Transgenic analysis of GFAP promoter elements.

abstract：:Rehabilitative therapies after stroke are designed to improve remodeling of neuronal circuits and to promote functional recovery. Only very little is known about the underlying cellular mechanisms. In particular, the effects of rehabilitative training on glial cells, which play an important role in the pathophysiology...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Keiner S,Wurm F,Kunze A,Witte OW,Redecker C

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painful neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes, one hallmark of which is tactile allodynia (pain hypersensitivity to innocuous stimulation). The underlying mechanisms of tactile allodynia are, however, poorly understood. Emerging evidence indicates that, following nerve injury, activated microg...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Tsuda M,Ueno H,Kataoka A,Tozaki-Saitoh H,Inoue K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semaphorin 7A (Sema7A) is involved in the formation of the central nervous system during development by operating axon guidance and neuronal migration. We investigated the expression of the TGFβ-inducible Sema7A following spinal cord injury (SCI). After SCI, Sema7A(+) cells accumulated specifically in lesion areas res...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kopp MA,Brommer B,Gatzemeier N,Schwab JM,Prüss H

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Glial cell-mediated potassium and glutamate homeostases play important roles in the regulation of neuronal excitability. Diminished potassium and glutamate buffering capabilities of astrocytes result in hyperexcitability of neurons and abnormal synaptic transmission. The role of the different K+ channels in maintainin...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kucheryavykh YV,Kucheryavykh LY,Nichols CG,Maldonado HM,Baksi K,Reichenbach A,Skatchkov SN,Eaton MJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) regulates oligodendrocyte (OLG) differentiation by mechanisms that remain poorly understood. Exposure of OLGs to NT-3 induces a significant increase in the levels of myelin basic protein (MBP). However, we found that this stimulation occurs in the absence of measurable effects on MBP gene promote...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Coelho RP,Yuelling LM,Fuss B,Sato-Bigbee C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on their typical pattern of membrane currents, four populations of glial cells could be identified in thin brain slices of the postnatal hippocampus. In the present study, we applied the patch-clamp technique to glial cells in the hippocampal CA1 region, which are characterized by a complex pattern of different ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Akopian G,Kressin K,Derouiche A,Steinhäuser C

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are considered the only cell population of mesodermal origin in the brain, although their role is not fully understood. The present study demonstrated that rat primary microglial cells expressed nestin, A2B5, and O4 antigens, which are markers for oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Based on these findings, we ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Yokoyama A,Yang L,Itoh S,Mori K,Tanaka J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term, persistent central nervous system inflammation is commonly seen following brain infection. Using a murine model of viral encephalitis (murine cytomegalovirus, MCMV) we have previously shown that post-encephalitic brains are maintained in an inflammatory state consisting of glial cell reactivity, retention o...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Lokensgard JR,Schachtele SJ,Mutnal MB,Sheng WS,Prasad S,Hu S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor II (IGFII) acts as a potent mitogen for several tumor types and has been reported to positively influence astrocytoma cell growth and motility. In the central nervous system, IGFII bioavailability is mainly modulated by insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (IGFBP2), which sequestrate...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Rorive S,Berton A,D'haene N,Takacs CN,Debeir O,Decaestecker C,Salmon I

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptors for the complement anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a are expressed by glial cells and neurons in normal and inflamed brain. Previous studies demonstrated modest elevations in mRNA expression of these receptors in a model of focal cerebral ischemia. Using a similar model system for both mice and rats, we report ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Barnum SR,Ames RS,Maycox PR,Hadingham SJ,Meakin J,Harrison D,Parsons AA

更新日期：2002-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes are the most numerous cell type in the central nervous system. When cultured, these cells express a wide variety of receptors for neurotransmitters. Nonetheless, it has yet to be firmly established that adult astrocytes in situ express receptors for neurotransmitters. In this report the technique of combine...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Salm AK,McCarthy KD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroprotective M2-skewed microglia appear as promising to alter the course of neurodegenerative diseases and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are potential targets to achieve such microglial polarization. A common feature of adenosine A2A (A2A R) and cannabinoid CB2 (CB2 R) GPCRs in microglia is that their express...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Franco R,Reyes-Resina I,Aguinaga D,Lillo A,Jiménez J,Raïch I,Borroto-Escuela DO,Ferreiro-Vera C,Canela EI,Sánchez de Medina V,Del Ser-Badia A,Fuxe K,Saura CA,Navarro G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in oligodendroglial cell death in human demyelinating diseases are only partly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the BH3 only protein Puma, but not Noxa, is essential for oligodendroglial cell death in toxic demyelination induced by the copper chelator cuprizone. Primary oligodendrocytes de...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Hagemeier K,Lürbke A,Hucke S,Albrecht S,Preisner A,Klassen E,Hoffmann E,Cui QL,Antel J J,Brück W,Klotz L,Kuhlmann T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the inward K+ currents of Müller glial cells from healthy and pathologically changed human retinas. To this purpose, the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique was performed on noncultured Müller cells acutely isolated from human retinas. Cells originated from retinas of four healthy organ donors and of 24 pat...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Francke M,Pannicke T,Biedermann B,Faude F,Wiedemann P,Reichenbach A,Reichelt W

