Contribution of Müller cells in the diabetic retinopathy development: Focus on oxidative stress and inflammation

R Carpi-Santos, RA de Melo Reis, FCA Gomes… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diabetic retinopathy is a neurovascular complication of diabetes and the main cause of
vision loss in adults. Glial cells have a key role in maintenance of central nervous system …

The role and pharmacological properties of the P2X7 receptor in neuropathic pain

W Zhang, Z Zhu, Z Liu - Brain Research Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuropathic Pain (NPP) is caused by direct or indirect damage to the nervous system and is
a common symptom of many diseases. Clinically, drugs are usually used to suppress pain …

Human cerebral organoids and fetal brain tissue share proteomic similarities

JM Nascimento, VM Saia-Cereda… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The limited access to functional human brain tissue has led to the development of stem cell-
based alternative models. The differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into cerebral …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of P2X7 receptor on tumorigenesis and its pharmacological properties

W Zhang, C Hu, Z Zhu, H Luo - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
The occurrence and development of tumors is a multi-factor, multi-step, multi-gene
pathological process, and its treatment has been the most difficult problem in the field of …

The P2X7 receptor stimulates IL-6 release from pancreatic stellate cells and tocilizumab prevents activation of STAT3 in pancreatic cancer cells

L Magni, R Bouazzi, H Heredero Olmedilla… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are important pancreatic fibrogenic cells that interact with
pancreatic cancer cells to promote the progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma …

P2X7 receptor‐targeted regulation by tetrahydroxystilbene glucoside in alcoholic hepatosteatosis: A new strategy towards macrophage–hepatocyte crosstalk

Y Zhang, M Jiang, BW Cui, CH Jin… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Regulating macrophage–hepatocyte crosstalk through P2X7
receptors has led to new pharmacological strategies to reverse alcoholic hepatosteatosis …

Diverse calcium signaling profiles regulate migratory behavior in avascular wound healing and aberrant signal hierarchy occurs early in diabetes

KL Segars, N Azzari, M Cole… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
In avascular wound repair, calcium signaling events are the predominant mechanism cells
use to transduce information about stressors in the environment into an effective and …

The Healthy and Diseased Retina Seen through Neuron–Glia Interactions

MH Tempone, VP Borges-Martins, F César… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The retina is the sensory tissue responsible for the first stages of visual processing, with a
conserved anatomy and functional architecture among vertebrates. To date, retinal eye …

Glutathione-induced calcium shifts in chick retinal glial cells

HR Freitas, G Ferraz, GC Ferreira… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Neuroglia interactions are essential for the nervous system and in the retina Müller cells
interact with most of the neurons in a symbiotic manner. Glutathione (GSH) is a low …

Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 contributes to the ATP-elicited oxidative stress and inflammation in THP-1-derived macrophage

C Tian, X Han, L He, F Tang, R Huang, Z Lin… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) is an ATP-gated non-selective cation channel which
mediates ATP-induced inflammation in macrophages. Transient receptor potential (TRP) …