The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is a crucial cellular signaling hub that, like the nervous system itself, integrates internal and external cues to …
K Switon, K Kotulska, A Janusz-Kaminska… - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine-threonine kinase that controls several important aspects of mammalian cell function. mTOR activity is modulated …
J Bockaert, P Marin - Physiological reviews, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
TOR (target of rapamycin) and its mammalian ortholog mTOR have been discovered in an effort to understand the mechanisms of action of the immunosuppressant drug rapamycin …
Cellular senescence is a form of adaptive cellular physiology associated with aging. Cellular senescence causes a proinflammatory cellular phenotype that impairs tissue regeneration …
KK Bercury, WB Macklin - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Vertebrate myelination is an evolutionary advancement essential for motor, sensory, and higher-order cognitive function. CNS myelin, a multilamellar differentiation of the …
J Liu, JL Dupree, M Gacias, R Frawley… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Altered myelin structure and oligodendrocyte function have been shown to correlate with cognitive and motor dysfunction and deficits in social behavior. We and others have …
S Schmitt, LC Castelvetri, M Simons - … (BBA)-Molecular and Cell Biology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Rapid conduction of nerve impulses requires coating of axons by myelin sheaths, which are lipid-rich and multilamellar membrane stacks. The lipid composition of myelin varies …
JM Gaesser, SL Fyffe-Maricich - Experimental neurology, 2016 - Elsevier
The restoration of myelin sheaths on demyelinated axons remains a major obstacle in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Currently approved therapies work by modulating the …
Myelin is essential to nervous system function, playing roles in saltatory conduction and trophic support. Oligodendrocytes (OLs) and Schwann cells (SCs) form myelin in the central …