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the optic nerve, as an analogous tissue to brain white matter, to assess possible relationships between changes in the blood-nerve barrier, axonal integrity, and astrocyte morphology in the central nervous system during fatal murine cerebral malaria (FMCM). In the FMCM model, namely, CBA mice infected with...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Ma N,Madigan MC,Chan-Ling T,Hunt NH

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Schwann cells (SCs) and olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) have shown promise for spinal cord injury repair. We sought their in vivo identification following transplantation into the contused adult rat spinal cord at 1 week post-injury by: (i) DNA in situ hybridization (ISH) with a Y-chromosome specific probe to identif...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Pearse DD,Sanchez AR,Pereira FC,Andrade CM,Puzis R,Pressman Y,Golden K,Kitay BM,Blits B,Wood PM,Bunge MB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsin and protease M/neurosin are serine proteases expressed by neurons and glial cells, and serve a variety of functions in the central nervous system (CNS). The current study demonstrates changes in the expression of these proteases following hemisection of the mouse spinal cord. Within unlesioned spinal cord, n...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Terayama R,Bando Y,Takahashi T,Yoshida S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the expression and regulation of the L-cystine transporter, system x(c) (-), in Müller cells. In this study, newly developed conditionally immortalized rat Müller cell lines (TR-MUL) from transgenic rats harboring the temperature-sensitive SV 40 large T-antigen gene we...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Tomi M,Funaki T,Abukawa H,Katayama K,Kondo T,Ohtsuki S,Ueda M,Obinata M,Terasaki T,Hosoya K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypotonic challenge induces transient swelling in glial cells, which is typically followed by a regulatory volume decrease (RVD). In contrast, lactic acidosis (lactacidosis) induces persistent cell swelling in astrocytes without an accompanying RVD. In the present study, we studied the mechanisms by which lactacidosis...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Nabekura T,Morishima S,Cover TL,Mori S,Kannan H,Komune S,Okada Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of our present knowledge of glial cell function stems from studies of glioma cell lines, both rodent (C6, C6 polyploid, and TR33B) and human (1321N1, 138MG, D384, R-111, T67, Tp-276MG, Tp-301MG, Tp-483MG, Tp-387MG, U-118MG, U-251MG, U-373MG, U-787MG, U-1242MG, and UC-11MG). New methods such as patch clamp and Ca2...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Brismar T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) results in efficient remyelination in animal models of demyelination. However, the experiments so far undertaken have not addressed the need for tissue-type matching to achieve graft-mediated remyelination. Examination of MHC expression (main determinant of all...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Tepavcević V,Blakemore WF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelin basic protein gene (Mbp) encodes for the major myelin structural proteins and it is included in the Golli-Mbp gene complex. Previously, we observed MBP-like proteins in the human central nervous system (CNS) at developmental stages preceding myelination. In an effort to distinguish between Golli (HOG5 and H...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Tosic M,Rakic S,Matthieu J-,Zecevic N

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) is a predominant water channel protein in mammalian brains, localized in the astrocyte plasma membrane. The regulation of AQP4 is believed to be important for the homeostasis of water in the brain, but the AQP4 regulatory mechanisms are not yet known. In this study, we investigated the effect of a p...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Nakahama K,Nagano M,Fujioka A,Shinoda K,Sasaki H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA), a metabolite of vitamin A, is required for the regulation of growth and development. Aberrant expression of molecules involved in RA signaling has been reported in various cancer types including glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 2 (CRABP2) has previously been sho...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Liu RZ,Li S,Garcia E,Glubrecht DD,Poon HY,Easaw JC,Godbout R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the brain, glycogen metabolism has been implied in synaptic plasticity and learning, yet the distribution of this molecule has not been fully described. We investigated cerebral glycogen of the mouse by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using two monoclonal antibodies that have different affinities depending on the glycog...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Oe Y,Baba O,Ashida H,Nakamura KC,Hirase H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque deposition in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to decrease proliferation in neurogenic niches in AD mouse models, but the effects on cell proliferation and differentiation in other brain areas have not been studied in detail. We analyzed cell proliferation in the cortex of wild type (WT) and APPswePS1dE9 trans...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kamphuis W,Orre M,Kooijman L,Dahmen M,Hol EM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By promoting cell proliferation, survival and maturation insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I is essential to the normal growth and development of the central nervous system. It is clear that IGF-I actions are primarily mediated by the type I IGF receptor (IGF1R), and that phosphoinositide 3 (PI3)-Akt kinases and MAP ki...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Ye P,Hu Q,Liu H,Yan Y,D'ercole AJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) differentiate and mature into oligodendrocytes, which produce myelin in the central nervous system. Prior studies have shown that the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is necessary for proper myelination of the mouse spinal cord and that bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) sign...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Ornelas IM,Khandker L,Wahl SE,Hashimoto H,Macklin WB,Wood TL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00