Progression in translational research on spinal cord injury based on microenvironment imbalance

B Fan, Z Wei, S Feng - Bone research, 2022 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to loss of motor and sensory function below the injury level
and imposes a considerable burden on patients, families, and society. Repair of the injured …

Direct neuronal reprogramming: Fast forward from new concepts toward therapeutic approaches

R Bocchi, G Masserdotti, M Götz - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Differentiated cells have long been considered fixed in their identity. However, about 20
years ago, the first direct conversion of glial cells into neurons in vitro opened the field of" …

Single-cell CUT&Tag profiles histone modifications and transcription factors in complex tissues

M Bartosovic, M Kabbe, G Castelo-Branco - Nature biotechnology, 2021 - nature.com
In contrast to single-cell approaches for measuring gene expression and DNA accessibility,
single-cell methods for analyzing histone modifications are limited by low sensitivity and …

Revisiting astrocyte to neuron conversion with lineage tracing in vivo

LL Wang, C Serrano, X Zhong, S Ma, Y Zou, CL Zhang - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
In vivo cell fate conversions have emerged as potential regeneration-based therapeutics for
injury and disease. Recent studies reported that ectopic expression or knockdown of certain …

Temporal and spatial cellular and molecular pathological alterations with single-cell resolution in the adult spinal cord after injury

C Li, Z Wu, L Zhou, J Shao, X Hu, W Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) involves diverse injury responses in different cell types in a
temporally and spatially specific manner. Here, using single-cell transcriptomic analyses …

Treatment of a genetic brain disease by CNS-wide microglia replacement

Y Shibuya, KK Kumar, MMD Mader, Y Yoo… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Hematopoietic cell transplantation after myeloablative conditioning has been used to treat
various genetic metabolic syndromes but is largely ineffective in diseases affecting the brain …

Single-nucleus genomics in outbred rats with divergent cocaine addiction-like behaviors reveals changes in amygdala GABAergic inhibition

JL Zhou, G de Guglielmo, AJ Ho, M Kallupi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The amygdala processes positive and negative valence and contributes to addiction, but the
cell-type-specific gene regulatory programs involved are unknown. We generated an atlas of …

[HTML][HTML] Reprogramming reactive glia into interneurons reduces chronic seizure activity in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

C Lentini, M d'Orange, N Marichal, MM Trottmann… - Cell stem cell, 2021 - cell.com
Reprogramming brain-resident glial cells into clinically relevant induced neurons (iNs) is an
emerging strategy toward replacing lost neurons and restoring lost brain functions. A …

Retinal microglia: Functions and diseases

W Fan, W Huang, J Chen, N Li, L Mao, S Hou - Immunology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia, the resident immune cells in the retina and nervous system, make irreplaceable
contributions to the maintenance of normal homeostasis and immune surveillance of these …

NeuroD1 induces microglial apoptosis and cannot induce microglia-to-neuron cross-lineage reprogramming

Y Rao, S Du, B Yang, Y Wang, Y Li, R Li, T Zhou, X Du… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The regenerative capacity of neurons is limited in the central nervous system (CNS), with
irreversible neuronal loss upon insult. In contrast, microglia exhibit extraordinary capacity for …