ALS genetics, mechanisms, and therapeutics: where are we now?

R Mejzini, LL Flynn, IL Pitout, S Fletcher… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The scientific landscape surrounding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to shift
as the number of genes associated with the disease risk and pathogenesis, and the cellular …

Towards prevention of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and new treatments

MA Elafros, H Andersen, DL Bennett… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) occurs in up to half of individuals with type 1 or type 2
diabetes. DPN results from the distal-to-proximal loss of peripheral nerve function, leading to …

Conservation and divergence of cortical cell organization in human and mouse revealed by MERFISH

R Fang, C Xia, JL Close, M Zhang, J He, Z Huang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The human cerebral cortex has tremendous cellular diversity. How different cell types are
organized in the human cortex and how cellular organization varies across species remain …

Single-cell spatial transcriptome reveals cell-type organization in the macaque cortex

A Chen, Y Sun, Y Lei, C Li, S Liao, J Meng, Y Bai, Z Liu… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Elucidating the cellular organization of the cerebral cortex is critical for understanding brain
structure and function. Using large-scale single-nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial …

Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination

M Zirngibl, P Assinck, A Sizov, AV Caprariello… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background The dietary consumption of cuprizone–a copper chelator–has long been known
to induce demyelination of specific brain structures and is widely used as model of multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Myelin in the central nervous system: structure, function, and pathology

C Stadelmann, S Timmler… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Oligodendrocytes generate multiple layers of myelin membrane around axons of the central
nervous system to enable fast and efficient nerve conduction. Until recently, saltatory nerve …

Thinking outside the box: non-canonical targets in multiple sclerosis

L Bierhansl, HP Hartung, O Aktas, T Ruck… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system that
causes demyelination, axonal degeneration and astrogliosis, resulting in progressive …

Non-neuronal cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—from pathogenesis to biomarkers

BF Vahsen, E Gray, AG Thompson, O Ansorge… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The prevailing motor neuron-centric view of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
pathogenesis could be an important factor in the failure to identify disease-modifying therapy …

Oligodendrocyte–axon metabolic coupling is mediated by extracellular K+ and maintains axonal health

ZJ Looser, Z Faik, L Ravotto, HS Zanker, RB Jung… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The integrity of myelinated axons relies on homeostatic support from oligodendrocytes
(OLs). To determine how OLs detect axonal spiking and how rapid axon–OL metabolic …

Brain single-nucleus transcriptomics highlights that polystyrene nanoplastics potentially induce Parkinson's disease-like neurodegeneration by causing energy …

B Liang, Y Huang, Y Zhong, Z Li, R Ye, B Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the prevalence of nanoplastics in daily life, human exposure is inevitable. However,
whether and how nanoplastics cause neurotoxicity in humans remains obscure. Herein, we …