Transplanted glial restricted precursor cells improve neurobehavioral and neuropathological outcomes in a mouse model of neonatal white matter injury despite limited cell survival.

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：:Injection of Fluoro-Gold (FG) into the whisker pad of rats yields a stable retrograde labeling of facial motoneurons. After removal of 10 mm from the facial nerve the microglia phagocytose the FG-prelabeled dead neurons and assume the label. A subsequent brightfield immunostaining of the sections with HRP-DAB as end-p...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Angelov DN,Neiss WF,Streppel M,Walther M,Guntinas-Lichius O,Stennert E

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury to the adult brain results in the formation of a glial scar that involves both activated astroglia and microglia/macrophages. Although reactive gliosis has been linked to failure of axonal regeneration in the adult mammalian CNS, the spatio-temporal pattern of the postlesion responses in morphology and distribu...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Stichel CC,Müller HW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resident microglia of the rat CNS express a unique type of keratan sulfate immunoreactivity (KS-IR) that is lacking on peripheral monocytes/macrophages and associated with a so far unknown proteoglycan core protein. Microglial KS-IR is downregulated during T-cell-mediated autoimmune inflammation but largely preserved ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Jander S,Schroeter M,Fischer J,Stoll G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RhoGTPases are molecular switches that integrate extracellular signals to perform diverse cellular responses. This ability relies on the network of proteins regulating RhoGTPases activity and localization, and on the interaction of RhoGTPases with many different cellular effectors. Myelination is an ideal place for Rh...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Feltri ML,Suter U,Relvas JB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are CNS resident immune cells and a rich source of neuroactive mediators, but their contribution to physiological brain processes such as synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory is not fully understood. In this study, we used mice with partial depletion of IκB kinase β, the main activating kinase in the in...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kyrargyri V,Vega-Flores G,Gruart A,Delgado-García JM,Probert L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-linked mutation rumpshaker (rsh), which is probably an allele of jimpy (jp), causes hypomyelination in the CNS of mice. This study examines the developmental expression of the morphology, glial cells, and immunostaining of myelin proteins in the optic nerve and spinal cord. The optic nerve contains varying numbe...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Fanarraga ML,Griffiths IR,McCulloch MC,Barrie JA,Kennedy PG,Brophy PJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th17 cells and interleukin-17 (IL-17) have been found to play an important role in the pathology of multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Response to IL-17, reactive astrocytes accompany with immune cells infiltration and axonal damage in MS/EAE. However, the ro...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Liu X,Zhou F,Yang Y,Wang W,Niu L,Zuo D,Li X,Hua H,Zhang B,Kou Y,Guo J,Kong F,Pan W,Gao D,Meves JM,Sun H,Xue M,Zhang Q,Wang Y,Tang R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes are thought to exert diverse functions in the brain, but it has been difficult to prove this in vivo because of a scarcity of tools to manipulate these cells. Here, we report the generation of new transgenic mouse lines that allow for conditional gene ablation in astrocytes using the tamoxifen- (TAM-) induc...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Slezak M,Göritz C,Niemiec A,Frisén J,Chambon P,Metzger D,Pfrieger FW

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominant glial cells of the drone retina (outer pigment cells) respond to an increase in extracellular [K+] (Ko) by a net uptake of K+; thus, they contribute to bringing Ko back toward its baseline value. The authors report herein that there is also a different mechanism by which light stimulation of the retina...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Coles JA,Schneider-Picard G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting predominantly motor neurons. Recent studies suggest that the disease progression of ALS is non-cell-autonomous, although the interaction between neurons and glial cells in different disease stages is not entirely clear. Here, we ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Wang R,Yang B,Zhang D

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia are intrinsic immune cells in the brain. In response to neurodegenerative events, excessively activated microglia change their shapes and release various cytokines leading to the pathogenesis of central nervous system (CNS) disease. Because the intracellular mechanisms of this process are still unclear, we h...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Konno M,Shirakawa H,Iida S,Sakimoto S,Matsutani I,Miyake T,Kageyama K,Nakagawa T,Shibasaki K,Kaneko S

