X,Specht CG

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Collateral sprouting of surviving axons contributes to the synaptic reorganization after brain injury. To study this clinically relevant phenomenon, we used complex organotypic tissue cultures of mouse entorhinal cortex (EC) and hippocampus (H). Single EC-H cultures were generated to analyze associational sprouting, a...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Del Turco D,Paul MH,Beeg Moreno VJ,Hildebrandt-Einfeldt L,Deller T

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is a prominent trait of cellular decline during aging and intimately linked to neuronal degeneration during Parkinson's disease (PD). Various proteins associated with PD have been shown to differentially impact mitochondrial dynamics, quality control and function, including the leucine-rich r...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Aufschnaiter A,Kohler V,Walter C,Tosal-Castano S,Habernig L,Wolinski H,Keller W,Vögtle FN,Büttner S

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) can result in an irreversible disability due to loss of sensorimotor function below the lesion. Presently, clinical treatments for SCI mainly include surgery, drugs and postoperative rehabilitation. The prospective roles of bioscaffolds and exosomes in several neurological diseases have been r...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wang X,Botchway BOA,Zhang Y,Yuan J,Liu X

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of postmitotic neurons occurs during different stages of development, including metamorphosis, and may also be part of neuronal plasticity and regeneration. Recently we showed that growth of post-mitotic neuroendocrine cells expressing the basic helix loop helix (bHLH) transcription factor Dimmed (Dimm) in Dros...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Liu Y,Luo J,Nässel DR

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial activation and the inflammatory response in the central nervous system (CNS) play important roles in secondary damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Transcriptional activation of genes that limit secondary damage to the CNS are mediated by a cis-acting element called the antioxidant responsive element ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Chen X,Wang H,Zhou M,Li X,Fang Z,Gao H,Li Y,Hu W

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mecp2 is a DNA methylation reader that plays a critical role in experience-dependent plasticity. Increasing evidence supports a role for epigenetic modifications in activity-induced gene expression. Hence, candidate genes related to such phenomena are of great interest. Ryanodine receptors are intracellular calcium ch...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Torres RF,Hidalgo C,Kerr B

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are characterized by a wide range of symptoms including delayed speech, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction, social deficits, breathing problems, structural abnormalities, and epilepsy. Unfortunately, current treatment strategies are limited and innovative new approaches are ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Fisher NM,Seto M,Lindsley CW,Niswender CM

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinsulin was first identified as the primary translation product of the insulin gene in Donald Steiner's laboratory in 1967, and was the first prohormone to be isolated and sequenced. While its role as an insulin precursor has been extensively studied in the field of endocrinology, the bioactivity of the proinsulin ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： de Pablo F,Hernández-Sánchez C,de la Rosa EJ

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) contains heterogeneous populations of sensory neurons including primary nociceptive neurons and C-fibers implicated in pain signaling. Recent studies have demonstrated DRG hyperexcitability associated with downregulation of A-type K(+) channels; however, the molecular correlate of the co...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Phuket TR,Covarrubias M

更新日期：2009-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) are essential epigenetic regulators with critical roles in tumor initiation and malignant progression. However, the roles and mechanisms of aberrantly expressed lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of gliomas are not fully understood. With the development of deep sequencing analyses, an extensive...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yan Y,Xu Z,Li Z,Sun L,Gong Z

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical marijuana is increasingly prescribed as an analgesic for a growing number of indications, amongst which terminal cancer and multiple sclerosis. However, the mechanistic aspects and properties of cannabis remain remarkably poorly characterized. In this study we aimed to investigate the immune-cell modulatory pr...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Utomo WK,de Vries M,Braat H,Bruno MJ,Parikh K,Comalada M,Peppelenbosch MP,van Goor H,Fuhler GM

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, signaling through ubiquitin has been shown to be of great importance for normal brain development. Indeed, fluctuations in ubiquitin levels and spontaneous mutations in (de)ubiquitination enzymes greatly perturb synapse formation and neuronal transmission. In the brain, expression of lysine (K) 48-lin...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Pinto MJ,Pedro JR,Costa RO,Almeida RD

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The constitutively active protein glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), a serine/threonine kinase, acts paradoxically as a tumor suppressor in some cancers while potentiates growth in others. Deciphering what governs its actions is vital for understanding many pathological conditions, including brain cancer. What are see...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Mills CN,Nowsheen S,Bonner JA,Yang ES

更新日期：2011-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-progressive neurodegenerative pathologies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), are distinguished and diagnosed by disease-specific components of intra- or extra-cellular aggregates. Increasing evidence suggests that neuroinflammation promotes protein aggregation, and is involved in the etiology of neurological dis...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Kakraba S,Ayyadevara S,Penthala NR,Balasubramaniam M,Ganne A,Liu L,Alla R,Bommagani SB,Barger SW,Griffin WST,Crooks PA,Shmookler Reis RJ

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary intracranial tumor of adults and confers a poor prognosis due to high vascularization. Hence anti-angiogenic therapy has become a promising strategy for GBM treatment. In this study, the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T-cells 5 (NFAT5) was significant...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Yu H,Zheng J,Liu X,Xue Y,Shen S,Zhao L,Li Z,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) are two motoneuron diseases (MNDs) characterized by aberrant protein behavior in affected cells. In familial ALS (fALS) and in SBMA specific gene mutations lead to the production of neurotoxic proteins or peptides prone to misfold, which...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Rusmini P,Cristofani R,Galbiati M,Cicardi ME,Meroni M,Ferrari V,Vezzoli G,Tedesco B,Messi E,Piccolella M,Carra S,Crippa V,Poletti A

