Astrocytes and aging

AL Palmer, SS Ousman - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
By 2050, the aging population is predicted to expand by over 100%. Considering this rapid
growth, and the additional strain it will place on healthcare resources because of age …

Cholinergic modulation of glial function during aging and chronic neuroinflammation

R Gamage, I Wagnon, I Rossetti, R Childs… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aging is a complex biological process that increases the risk of age-related cognitive
degenerative diseases such as dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Lewy Body …

Bacteria-derived nanovesicles enhance tumour vaccination by trained immunity

G Liu, N Ma, K Cheng, Q Feng, X Ma, Y Yue… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Trained immunity enhances the responsiveness of immune cells to subsequent infections or
vaccinations. Here we demonstrate that pre-vaccination with bacteria-derived outer …

Neuronal ApoE upregulates MHC-I expression to drive selective neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

KA Zalocusky, R Najm, AL Taubes, Y Hao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Selective neurodegeneration is a critical causal factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD); however,
the mechanisms that lead some neurons to perish, whereas others remain resilient, are …

The specific role of reactive astrocytes in stroke

L Li, J Zhou, L Han, X Wu, Y Shi, W Cui… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are essential in maintaining normal brain functions such as blood brain barrier
(BBB) homeostasis and synapse formation as the most abundant cell type in the central …

Sexually divergent induction of microglial-associated neuroinflammation with hippocampal aging

CA Mangold, B Wronowski, M Du, DR Masser… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background The necessity of including both males and females in molecular neuroscience
research is now well understood. However, there is relatively limited basic biological data on …

Epigenetic control of gene regulation during development and disease: A view from the retina

X Corso-Díaz, C Jaeger, V Chaitankar… - Progress in retinal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Complex biological processes, such as organogenesis and homeostasis, are stringently
regulated by genetic programs that are fine-tuned by epigenetic factors to establish cell fates …

Sex differences in the phagocytic and migratory activity of microglia and their impairment by palmitic acid

N Yanguas‐Casás, A Crespo‐Castrillo… - Glia, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sex differences in the incidence, clinical manifestation, disease course, and prognosis of
neurological diseases, such as autism spectrum disorders or Alzheimer's disease, have …

Aging in the brain: new roles of epigenetics in cognitive decline

JD Barter, TC Foster - The Neuroscientist, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Gene expression in the aging brain depends on transcription signals generated by
senescent physiology, interacting with genetic and epigenetic programs. In turn …

Sex, sepsis and the brain: defining the role of sexual dimorphism on neurocognitive outcomes after infection

VE Polcz, EL Barrios, B Chapin, CC Price… - Clinical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Sexual dimorphisms exist in multiple domains, from learning and memory to neurocognitive
disease, and even in the immune system. Male sex has been associated with increased …