Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk: an intimate molecular conversation

MK Jha, M Jo, JH Kim, K Suk - The Neuroscientist, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk has recently been at the forefront of glial research. Emerging
evidence illustrates that microglia-and astrocyte-derived signals are the functional …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an update for 2018

B Oskarsson, TF Gendron, NP Staff - Mayo clinic proceedings, 2018 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons
and other neuronal cells, leading to severe disability and eventually death from ventilatory …

Microphysiological 3D model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from human iPS-derived muscle cells and optogenetic motor neurons

T Osaki, SGM Uzel, RD Kamm - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving loss
of motor neurons (MNs) and muscle atrophy, still has no effective treatment, despite much …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of molecular pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Maniatis, T Äijö, S Vickovic, C Braine, K Kang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Paralysis occurring in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) results from denervation of
skeletal muscle as a consequence of motor neuron degeneration. Interactions between …

Autophagy and ALS: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications

JP Chua, H De Calbiac, E Kabashi, SJ Barmada - Autophagy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mechanisms of protein homeostasis are crucial for overseeing the clearance of misfolded
and toxic proteins over the lifetime of an organism, thereby ensuring the health of neurons …

FUS-ALS hiPSC-derived astrocytes impair human motor units through both gain-of-toxicity and loss-of-support mechanisms

K Stoklund Dittlau, L Terrie, P Baatsen… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Astrocytes play a crucial, yet not fully elucidated role in the selective motor
neuron pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Among other responsibilities …

Non-cell-autonomous pathogenic mechanisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ACM Van Harten, H Phatnani, S Przedborski - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset paralytic disorder,
characterized mainly by a loss of motor neurons (MNs) in the CNS. Over the past decades …

Dysfunction of cerebrovascular endothelial cells: prelude to vascular dementia

F Wang, Y Cao, L Ma, H Pei, WD Rausch… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's
disease (AD), characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, memory loss, and thinking …

Therapeutic functions of astrocytes to treat α-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease

Y Yang, JJ Song, YR Choi, S Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Intraneuronal inclusions of misfolded α-synuclein (α-syn) and prion-like spread of the
pathologic α-syn contribute to progressive neuronal death in Parkinson's disease (PD) …

TGF-β as a key modulator of astrocyte reactivity: disease relevance and therapeutic implications

J Luo - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes are essential for normal brain development and functioning. They respond to
brain injury and disease through a process referred to as reactive astrogliosis, where the …