Emerging potential of exosomal non-coding RNA in parkinson's disease: a review

P Zhang, M Rasheed, J Liang, C Wang… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that are released by cells and circulate freely in body
fluids. Under physiological and pathological conditions, they serve as cargo for various …

microRNA-dependent regulation of gene expression in GABAergic interneurons

KA Kołosowska, G Schratt, J Winterer - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Information processing within neuronal circuits relies on their proper development and a
balanced interplay between principal and local inhibitory interneurons within those circuits …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals diversity within mammalian spinal motor neurons

ES Liau, S Jin, YC Chen, WS Liu, M Calon… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spinal motor neurons (MNs) integrate sensory stimuli and brain commands to generate
movements. In vertebrates, the molecular identities of the cardinal MN types such as those …

[HTML][HTML] Motor neurons use push-pull signals to direct vascular remodeling critical for their connectivity

LF Martins, I Brambilla, A Motta, S de Pretis, GP Bhat… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
The nervous system requires metabolites and oxygen supplied by the neurovascular
network, but this necessitates close apposition of neurons and endothelial cells. We find …

miR-218 promotes dopaminergic differentiation and controls neuron excitability and neurotransmitter release through the regulation of a synaptic-related genes …

S Pulcrano, R De Gregorio, C De Sanctis… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
In the brain, microRNAs (miRNAs) are believed to play a role in orchestrating synaptic
plasticity at a higher level by acting as an additional mechanism of translational regulation …

Remote ischemic conditioning alleviates chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-induced cognitive decline and synaptic dysfunction via the miR-218a-5p/SHANK2 pathway

N Li, C Ren, S Li, W Yu, K Jin, X Ji - Progress in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) due to chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH), is the
second leading cause of dementia. Although synaptic impairment plays a critical role in VCI …

MicroRNA-218 instructs proper assembly of hippocampal networks

SR Taylor, M Kobayashi, A Vilella, D Tiwari, N Zolboot… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The assembly of the mammalian brain is orchestrated by temporally coordinated waves of
gene expression. Post-transcriptional regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs) is a key aspect of …

Modeling movement disorders via generation of hiPSC-derived motor neurons

M Akter, B Ding - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Generation of motor neurons (MNs) from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs)
overcomes the limited access to human brain tissues and provides an unprecedent …

MicroRNAs–small RNAs with a big influence on brain excitability

G Morris - The Journal of physiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs are non‐coding RNAs, approximately 22 nt in length, which serve to negatively
regulate gene expression through binding to complementary sequences in the 3 …

MiR34 contributes to spinal muscular atrophy and AAV9-mediated delivery of MiR34a ameliorates the motor deficits in SMA mice

TH Chen, SH Chang, YF Wu, YP Yen, FY Hsu… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
selective loss of spinal motor neurons (MNs) and concomitant muscle weakness. Mutation of …