Programmed axon degeneration: from mouse to mechanism to medicine

MP Coleman, A Höke - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Wallerian degeneration is a widespread mechanism of programmed axon degeneration. In
the three decades since the discovery of the Wallerian degeneration slow (Wld S) mouse …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotection in glaucoma: mechanisms beyond intraocular pressure lowering

JR Tribble, F Hui, H Quintero, S El Hajji, K Bell… - Molecular aspects of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glaucoma is a common, complex, multifactorial neurodegenerative disease characterized
by progressive dysfunction and then loss of retinal ganglion cells, the output neurons of the …

The NAD+-mediated self-inhibition mechanism of pro-neurodegenerative SARM1

Y Jiang, T Liu, CH Lee, Q Chang, J Yang, Z Zhang - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Pathological degeneration of axons disrupts neural circuits and represents one of the
hallmarks of neurodegeneration,,–. Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor motif …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinamide provides neuroprotection in glaucoma by protecting against mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction

JR Tribble, A Otmani, S Sun, SA Ellis, G Cimaglia… - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a REDOX cofactor and metabolite essential for
neuronal survival. Glaucoma is a common neurodegenerative disease in which neuronal …

Wallerian degeneration: an emerging axon death pathway linking injury and disease

L Conforti, J Gilley, MP Coleman - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
Axon degeneration is a prominent early feature of most neurodegenerative disorders and
can also be induced directly by nerve injury in a process known as Wallerian degeneration …

Axon self-destruction: new links among SARM1, MAPKs, and NAD+ metabolism

J Gerdts, DW Summers, J Milbrandt, A DiAntonio - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Wallerian axon degeneration is a form of programmed subcellular death that promotes axon
breakdown in disease and injury. Active degeneration requires SARM1 and MAP kinases …

A glycolytic shift in Schwann cells supports injured axons

E Babetto, KM Wong, B Beirowski - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Axon degeneration is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders. The current
assumption is that the decision of injured axons to degenerate is cell-autonomously …

Wallerian degeneration: gaining perspective on inflammatory events after peripheral nerve injury

AD Gaudet, PG Popovich, MS Ramer - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2011 - Springer
In this review, we first provide a brief historical perspective, discussing how peripheral nerve
injury (PNI) may have caused World War I. We then consider the initiation, progression, and …

Retrograde axonal degeneration in Parkinson disease

P Tagliaferro, RE Burke - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2016 - content.iospress.com
In spite of tremendous research efforts we have not yet achieved two of our principal
therapeutic goals in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD), to prevent its onward …

Axon degeneration: molecular mechanisms of a self-destruction pathway

JT Wang, ZA Medress, BA Barres - Journal of Cell Biology, 2012 - rupress.org
Axon degeneration is a characteristic event in many neurodegenerative conditions including
stroke, glaucoma, and motor neuropathies. However, the molecular pathways that regulate …