[HTML][HTML] Platelet-derived exerkine CXCL4/platelet factor 4 rejuvenates hippocampal neurogenesis and restores cognitive function in aged mice

O Leiter, D Brici, SJ Fletcher, XLH Yong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The beneficial effects of physical activity on brain ageing are well recognised, with
exerkines, factors that are secreted into the circulation in response to exercise, emerging as …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise-induced activated platelets increase adult hippocampal precursor proliferation and promote neuronal differentiation

O Leiter, S Seidemann, RW Overall, B Ramasz… - Stem cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Physical activity is a strong positive physiological modulator of adult neurogenesis in the
hippocampal dentate gyrus. Although the underlying regulatory mechanisms are still …

[HTML][HTML] Precocious neuronal differentiation and disrupted oxygen responses in Kabuki syndrome

GA Carosso, L Boukas, JJ Augustin, HN Nguyen… - JCI insight, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chromatin modifiers act to coordinate gene expression changes critical to neuronal
differentiation from neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs). Lysine-specific methyltransferase …

Environment permissible concentrations of glyphosate in drinking water can influence the fate of neural stem cells from the subventricular zone of the postnatal mouse

MI Masood, M Naseem, SA Warda… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The developing nervous system is highly vulnerable to environmental toxicants especially
pesticides. Glyphosate pesticide induces neurotoxicity both in humans and rodents, but so …

[HTML][HTML] L-lactate exerts a pro-proliferative effect on adult hippocampal precursor cells in vitro

A Pötzsch, S Zocher, SN Bernas, O Leiter, AE Rünker… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
L-lactate has energetic and signaling properties, and its availability is modulated by activity-
dependent stimuli, which also regulate adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Studying the …

Neural stem cell-based in vitro bioassay for the assessment of neurotoxic potential of water samples

MI Masood, NT Hauke, MJ Nasim, M Sarfraz… - journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intensive agriculture activities, industrialization and growing numbers of wastewater
treatment plants along river banks collectively contribute to the elevated levels of neurotoxic …

[HTML][HTML] SMYD5 is a regulator of the mild hypothermia response

S Rafnsdottir, K Jang, ST Halldorsdottir, M Vinod… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The mild hypothermia response (MHR) maintains organismal homeostasis during cold
exposure and is thought to be critical for the neuroprotection documented with therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Troxerutin flavonoid has neuroprotective properties and increases neurite outgrowth and migration of neural stem cells from the subventricular zone

MI Masood, KH Schäfer, M Naseem, M Weyland… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Troxerutin (TRX) is a water-soluble flavonoid which occurs commonly in the edible plants.
Recent studies state that TRX improves the functionality of the nervous system and …

[HTML][HTML] The systemic exercise-released chemokine lymphotactin/XCL1 modulates in vitro adult hippocampal precursor cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation

O Leiter, SN Bernas, S Seidemann, RW Overall… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Physical exercise has well-established anti-inflammatory effects, with neuro-immunological
crosstalk being proposed as a mechanism underlying the beneficial effects of exercise on …

In-utero rescue of neurological dysfunction in a mouse model of Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome

T Reynisdottir, KJ Anderson, A Brinn, K Franklin… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WDSTS) is a rare genetic cause of intellectual disability
primarily caused by heterozygous loss of function variants in the gene encoding the histone …