Interactions of glial cells with neuronal synapses, from astrocytes to microglia and oligodendrocyte lineage cells

Y Liu, X Shen, Y Zhang, X Zheng, C Cepeda, Y Wang… - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian brain is a complex organ comprising neurons, glia, and more than 1× 1014
synapses. Neurons are a heterogeneous group of electrically active cells, which form the …

Astrocyte metabolism and signaling pathways in the CNS

Y Zhang, Y Qi, Y Gao, W Chen, T Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes comprise half of the cells in the central nervous system and play a critical role in
maintaining metabolic homeostasis. Metabolic dysfunction in astrocytes has been indicated …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic basis of spatial cognitive variation in a food-caching bird

CL Branch, GA Semenov, DN Wagner, BR Sonnenberg… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Spatial cognition is used by most organisms to navigate their environment. Some species
rely particularly heavily on specialized spatial cognition to survive, suggesting that a …

Neuronal guidance genes in health and diseases

J Yuasa-Kawada, M Kinoshita-Kawada, Y Tsuboi… - Protein & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Neurons migrate from their birthplaces to the destinations, and extending axons navigate to
their synaptic targets by sensing various extracellular cues in spatiotemporally controlled …

[HTML][HTML] HIV Nef expression down-modulated GFAP expression and altered glutamate uptake and release and proliferation in astrocytes

KM Wilson, JJ He - Aging and disease, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
HIV infection of astrocytes leads to restricted gene expression and replication but abundant
expression of HIV early genes Tat, Nef and Rev. A great deal of neuroHIV research has so …

Neuronal small extracellular vesicles carrying miR‐181c‐5p contribute to the pathogenesis of epilepsy by regulating the protein kinase C‐δ/glutamate transporter‐1 …

L Ma, Q Wu, Y You, P Zhang, D Tan, M Liang, Y Huang… - Glia, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information exchange between neurons and astrocytes mediated by extracellular
vesicles (EVs) is known to play a key role in the pathogenesis of central nervous system …

Hepcidin depending on astrocytic NEO1 ameliorates blood-brain barrier dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage

B Wei, W Liu, L Jin, Y Huang, W Cheng, H Fan… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) significantly compromises the blood-brain barrier (BBB)
and impairs patient recovery. This study elucidates the critical role of astrocytic Neogenin-1 …

Activating astrocytic α2A adrenoceptors in hippocampus reduces glutamate toxicity to attenuate sepsis-associated encephalopathy in mice

B Mei, X Xu, J Weng, Y Yang, P Wang, G Qiu… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Glutamate metabolism disorder is an important mechanism of sepsis-
associated encephalopathy (SAE). Astrocytes regulate glutamate metabolism. In septic …

The Role of Histone Deacetylases in Epilepsy: From lactate metabolism to protein lactylation

X Kuang, S Chen, Q Ye - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Protein lactylation is a new form of protein post-translational modification that has been
proposed recently. Lactoyl groups are mainly converted from the glycolytic product lactate …

Potential of multiscale astrocyte imaging for revealing mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders

T Kumamoto, T Tsurugizawa - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes provide trophic and metabolic support to neurons and modulate circuit formation
during development. In addition, astrocytes help maintain neuronal homeostasis through …