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Activation of microglia resulting in exacerbated inflammation expression plays an important role in degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, how this enhanced inflammation is induced in microglia remains largely unclear. Here, in the mouse PD model induced by ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： He Q,Wang Q,Yuan C,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the distribution of astrocytes in the nerve fiber layer (NFL) has been studied in the sparsely vascularized retinae of the guinea pig and horse and in the richly vascularized retina of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) using immunocytochemical methods. In the guinea pig retina glial fi...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Schnitzer J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the intracellular and extracellular biological role of S100B protein with respect to microglia. S100B, which belongs to the multigenic family of Ca2+-binding proteins, is abundant in astrocytes where it is found diffusely in the cytoplasm and is associated with membranes and cytoskeleton constituents. S10...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Adami C,Sorci G,Blasi E,Agneletti AL,Bistoni F,Donato R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of a modular organization of non-neuronal elements was analyzed in the opercular region of the striate neocortex in adult New World monkeys. For this purpose, and in order to follow possible correlations in the general organization of neuronal and astroglial elements, immunocytochemical procedures for ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Colombo JA,Schleicher A,Zilles K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simvastatin, a lipophilic statin that crosses the blood-brain barrier, is being evaluated as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) due to its anti-inflammatory properties. We assessed the effects of simvastatin on cultures of rat newborn and human fetal oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) and human adult...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Miron VE,Rajasekharan S,Jarjour AA,Zamvil SS,Kennedy TE,Antel JP

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia show a rich repertoire of activation patterns regulated by a complex ensemble of surface ion channels, receptors, and transporters. We and others have investigated whether microglia vary their K+ channel expression as a means to achieve functional diversity. However, most of the prior studies were conducted ...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Di Lucente J,Nguyen HM,Wulff H,Jin LW,Maezawa I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulative evidence indicates that microglial cells influence the normal development of central nervous system (CNS) synapses. Yet, the functional properties of microglia in relation with synapse development remain unclear. We recently showed that in layer 4 of the whisker-related barrel field of the mouse somatosen...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Arnoux I,Hoshiko M,Mandavy L,Avignone E,Yamamoto N,Audinat E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of glial cells occur in the retina, Müller cells and astrocytes. These cells share several structural features such as extending endfeet onto blood vessels of the retina. Retinal vessels express a tight blood-retinal barrier which is comparable to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) of the CNS. While astrocytes ha...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Small RK,Watkins BA,Munro PM,Liu D

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) of the optic nerve are generated in the preoptic area, from where they migrate to colonize it entirely. Sonic hedgehog (Shh) induces the proliferation of these cells as well as influencing their migration, acting through its canonical receptor (Ptc-1). However, the multiligand re...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Ortega MC,Cases O,Merchán P,Kozyraki R,Clemente D,de Castro F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and its receptor TrkC are known to be important for neuronal survival. More recently, NT-3 has been implicated as playing a role in oligodendrocyte (OL) proliferation and survival in vitro. Examination of NT-3 and TrkC knockout mice revealed a reduction in NT-3-dependent neurons. To date, no stud...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Kahn MA,Kumar S,Liebl D,Chang R,Parada LF,De Vellis J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of receptor blockade induced by an angiotensin II type-1 receptor antagonist (AT(1)-RB) on glial and vascular changes in oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR), a model of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). OIR was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by exposure to 80% oxygen from postnatal (P) days 0-1...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Downie LE,Pianta MJ,Vingrys AJ,Wilkinson-Berka JL,Fletcher EL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glial cells that ensheath olfactory axons are referred to as ensheathing cells. In vivo, these non-myelinating glial cells express a mixture of astrocyte-specific and Schwann cell-specific phenotypic features with the former cellular phenotype predominating, but in vitro can assemble a myelin sheath when co-cultur...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Doucette R,Devon R

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwann cells develop from neural crest cells in an ordered series of events and give rise to myelinating and nonmyelinating subtypes. In their mature state, myelinating Schwann cells produce myelin sheaths that provide trophic support to axons and allow saltatory conduction in the vertebrate peripheral nervous system...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Fröb F,Wegner M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In myelinated axons, voltage-gated sodium channels specifically cluster at the nodes of Ranvier, while voltage-gated potassium channels are located at the juxtaparanodes. These characteristic localizations are influenced by myelination. During development, Nav1.2 first appears in the predicted nodes during myelination...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Suzuki A,Hoshi T,Ishibashi T,Hayashi A,Yamaguchi Y,Baba H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synaptic zinc ions released during synaptic transmission interact with pre- and postsynaptic neuroreceptors, thus modulating neurotransmission. It is likely that they have to be efficiently cleared from the extracellular milieu to assure subsequent synaptic events. Both neurons and glia are assumed to participate in t...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Varea E,Alonso-Llosà G,Molowny A,Lopez-Garcia C,Ponsoda X

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that cultured astrocytes from neonatal rat cerebral cortex are depolarized by GABA. The underlying ionic mechanism, activation of a Cl- conductance and responses to an agonist and antagonists were found to be similar to those of the neuronal GABAA receptor (Kettenmann et al.: Brain Research 40...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Backus KH,Kettenmann H,Schachner M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoglycemia is a common and serious problem among diabetic patients receiving treatment with insulin or other glucose-lowering drugs. Moderate hypoglycemia impairs neurological function, and severe hypoglycemia leads to death of selectively vulnerable neurons. Recent advances have shed new light on the underlying pro...

journal_title：Glia

authors： Suh SW,Hamby AM,Swanson RA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00