Gut microbiota interact with the brain through systemic chronic inflammation: implications on neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and aging

Y Mou, Y Du, L Zhou, J Yue, X Hu, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It has been noticed in recent years that the unfavorable effects of the gut microbiota could
exhaust host vigor and life, yet knowledge and theory are just beginning to be established …

Regulation of blood–brain barrier integrity by microglia in health and disease: a therapeutic opportunity

PT Ronaldson, TP Davis - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a critical regulator of CNS homeostasis. It possesses
physical and biochemical characteristics (ie tight junction protein complexes, transporters) …

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease Mpro causes microvascular brain pathology by cleaving NEMO in brain endothelial cells

J Wenzel, J Lampe, H Müller-Fielitz, R Schuster… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can damage cerebral small vessels and
cause neurological symptoms. Here we describe structural changes in cerebral small …

Neuronal regulation of the blood–brain barrier and neurovascular coupling

L Kaplan, BW Chow, C Gu - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
To continuously process neural activity underlying sensation, movement and cognition, the
CNS requires a homeostatic microenvironment that is not only enriched in nutrients to meet …

Bridging barriers: a comparative look at the blood–brain barrier across organisms

NM O'Brown, SJ Pfau, C Gu - Genes & development, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts free access of molecules between the blood and the
brain and is essential for regulating the neural microenvironment. Here, we describe how …

Intracellular transport and regulation of transcytosis across the blood–brain barrier

R Villaseñor, J Lampe, M Schwaninger… - Cellular and molecular life …, 2019 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier is a dynamic multicellular interface that regulates the transport of
molecules between the blood circulation and the brain parenchyma. Proteins and peptides …

Emerging links between cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative diseases—a special role for pericytes

U Lendahl, P Nilsson, C Betsholtz - EMBO reports, 2019 - embopress.org
Neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases cause considerable human suffering,
and therapy options for these two disease categories are limited or non‐existing. It is an …

Footprints of a microbial toxin from the gut microbiome to mesencephalic mitochondria

AR Esteves, MF Munoz-Pinto, D Nunes-Costa… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by alpha-synuclein (aSyn)
aggregation and death of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. Recent evidence posits …

Protective effects of endothelial progenitor cell-derived extracellular mitochondria in brain endothelium

K Hayakawa, SJ Chan, ET Mandeville, JH Park… - Stem …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) have been pursued as a potential cellular therapy for
stroke and central nervous system injury. However, their underlying mechanisms remain to …

Spreading depolarizations trigger caveolin‐1–dependent endothelial transcytosis

H Sadeghian, B Lacoste, T Qin, X Toussay… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Cortical spreading depolarizations (CSDs) are intense and ubiquitous
depolarization waves relevant for the pathophysiology of migraine and brain injury. CSDs …