Functional roles of reactive astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

R Patani, GE Hardingham, SA Liddelow - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in uncovering the mechanisms that underlie neuroinflammation and
neurodegenerative disease, therapies that prevent neuronal loss remain elusive. Targeting …

Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders: the roles of microglia and astrocytes

HS Kwon, SH Koh - Translational neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's
disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Microglia and astrocytes …

Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies

A Verkhratsky, A Butt, B Li, P Illes, R Zorec… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Astroglia are a broad class of neural parenchymal cells primarily dedicated to homoeostasis
and defence of the central nervous system (CNS). Astroglia contribute to the …

Astrocyte energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in Alzheimer's disease: integration of the glutamate/GABA-glutamine cycle

JV Andersen, A Schousboe, A Verkhratsky - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Astrocytes contribute to the complex cellular pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Neurons and astrocytes function in close collaboration through neurotransmitter recycling …

Glutathione in the Brain

K Aoyama - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glutathione (GSH) is the most abundant non-protein thiol, and plays crucial roles in the
antioxidant defense system and the maintenance of redox homeostasis in neurons. GSH …

Astrocytes maintain glutamate homeostasis in the CNS by controlling the balance between glutamate uptake and release

S Mahmoud, M Gharagozloo, C Simard, D Gris - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glutamate is one of the most prevalent neurotransmitters released by excitatory neurons in
the central nervous system (CNS); however, residual glutamate in the extracellular space is …

Physiology of astroglia

A Verkhratsky, M Nedergaard - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Astrocytes are neural cells of ectodermal, neuroepithelial origin that provide for homeostasis
and defense of the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocytes are highly heterogeneous in …

Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity

LE Clarke, SA Liddelow… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The decline of cognitive function occurs with aging, but the mechanisms responsible are
unknown. Astrocytes instruct the formation, maturation, and elimination of synapses, and …

Mechanisms of ketamine action as an antidepressant

P Zanos, TD Gould - Molecular psychiatry, 2018 - nature.com
Clinical studies have demonstrated that a single sub-anesthetic dose of the dissociative
anesthetic ketamine induces rapid and sustained antidepressant actions. Although this …

Astrocyte heterogeneity: impact to brain aging and disease

I Matias, J Morgado, FCA Gomes - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes, one of the largest glial cell population in the central nervous system (CNS), play
a key function in several events of brain development and function, such as synapse …