Triptolide promotes spinal cord repair by inhibiting astrogliosis and inflammation.

abstract：:Knowledge of the precise timing of myelination is critical to the success of zebrafish-based in vivo screening strategies for potential remyelination therapies. This study provides a systematic review of the timing of myelination in the zebrafish spinal cord and a critique of techniques by which it may be accurately a...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Buckley CE,Marguerie A,Alderton WK,Franklin RJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiform (GBM) are devastating brain tumors containing a fraction of multipotent stem-like cells which are highly tumorigenic. These cells are resistant to treatments and are likely to be responsible for tumor recurrence. One approach to eliminate GBM stem-like cells would be to force their terminal diff...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Guichet PO,Bieche I,Teigell M,Serguera C,Rothhut B,Rigau V,Scamps F,Ripoll C,Vacher S,Taviaux S,Chevassus H,Duffau H,Mallet J,Susini A,Joubert D,Bauchet L,Hugnot JP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendroglial cells undergo rapid transcriptional and dynamic morphological transformation in order to effectively myelinate neuronal axons. Olig1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, functions to promote the transcription of myelin-specific genes and promotes differentiation and (re)myelination. While t...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Niu J,Mei F,Wang L,Liu S,Tian Y,Mo W,Li H,Lu QR,Xiao L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of metallothioneins I/II in the mouse brain and their specific area distribution upon physical stress were studied. To induce physical stress, groups of mice were subjected to total darkness for different periods (2 weeks, 1 month, and 2 months). The concentration of metallothioneins, evaluated by imm...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Beltramini M,Di Pisa C,Zambenedetti P,Wittkowski W,Mocchegiani E,Musicco M,Zatta P

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic glial activation in neurodegenerative diseases contributes to neuronal dysfunction and neuron loss through production of neuroinflammatory molecules. However, the molecular mechanisms, particularly the signal transduction pathways involved in glia-dependent neuron death, are poorly understood. As a first step ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Xie Z,Smith CJ,Van Eldik LJ

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the adaptive and innate immune systems in the brain parenchyma and in the meningeal spaces contribute to physiologic functions and disease states in the central nervous system (CNS). Animal studies have demonstrated the involvement of immune constituents, along with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) mole...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Healy LM,Yaqubi M,Ludwin S,Antel JP

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is the main component of intermediate filaments in astrocytes. To assess its function in astrocyte swelling, we compared astrocyte membrane properties and swelling in spinal cord slices of 8- to 10-day-old wild-type control (GFAP(+/+)) and GFAP-knockout (GFAP(-/-)) mice. Membrane...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Anderová M,Kubinová S,Mazel T,Chvátal A,Eliasson C,Pekny M,Syková E

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poor regenerative ability of neurons of the central nervous system in mammals, as compared with their counterpart in fish or amphibians, is thought to stem from differences in their immediate nonneuronal environment and its response to axonal injury. We describe one aspect of the environmental response to axonal i...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Cohen I,Sivron T,Lavie V,Blaugrund E,Schwartz M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cells have been shown to express several biophysically and pharmacology distinct potassium channel types. However, the molecular identity of most glial K+ channels is unknown. We have developed an antibody specific for the Shaker type potassium channel Kv1.5 protein, and demonstrate by immunohistochemistry the p...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Roy ML,Saal D,Perney T,Sontheimer H,Waxman SG,Kaczmarek LK

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of sodium channel alpha-subunit isoforms in astrocytes cultured from P-0 rat spinal cord and P-7 rat optic nerve was examined utilizing immunocytochemical methods with antibodies generated against conserved and isoform-specific amino acid sequences of the rat brain sodium channel. In spinal cord culture...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Black JA,Westenbroek R,Minturn JE,Ransom BR,Catterall WA,Waxman SG

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain are poorly understood. However, several studies have implied a role for reactive microglia located in the dorsal horn in neuropathic pain. To clarify the roles of activated microglia in neuropathic pain, we investigated the interactions among microglia and other neural compon...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Maeda M,Tsuda M,Tozaki-Saitoh H,Inoue K,Kiyama H

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were given a single dose of trimethyltin chloride (TMT). Three days following treatment, a neuronal alteration was observed in the CA3c pyramidal cell layer of hippocampus which was not accompanied by any apparent astrocyte reaction. At 1 as well as 2 weeks after treatment, a gliosis in hippo...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Andersson H,Luthman J,Olson L

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes play a key role regulating aspects of inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS). Several enzymes, such as the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) or the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), along with different inflammatory mediators such as the free radical nitric oxide (NO) or proinflammatory cytokines, ha...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Ortega-Gutiérrez S,Molina-Holgado E,Guaza C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions are regarded as the primary pathway underlying propagation of Ca2+ waves between astrocytes, although signaling through extracellular space may also contribute. Results obtained from astrocytes cultured from sibling Cx43 knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice in six litters showed that Ca2+ waves propagat...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Scemes E,Dermietzel R,Spray DC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a Ca2+ binding peptide expressed predominantly by activated monocytes. In order to investigate the role of AIF-1 in autoimmune lesions of the rat nervous system, we have used a synthetic gene to express AIF-1 in E. coli and have produced monoclonal antibodies against AIF-1. A...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Schluesener HJ,Seid K,Kretzschmar J,Meyermann R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogenic role of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and its involvement in basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-induced proliferation were examined in primary cultures of cerebellar astrocytes. Exposure to bFGF resulted in a rapid increase of extracellular S1P formation, bFGF inducing astrocytes to release S1P, but n...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Bassi R,Anelli V,Giussani P,Tettamanti G,Viani P,Riboni L

