Revisiting the neurovascular unit

S Schaeffer, C Iadecola - Nature neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
The brain is supplied by an elaborate vascular network that originates extracranially and
reaches deep into the brain. The concept of the neurovascular unit provides a useful …

The neurovascular unit coming of age: a journey through neurovascular coupling in health and disease

C Iadecola - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The concept of the neurovascular unit (NVU), formalized at the 2001 Stroke Progress
Review Group meeting of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma hijacks neuronal mechanisms for brain invasion

V Venkataramani, Y Yang, MC Schubert, E Reyhan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Glioblastomas are incurable tumors infiltrating the brain. A subpopulation of glioblastoma
cells forms a functional and therapy-resistant tumor cell network interconnected by tumor …

Generation of vascularized brain organoids to study neurovascular interactions

XY Sun, XC Ju, Y Li, PM Zeng, J Wu, YY Zhou… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Brain organoids have been used to recapitulate the processes of brain development and
related diseases. However, the lack of vasculatures, which regulate neurogenesis and brain …

Myelination-independent functions of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in health and disease

Y Xiao, T Czopka - Nature Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are a population of tissue-resident glial cells found
throughout the CNS, constituting approximately 5% of all CNS cells and persisting from …

White matter changes in Alzheimer's disease: a focus on myelin and oligodendrocytes

SE Nasrabady, B Rizvi, JE Goldman… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is conceptualized as a progressive consequence of two hallmark
pathological changes in grey matter: extracellular amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary …

Oligodendrocytes in development, myelin generation and beyond

S Kuhn, L Gritti, D Crooks, Y Dombrowski - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS) that are
generated from oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC). OPC are distributed throughout the …

CNS fibroblasts form a fibrotic scar in response to immune cell infiltration

CE Dorrier, D Aran, EA Haenelt, RN Sheehy… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fibrosis is a common pathological response to inflammation in many peripheral tissues and
can prevent tissue regeneration and repair. Here, we identified persistent fibrotic scarring in …

Oligodendrocyte heterogeneity in the mouse juvenile and adult central nervous system

S Marques, A Zeisel, S Codeluppi, D Van Bruggen… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Oligodendrocytes have been considered as a functionally homogeneous population in the
central nervous system (CNS). We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on 5072 cells of …

Cerebral small vessel disease

Q Li, Y Yang, C Reis, T Tao, W Li, X Li… - Cell …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is composed of several diseases affecting the small
arteries, arterioles, venules, and capillaries of the brain, and refers to several pathological …