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 …

Roles and regulation of microglia activity in multiple sclerosis: insights from animal models

F Distéfano-Gagné, S Bitarafan, S Lacroix… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
As resident macrophages of the CNS, microglia are critical immune effectors of inflammatory
lesions and associated neural dysfunctions. In multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal …

Spatial proteomics in three-dimensional intact specimens

HS Bhatia, AD Brunner, F Öztürk, S Kapoor, Z Rong… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Spatial molecular profiling of complex tissues is essential to investigate cellular function in
physiological and pathological states. However, methods for molecular analysis of large …

Structural insights into the regulation of human serine palmitoyltransferase complexes

Y Wang, Y Niu, Z Zhang, K Gable, SD Gupta… - Nature Structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Sphingolipids are essential lipids in eukaryotic membranes. In humans, the first and rate-
limiting step of sphingolipid synthesis is catalyzed by the serine palmitoyltransferase …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor and the gut–brain axis

A Barroso, JV Mahler, PH Fonseca-Castro… - Cellular & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor initially
identified as the receptor for dioxin. Almost half a century after its discovery, AHR is now …

Revisiting the critical roles of reactive astrocytes in neurodegeneration

K Qian, X Jiang, ZQ Liu, J Zhang, P Fu, Y Su… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Astrocytes, an integral component of the central nervous system (CNS), contribute to the
maintenance of physiological homeostasis through their roles in synaptic function, K+ …

Bioinformatics and system biology approaches to identify pathophysiological impact of COVID-19 to the progression and severity of neurological diseases

MH Rahman, HK Rana, S Peng, MG Kibria… - Computers in biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) still tends to propagate and increase
the occurrence of COVID-19 across the globe. The clinical and epidemiological analyses …

Contribution of ceramides metabolism in psychiatric disorders

S Bernal‐Vega, M García‐Juárez… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric disorders affect 970 million people worldwide, representing a significant source
of disability. Although the underlying neurobiological traits for these disorders are not fully …

Isotope tracing in health and disease

W Dong, ES Rawat, G Stephanopoulos… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Isotope tracers are used for elucidating substrate utilization, pathway branching,
and metabolic flux rewiring•Recent isotope tracing studies on cancer, neurodegeneration …

GBA1 inactivation in oligodendrocytes affects myelination and induces neurodegenerative hallmarks and lipid dyshomeostasis in mice

I Gregorio, L Russo, E Torretta, P Barbacini… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Background Mutations in the β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) gene do cause the lysosomal
storage Gaucher disease (GD) and are among the most frequent genetic risk factors for …