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the function of astrocytes in the adult brain, we have targeted the expression of E. coli nitroreductase (NTR) to the astrocytes of transgenic mice under the control of the GFAP promoter. The astrocytes expressing NTR were selectively ablated after administration of the prodrug CB1954, resulting in motor disc...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Cui W,Allen ND,Skynner M,Gusterson B,Clark AJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABA receptors are distributed widely throughout the central nervous system on a variety of cell types. It has become increasingly clear that astrocytes, both in cell culture and tissue slices, express abundant GABAA receptors. In astrocytes, GABA activates Cl(-)-specific channels that are modulated by barbiturates an...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Fraser DD,Mudrick-Donnon LA,MacVicar BA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelination in corpus callosum plays important role for normal brain functions by transferring neurological information between various brain regions. However, the factors controlling expression of myelin genes in myelination are poorly understood. Here, CXXC5, a recently identified protein with CXXC-type zinc finger ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kim MY,Kim HY,Hong J,Kim D,Lee H,Cheong E,Lee Y,Roth J,Kim DG,Min do S,Choi KY

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Cerebral edema, a life-threatening medical complication, contributes to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and a poor clinical prognosis after TBI. Unfortunately, treatment options to reduce post-traumatic edema remain suboptimal, du...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Laird MD,Shields JS,Sukumari-Ramesh S,Kimbler DE,Fessler RD,Shakir B,Youssef P,Yanasak N,Vender JR,Dhandapani KM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with immune-mediated pathogenesis is frequently associated with enhanced expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on resident glial cells, including astrocytes. Recently, a soluble form of ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) has been demonstrated within the CNS and cerebrospina...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Lyons PD,Benveniste EN

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to improve understanding of remodeling events in the glaucomatous optic nerve head, the migration of optic nerve head astrocytes was studied in vitro. Since elevated intraocular pressure is an important stress factor identified in glaucomatous eyes, optic nerve head astrocytes were incubated under physical st...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Tezel G,Hernandez MR,Wax MB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroadapted Sindbis Virus (NSV) is a neuronotropic virus that causes hindlimb paralysis in susceptible mice and rats. The authors and others have demonstrated that though death of infected motor neurons occurs, bystander death of uninfected neurons also occurs and both contribute to the paralysis that ensues followin...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Carmen J,Gowing G,Julien JP,Kerr D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia respond rapidly to injury, increasing their synthesis and release of inflammatory mediators, many of which contribute to the maintenance of persistent pain following CNS or PNS injury. We have recently shown that the lysosomal cysteine protease Cathepsin S (CatS) expressed by spinal microglia is vital for th...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Clark AK,Wodarski R,Guida F,Sasso O,Malcangio M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is known to promote proliferation of both retinal progenitors and Muller glia in vitro, but several questions remain concerning an in vivo role for this factor. In this study, we investigated whether the EGF receptor (EGFR) is necessary for the maintenance of normal levels of progenitor a...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Close JL,Liu J,Gumuscu B,Reh TA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is a potent and broadly acting neurotrophic factor that protects neurons in various types of cultured neurons against glutamate excitotoxicity and induced-apoptosis. Some of the effects of PEDF reflect specific changes in gene expression, mediated via activation of the transcri...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Yabe T,Sanagi T,Schwartz JP,Yamada H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cells play a crucial role in the organization and function of the nervous system. Cell-cell adhesion receptors of the cadherin family have been shown to participate in distinct morphogenetic processes throughout the development of the CNS, but little is known about glial expression of cadherins. Applying immunof...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Gerhardt H,Rascher G,Schuck J,Weigold U,Redies C,Wolburg H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial erythrophagocytosis is crucial in injury response to hemorrhagic stroke. We hypothesized that regulation of microglial erythrophagocytosis via HO-1/CO depends on a pathway involving reactive oxygen species (ROS) and CD36 surface-expression. The microglial BV-2 cell line and primary microglia (PMG) were incu...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kaiser S,Selzner L,Weber J,Schallner N

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p75 neurotrophin receptor has been implicated in the regulation of multiple cellular functions that differ depending on the cell context. We have observed that p75(NTR) is strongly induced on astrocytes as well as neurons in the hippocampal CA3 region after seizures; however, the function of this receptor on these...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Cragnolini AB,Huang Y,Gokina P,Friedman WJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has been tightly linked to compact myelin formation in the peripheral nervous system. We recently demonstrated that myelination of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) axons by Schwann cells may occur in the absence of basal lamina. We have now determined whether laminin deposition occ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Podratz JL,Rodriguez E,Windebank AJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00