Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

C Escartin, E Galea, A Lakatos, JP O'Callaghan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional
remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling …

Reactive astrocytes: production, function, and therapeutic potential

SA Liddelow, BA Barres - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Astrocytes constitute approximately 30% of the cells in the mammalian central nervous
system (CNS). They are integral to brain and spinal-cord physiology and perform many …

Gradient of developmental and injury response transcriptional states defines functional vulnerabilities underpinning glioblastoma heterogeneity

LM Richards, OKN Whitley, G MacLeod, FMG Cavalli… - Nature Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Glioblastomas harbor diverse cell populations, including rare glioblastoma stem cells
(GSCs) that drive tumorigenesis. To characterize functional diversity within this population …

Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease via H2O2 production

H Chun, H Im, YJ Kang, Y Kim, JH Shin, W Won… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although the pathological contributions of reactive astrocytes have been implicated in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), their in vivo functions remain elusive due to the lack of …

Crosstalk between astrocytes and microglia: an overview

A Matejuk, RM Ransohoff - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Based on discoveries enabled by new technologies and analysis using novel computational
tools, neuroscience can be re-conceived in terms of information exchange in dense …

[HTML][HTML] Glial cells and their function in the adult brain: a journey through the history of their ablation

S Jäkel, L Dimou - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Glial cells, consisting of microglia, astrocytes and oligodendrocyte lineage cells as their
major components, constitute a large fraction of the mammalian brain. Originally considered …

Astrocyte-immune cell interactions in physiology and pathology

RT Han, RD Kim, AV Molofsky, SA Liddelow - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Astrocytes play both physiological and pathological roles in maintaining central nervous
system (CNS) function. Here, we review the varied functions of astrocytes and how these …

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 …

Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

M Pekny, M Pekna, A Messing, C Steinhäuser… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
The neurone-centred view of the past disregarded or downplayed the role of astroglia as a
primary component in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases. As this concept is …

The diversity and disparity of the glial scar

KL Adams, V Gallo - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Injury or disease to the CNS results in multifaceted cellular and molecular responses. One
such response, the glial scar, is a structural formation of reactive glia around an area of …