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation of the P2X7k splice variant on mouse T cells by Ecto-ADP-ribosyltransferase ARTC2.2 in response to its substrate extracellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) triggers cell death. Since NAD+ is released as a danger signal during tissue damage, this NAD+-induced cell death (NICD) may impact th...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Rissiek B,Stabernack J,Cordes M,Duan Y,Behr S,Menzel S,Magnus T,Koch-Nolte F

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke is one of the most common causes of death and disability worldwide. Neuroinflammation is a major pathological event involved in the process of ischemic injury and repair. In particular, microglia play a dual role in neuroinflammation. During the acute phase of stroke onset, M2 microglia are the dominan...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Lian L,Zhang Y,Liu L,Yang L,Cai Y,Zhang J,Xu S

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenorhabditis elegans somatic protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is actively remodeled at the onset of reproduction. This proteostatic collapse is regulated cell-nonautonomously by signals from the reproductive system that transmit the commitment to reproduction to somatic cells. Here, we asked whether the link betwe...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Shemesh N,Shai N,Meshnik L,Katalan R,Ben-Zvi A

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Panx1 forms plasma membrane channels in brain and several other organs, including the inner ear. Biophysical properties, activation mechanisms and modulators of Panx1 channels have been characterized in detail, however the impact of Panx1 on auditory function is unclear due to conflicts in published results. To addres...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Zorzi V,Paciello F,Ziraldo G,Peres C,Mazzarda F,Nardin C,Pasquini M,Chiani F,Raspa M,Scavizzi F,Carrer A,Crispino G,Ciubotaru CD,Monyer H,Fetoni AR,M Salvatore A,Mammano F

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) is a Na+-dependent transporter that plays a key role in glutamate homeostasis by removing excess glutamate in the central nervous system (CNS). GLT-1 dysregulation occurs in various neurological diseases including Huntington's disease (HD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Peterson AR,Binder DK

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal identity is generated by the cell-surface expression of clustered protocadherin (Pcdh) isoforms. In mice, 58 isoforms from three gene clusters, Pcdhα, Pcdhβ, and Pcdhγ, are differentially expressed in neurons. Since cis-heteromeric Pcdh oligomers on the cell surface interact homophilically with that in other ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Hasegawa S,Kobayashi H,Kumagai M,Nishimaru H,Tarusawa E,Kanda H,Sanbo M,Yoshimura Y,Hirabayashi M,Hirabayashi T,Yagi T

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose that brain energy deficit is an important pre-symptomatic feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that requires closer attention in the development of AD therapeutics. Our rationale is fourfold: (i) Glucose uptake is lower in the frontal cortex of people >65 years-old despite cognitive scores that are normal fo...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Cunnane SC,Courchesne-Loyer A,Vandenberghe C,St-Pierre V,Fortier M,Hennebelle M,Croteau E,Bocti C,Fulop T,Castellano CA

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma, the major cause of infant cancer deaths, results from fast proliferation of undifferentiated neuroblasts. Treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma includes differentiation with retinoic acid (RA); however, the resistance of many of these tumors to RA-induced differentiation poses a considerable challenge. H...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Kasim M,Heß V,Scholz H,Persson PB,Fähling M

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium chloride co-transporter 2 (KCC2), a major chloride transporter that maintains GABAA receptor inhibition in mature mammalian neurons, is down-regulated in the hippocampus during epileptogenesis. Impaired KCC2 function accelerates or facilitates seizure onset. Calpain, with two main subtypes of m- and μ-calpai...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wan L,Ren L,Chen L,Wang G,Liu X,Wang BH,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The astrocyte-specific enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS), which catalyzes the amidation of glutamate to glutamine, plays an essential role in supporting neurotransmission and in limiting NH4+ toxicity. Accordingly, deficits in GS activity contribute to epilepsy and neurodegeneration. Despite its central role in brain p...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Huyghe D,Denninger AR,Voss CM,Frank P,Gao N,Brandon N,Waagepetersen HS,Ferguson AD,Pangalos M,Doig P,Moss SJ

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:MiRNAs are key regulators of the mammalian transcriptome that have been increasingly linked to degenerative diseases of the motor neurons. Although many of the miRNAs currently incriminated as participants in the pathogenesis of these diseases are also important to the normal development and function of motor neurons,...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Hawley ZCE,Campos-Melo D,Droppelmann CA,Strong MJ

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many unanswered questions about the roles of the actin pointed end capping and actin nucleation by tropomodulins (Tmod) in regulating neural morphology. Previous studies indicate that Tmod1 and Tmod2 regulate morphology of the dendritic arbor and spines. Tmod3, which is expressed in the brain, had only a min...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Gray KT,Stefen H,Ly TNA,Keller CJ,Colpan M,Wayman GA,Pate E,Fath T,Kostyukova AS

更新日期：2018-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:An abnormally expanded GGGGCC repeat in C9ORF72 is the most frequent causal mutation associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Both gain-of-function (gf) and loss-of-function (lf) mechanisms have been involved in C9ORF72 related ALS/FTLD. The gf mechanism of C9ORF72 ...

journal_title：Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

authors： Wang X,Hao L,Saur T,Joyal K,Zhao Y,Zhai D,Li J,Pribadi M,Coppola G,Cohen BM,Buttner EA

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00