Oligodendrocyte, astrocyte, and microglia crosstalk in myelin development, damage, and repair

HS Domingues, CC Portugal, R Socodato… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating glia of the central nervous system. Myelination of
axons allows rapid saltatory conduction of nerve impulses and contributes to axonal …

Microglia: architects of the developing nervous system

JL Frost, DP Schafer - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
Microglia are resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), representing 5–
10% of total CNS cells. Recent findings reveal that microglia enter the embryonic brain, take …

Senolytic therapy alleviates Aβ-associated oligodendrocyte progenitor cell senescence and cognitive deficits in an Alzheimer's disease model

P Zhang, Y Kishimoto, I Grammatikakis… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Neuritic plaques, a pathological hallmark in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains, comprise
extracellular aggregates of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide and degenerating neurites that …

Glia as sculptors of synaptic plasticity

L Sancho, M Contreras, NJ Allen - Neuroscience Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Glial cells are non-neuronal cells in the nervous system that are crucial for proper brain
development and function. Three major classes of glia in the central nervous system (CNS) …

Aging of cerebral white matter

H Liu, Y Yang, Y Xia, W Zhu, RK Leak, Z Wei… - Ageing research …, 2017 - Elsevier
White matter (WM) occupies a large volume of the human cerebrum and is mainly composed
of myelinated axons and myelin-producing glial cells. The myelinated axons within WM are …

The pathophysiological role of microglia in dynamic surveillance, phagocytosis and structural remodeling of the developing CNS

C Arcuri, C Mecca, R Bianchi, I Giambanco… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In vertebrates, during an early wave of hematopoiesis in the yolk sac between embryonic
day E7. 0 and E9. 0, cells of mesodermal leaflet addressed to macrophage lineage enter in …

Astrocytes and microglia as major players of myelin production in normal and pathological conditions

E Traiffort, A Kassoussi, A Zahaf… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Myelination is an essential process that consists of the ensheathment of axons by myelin. In
the central nervous system (CNS), myelin is synthesized by oligodendrocytes. The …

Iron metabolism in oligodendrocytes and astrocytes, implications for myelination and remyelination

VT Cheli, J Correale, PM Paez, JM Pasquini - ASN neuro, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Iron is a key nutrient for normal central nervous system (CNS) development and function;
thus, iron deficiency as well as iron excess may result in harmful effects in the CNS …

Astrocyte and oligodendrocyte cross-talk in the central nervous system

E Nutma, D van Gent, S Amor, LAN Peferoen - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade knowledge of the role of astrocytes in central nervous system (CNS)
neuroinflammatory diseases has changed dramatically. Rather than playing a merely …

Glial cells in glaucoma: friends, foes, and potential therapeutic targets

MY García-Bermúdez, KK Freude… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, affecting~ 80 million people
by 2020 (,). The condition is characterized by a progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells …