Function and therapeutic value of astrocytes in neurological diseases

HG Lee, MA Wheeler, FJ Quintana - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that perform diverse
functions in health and disease. Astrocyte dysfunction is found in numerous diseases …

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

C Escartin, E Galea, A Lakatos, JP O'Callaghan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional
remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling …

Astrocytic and microglial cells as the modulators of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

D Singh - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is instigated by the misfiring of immune cells in the central nervous
system (CNS) involving microglia and astrocytes as key cell-types. Neuroinflammation is a …

Alzheimer's disease: an update and insights into pathophysiology

MB Abubakar, KO Sanusi, A Ugusman… - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible brain disorder associated with slow, progressive
loss of brain functions mostly in older people. The disease processes start years before the …

Targeting neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: From mechanisms to clinical applications

ZZ Si, CJ Zou, X Mei, XF Li, H Luo, Y Shen… - Neural regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by sustained neuroinflammation leading to memory
loss and cognitive decline. The past decade has witnessed tremendous efforts in …

Activation of microglia and astrocytes: a roadway to neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease

D Kaur, V Sharma, R Deshmukh - Inflammopharmacology, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that is of high importance to the
neuroscience world, yet the complex pathogenicity is not fully understood. Inflammation is …

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

MT Heneka, MJ Carson, J El Khoury… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Increasing evidence suggests that Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis is not restricted to the
neuronal compartment, but includes strong interactions with immunological mechanisms in …

Immune attack: the role of inflammation in Alzheimer disease

FL Heppner, RM Ransohoff, B Becher - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The past two decades of research into the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD) have
been driven largely by the amyloid hypothesis; the neuroinflammation that is associated with …

Microglia and astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease: implications for therapy

M Fakhoury - Current neuropharmacology, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by the progressive loss of neurons, which typically leads to severe …

Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

M Pekny, M Pekna, A Messing, C Steinhäuser… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
The neurone-centred view of the past disregarded or downplayed the role of astroglia as a
primary component in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases. As this concept is …