Questions and (some) answers on reactive astrocytes

C Escartin, O Guillemaud, M Carrillo‐de Sauvage - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes are key cellular partners for neurons in the central nervous system. Astrocytes
react to virtually all types of pathological alterations in brain homeostasis by significant …

Elusive roles for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases

L Ben Haim, MA Carrillo-de Sauvage… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes play crucial roles in the brain and are involved in the neuroinflammatory
response. They become reactive in response to virtually all pathological situations in the …

No longer underappreciated: the emerging concept of astrocyte heterogeneity in neuroscience

F Pestana, G Edwards-Faret, TG Belgard… - Brain Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes are ubiquitous in the central nervous system (CNS). These cells possess
thousands of individual processes, which extend out into the neuropil, interacting with …

Signaling pathways in reactive astrocytes, a genetic perspective

W Kang, JM Hébert - Molecular neurobiology, 2011 - Springer
Reactive astrocytes are associated with a vast array of central nervous system (CNS)
pathologies. The activation of astrocytes is characterized by changes in their molecular and …

Astrocyte crosstalk in CNS inflammation

M Linnerbauer, MA Wheeler, FJ Quintana - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Astrocytes control multiple processes in the nervous system in health and disease. It is now
clear that specific astrocyte subsets or activation states are associated with specific genomic …

Astrocytic modulation of neuronal signalling

SS Purushotham, Y Buskila - Frontiers in Network Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neuronal signalling is a key element in neuronal communication and is essential for the
proper functioning of the CNS. Astrocytes, the most prominent glia in the brain play a key …

A stocked toolbox for understanding the role of astrocytes in disease

A Almad, NJ Maragakis - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Our understanding of astrocytes and their role in neurological diseases has increased
considerably over the past two decades as the diverse roles of these cells have become …

Astrocytes: heterogeneous and dynamic phenotypes in neurodegeneration and innate immunity

C Cunningham, A Dunne… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Astrocytes are the most numerous cell type in the brain and perform several essential
functions in supporting neuronal metabolism and actively participating in neural circuit and …

Astrocyte diversity: current insights and future directions

T Westergard, JD Rothstein - Neurochemical research, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Astrocytes make up 20–40% of glial cells within the central nervous system (CNS)
and provide several crucial functions, ranging from metabolic and structural support to …

[HTML][HTML] Astrogliosis as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases

AM Colangelo, L Alberghina, M Papa - Neuroscience letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Chronic neurodegenerative diseases represent major unmet needs for therapeutic
interventions. Recently, the neurocentric view of brain function and disease has been …