Microglia in motor neuron disease

BA Ashford, D Boche, J Cooper‐Knock… - Neuropathology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a fatal neurodegenerative condition, which is characterized
by the selective loss of the upper and lower motor neurons. At the sites of motor neuron …

Neutrophil-mediated mechanisms of damage and in-vitro protective effect of colchicine in non-vascular Behçet's syndrome

A Bettiol, M Becatti, E Silvestri… - Clinical & …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Behçet's syndrome (BS) is a systemic vasculitis with several clinical manifestations.
Neutrophil hyperactivation mediates vascular BS pathogenesis, via both a massive reactive …

The pathogenic role of c-Kit+ mast cells in the spinal motor neuron-vascular niche in ALS

M Kovacs, C Alamón, C Maciel, V Varela… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Degeneration of motor neurons, glial cell reactivity, and vascular alterations in the CNS are
important neuropathological features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Immune cells …

Imaging immunological processes from blood to brain in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Amor, E Nutma, M Marzin… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Neuropathology studies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and animal models of ALS
reveal a strong association between aberrant protein accumulation and motor neurone …

Siponimod modulates the reaction of microglial cells to pro-inflammatory stimulation

J Gruchot, F Lein, I Lewen, L Reiche, V Weyers… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Siponimod (Mayzent®), a sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) modulator which
prevents lymphocyte egress from lymphoid tissues, is approved for the treatment of …

A nitroalkene benzoic acid derivative targets reactive microglia and prolongs survival in an inherited model of ALS via NF-κB inhibition

S Ibarburu, M Kovacs, V Varela, J Rodríguez-Duarte… - …, 2021 - Springer
Motor neuron degeneration and neuroinflammation are the most striking pathological
features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS currently has no cure and approved …

'A picture is worth a thousand words': The use of microscopy for imaging neuroinflammation

LS de Fraga, IDÁ Tassinari, J Jantsch… - Clinical & …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Since the first studies of the nervous system by the Nobel laureates Camillo Golgi and
Santiago Ramon y Cajal using simple dyes and conventional light microscopes, microscopy …

Diagnostic utility of immunohistochemical detection of MEOX2, SOX11, INSM1 and EGFR in Gliomas

J Soukup, L Gerykova, A Rachelkar, H Hornychova… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Histological identification of dispersed glioma cells in small biopsies can be challenging,
especially in tumours lacking the IDH1 R132H mutation or alterations in TP53. We …

Spontaneous early-onset neurodegeneration in the brainstem and spinal cord of NSG, NOG, and NXG mice

G Finesso, E Willis, JC Tarrant, M Lanza… - Veterinary …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The spectrum of background, incidental, and experimentally induced lesions affecting NSG
and NOG mice has been the subject of intense investigation. However, comprehensive …

Primary cultures of rat astrocytes and microglia and their use in the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

K Milićević, A Korenić, M Milošević… - JoVe (Journal of Visualized …, 2022 - jove.com
This protocol demonstrates how to prepare primary cultures of glial cells, astrocytes, and
microglia from the cortices of Sprague Dawley rats and how to use these cells for the …