Brain region-and sex-specific transcriptional profiles of microglia

K Barko, M Shelton, X Xue, Y Afriyie-Agyemang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are resident macrophages of the brain, performing roles related to brain
homeostasis, including modulation of synapses, trophic support, phagocytosis of apoptotic …

Cellular hallmarks of aging emerge in the ovary prior to primordial follicle depletion

VA Ansere, S Ali-Mondal, R Sathiaseelan… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decline in ovarian reserve with advancing age is associated with reduced fertility and the
emergence of metabolic disturbances, osteoporosis, and neurodegeneration. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Translatomic response of retinal Müller glia to acute and chronic stress

AJ Chucair-Elliott, SR Ocañas, K Pham… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of retina cell type-specific epigenetic and transcriptomic signatures is
crucial to understanding the pathophysiology of retinal degenerations such as age-related …

Minimizing the ex vivo confounds of cell-isolation techniques on transcriptomic and translatomic profiles of purified microglia

SR Ocañas, KD Pham, HE Blankenship… - Eneuro, 2022 - eneuro.org
Modern molecular and biochemical neuroscience studies require analysis of specific
cellular populations derived from brain tissue samples to disambiguate cell type-specific …

It takes a neural village: Circuit-based approaches for estrogenic regulation of episodic memory

MR Schwabe, LR Taxier, KM Frick - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cognitive behaviors, such as episodic memory formation, are complex processes involving
coordinated activity in multiple brain regions. However, much of the research on hormonal …

Microglial MHC-I induction with aging and Alzheimer's is conserved in mouse models and humans

CM Kellogg, K Pham, AH Machalinski, HL Porter… - Geroscience, 2023 - Springer
Major histocompatibility complex I (MHC-I) CNS cellular localization and function is still
being determined after previously being thought to be absent from the brain. MHC-I …

Microglial-specific knockdown of iron import gene, Slc11a2, blunts LPS-induced neuroinflammatory responses in a sex-specific manner

KV Robertson, MW Schleh, FE Harrison… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation and microglial iron load are significant hallmarks found in several
neurodegenerative diseases. In in vitro systems, microglia preferentially upregulate the iron …

Breast cancer therapies reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease and promote estrogenic pathways and action in brain

GL Branigan, G Torrandell-Haro, S Chen, Y Shang… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Worldwide, an ever-increasing number of women are prescribed estrogen-modulating
therapies (EMTs) for the treatment of breast cancer. In parallel, aging of the global …

Inducible cell-specific mouse models for paired epigenetic and transcriptomic studies of microglia and astroglia

AJ Chucair-Elliott, SR Ocañas, DR Stanford… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression occurs in a cell type-specific manner. Current cell-
type specific neuroepigenetic studies rely on cell sorting methods that can alter cell …

Molecular changes in transcription and metabolic pathways underlying muscle atrophy in the CuZnSOD null mouse model of sarcopenia

K Sataranatarajan, G Pharaoh, JL Brown, R Ranjit… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Mice lacking the superoxide anion scavenger CuZn superoxide dismutase (Sod1−/− mice)
develop a number of age-related phenotypes, including an early progression of muscle …