Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

C Escartin, E Galea, A Lakatos, JP O'Callaghan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional
remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling …

Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies

A Verkhratsky, A Butt, B Li, P Illes, R Zorec… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Astroglia are a broad class of neural parenchymal cells primarily dedicated to homoeostasis
and defence of the central nervous system (CNS). Astroglia contribute to the …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes undergo subtype-specific transcriptional changes in Alzheimer's disease

JS Sadick, MR O'Dea, P Hasel, T Dykstra, A Faustin… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Resolving glial contributions to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is necessary because changes in
neuronal function, such as reduced synaptic density, altered electrophysiological properties …

Differences between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid glial fibrillary acidic protein levels across the Alzheimer disease continuum

AL Benedet, M Milà-Alomà, A Vrillon, NJ Ashton… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a marker of reactive astrogliosis that
increases in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood of individuals with Alzheimer disease …

Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is elevated in cognitively normal older adults at risk of Alzheimer's disease

P Chatterjee, S Pedrini, E Stoops, K Goozee… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), an astrocytic cytoskeletal protein, can be measured in
blood samples, and has been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, plasma …

Reactive astrocytes acquire neuroprotective as well as deleterious signatures in response to Tau and Aß pathology

Z Jiwaji, SS Tiwari, RX Avilés-Reyes, M Hooley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) alters astrocytes, but the effect of Aß and Tau pathology is poorly
understood. TRAP-seq translatome analysis of astrocytes in APP/PS1 ß-amyloidopathy and …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction between Aβ and tau in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, W Wei, M Zhao, L Ma, X Jiang… - … journal of biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Extracellular neuritic plaques composed of amyloid‑β (Aβ) protein and intracellular
neurofibrillary tangles containing phosphorylated tau protein are the two hallmark proteins of …

Role of monoamine oxidase activity in Alzheimer's disease: an insight into the therapeutic potential of inhibitors

T Behl, D Kaur, A Sehgal, S Singh, N Sharma… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite not being utilized as considerably as other antidepressants in the therapy of
depression, the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) proceed to hold a place in …

Cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease; from risk genes to pathological effects

FM Feringa, R Van der Kant - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While the central nervous system compromises 2% of our body weight, it harbors up to 25%
of the body's cholesterol. Cholesterol levels in the brain are tightly regulated for …

GFAP as a potential biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KY Kim, KY Shin, KA Chang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Blood biomarkers have been considered tools for the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring
of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) and tau are primarily blood …