Brain and peripheral atypical inflammatory mediators potentiate neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

D Kempuraj, R Thangavel, GP Selvakumar… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammatory response is primarily a protective mechanism in the brain. However,
excessive and chronic inflammatory responses can lead to deleterious effects involving …

Actin‐depolymerizing factor homology domain: a conserved fold performing diverse roles in cytoskeletal dynamics

M Poukkula, E Kremneva, M Serlachius… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Actin filaments form contractile and protrusive structures that play central roles in many
processes such as cell migration, morphogenesis, endocytosis, and cytokinesis. During …

Co-localization of glia maturation factor with NLRP3 inflammasome and autophagosome markers in human Alzheimer's disease brain

ME Ahmed, S Iyer, R Thangavel… - Journal of …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
presence of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) containing hyperphosphorylated tau …

GMF is a cofilin homolog that binds Arp2/3 complex to stimulate filament debranching and inhibit actin nucleation

M Gandhi, BA Smith, M Bovellan, V Paavilainen… - Current biology, 2010 - cell.com
Cell locomotion and endocytosis are powered by the rapid polymerization and turnover of
branched actin filament networks nucleated by Arp2/3 complex [1]. Although a large number …

Cross-talk between glia, neurons and mast cells in neuroinflammation associated with Parkinson's disease

D Kempuraj, GP Selvakumar, S Zaheer… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2018 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive movement disorder characterized by
neuroinflammation and dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the brain. 1-methyl-4 …

Bauplan of urmetazoa: basis for genetic complexity of metazoa.

WE Müller, M Wiens, T Adell, V Gamulin… - … Review of Cytology, 2004 - europepmc.org
Sponges were first grouped to the animal-plants or plant-animals then to the Zoophyta or
Mesozoa and finally to the Parazoa. Only after the application of molecular biological …

Mast cell proteases activate astrocytes and glia-neurons and release interleukin-33 by activating p38 and ERK1/2 MAPKs and NF-κB

D Kempuraj, R Thangavel, GP Selvakumar… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Inflammatory mediators released from activated microglia, astrocytes, neurons, and mast
cells mediate neuroinflammation. Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by inflammation …

NLRP3 inflammasome and glia maturation factor coordinately regulate neuroinflammation and neuronal loss in MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease

H Javed, R Thangavel, GP Selvakumar… - International …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation plays an active role in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative
diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Earlier studies from this laboratory showed …

A novel role of glia maturation factor: induction of granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor and pro‐inflammatory cytokines

A Zaheer, S Zaheer, SK Sahu, S Knight… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The glia maturation factor (GMF), which was discovered in our laboratory, is a highly
conserved protein predominantly localized in astrocytes. GMF is an intracellular regulator of …

[HTML][HTML] G9a inhibition promotes neuroprotection through GMFB regulation in Alzheimer's disease

A Bellver-Sanchis, Q Geng, G Navarro… - Aging and …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic alterations are a fundamental pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Herein, we show the upregulation of G9a and H3K9me2 in the brains of AD patients …