Oxidative stress and impaired oligodendrocyte precursor cell differentiation in neurological disorders

J Spaas, L Van Veggel, M Schepers, A Tiane… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) account for 5% of the resident parenchymal central
nervous system glial cells. OPCs are not only a back-up for the loss of oligodendrocytes that …

Molecular control of oligodendrocyte development

B Elbaz, B Popko - Trends in neurosciences, 2019 - cell.com
Myelin is a multilayer lipid membrane structure that wraps and insulates axons, allowing for
the efficient propagation of action potentials. During developmental myelination of the …

PPAR agonists and metabolic syndrome: an established role?

M Botta, M Audano, A Sahebkar, CR Sirtori… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Therapeutic approaches to metabolic syndrome (MetS) are numerous and may target
lipoproteins, blood pressure or anthropometric indices. Peroxisome proliferator-activated …

Insulin resistance and neurodegeneration: progress towards the development of new therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease

SM De la Monte - Drugs, 2017 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) should be regarded as a degenerative metabolic disease caused
by brain insulin resistance and deficiency, and overlapping with the molecular, biochemical …

The mechanisms of action of PPARs

J Berger, DE Moller - Annual review of medicine, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are a group of three
nuclear receptor isoforms, PPARγ, PPARα, and PPARδ, encoded by different genes. PPARs …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ): A master gatekeeper in CNS injury and repair

W Cai, T Yang, H Liu, L Han, K Zhang, X Hu… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a widely expressed ligand-
modulated transcription factor that governs the expression of genes involved in …

Why does remyelination fail in multiple sclerosis?

RJM Franklin - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2002 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis is a common cause of neurological disability in young adults. The disease
is complex—its aetiology is multifactorial and largely unknown; its pathology is …

Localization of PPAR isotypes in the adult mouse and human brain

A Warden, J Truitt, M Merriman, O Ponomareva… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors that act
as ligand-activated transcription factors. PPAR agonists have well-documented anti …

An overview on biological mechanisms of PPARs

BP Kota, THW Huang, BD Roufogalis - Pharmacological research, 2005 - Elsevier
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) are transcriptional factors belonging to
the ligand-activated nuclear receptor superfamily. They are ubiquitously expressed …

Immunolocalization of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and retinoid X receptors in the adult rat CNS

S Moreno, S Farioli-Vecchioli, MP Ceru - Neuroscience, 2004 - Elsevier
Peroxisome proliferator-activated and retinoid X receptors (PPARs and RXRs) are
transcription factors belonging to the steroid hormone receptor superfamily. Upon activation …