Differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells to neuroglia: in the context of cell signalling

S George, MR Hamblin, H Abrahamse - Stem cell reviews and reports, 2019 - Springer
The promise of engineering specific cell types from stem cells and rebuilding damaged or
diseased tissues has fascinated stem cell researchers and clinicians over last few decades …

Neural stem cell therapies for spinal cord injury repair: an update on recent preclinical and clinical advances

SM Hosseini, B Borys, S Karimi-Abdolrezaee - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a leading cause of lifelong disabilities. Permanent
sensory, motor and autonomic impairments after SCI are substantially attributed to …

[PDF][PDF] Heterocellular spheroids of the neurovascular blood-brain barrier as a platform for personalized nanoneuromedicine

M Kumarasamy, A Sosnik - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Nanoneuromedicine investigates nanotechnology to target the brain and treat neurological
diseases. In this work, we biofabricated heterocellular spheroids comprising human brain …

Glia–neuron interactions in neurological diseases: Testing non-cell autonomy in a dish

K Meyer, BK Kaspar - Brain research, 2017 - Elsevier
For the past century, research on neurological disorders has largely focused on the most
prominently affected cell types–the neurons. However, with increasing knowledge of the …

Single molecule localization microscopy coupled with touch preparation for the quantification of trastuzumab-bound HER2

SJ Tobin, DL Wakefield, V Jones, X Liu, D Schmolze… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
All breast cancers are assessed for levels of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
(HER2). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunohistochemistry are currently …

HIV-1 Tat and cocaine impair survival of cultured primary neuronal cells via a mitochondrial pathway

FI De Simone, N Darbinian, S Amini… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2016 - Springer
Addictive stimulant drugs, such as cocaine, are known to increase the risk of exposure to
HIV-1 infection and hence predispose towards the development of AIDS. Previous findings …

Human primary mixed brain cultures: preparation, differentiation, characterization and application to neuroscience research

B Ray, N Chopra, JM Long, DK Lahiri - Molecular brain, 2014 - Springer
Background Culturing primary cortical neurons is an essential neuroscience technique.
However, most cultures are derived from rodent brains and standard protocols for human …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling neurodevelopmental disorders using human pluripotent stem cells

M Telias, D Ben-Yosef - Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2014 - Springer
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) are impairments that affect the development and
growth of the brain and the central nervous system during embryonic and early postnatal life …

TNF‐α/TNFR2 regulatory axis stimulates EphB2‐mediated neuroregeneration via activation of NF‐κB

PD Pozniak, A Darbinyan… - Journal of cellular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
HIV‐1 infected individuals are at high risk of developing HIV‐associated neurocognitive
disorders (HAND) as HIV infection leads to neuronal injury and synaptic loss in the central …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 and HIV-1-Tat induce mitochondrial DNA damage in human neurons

N Darbinian, A Darbinyan, N Merabova… - Journal of HIV and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: We compared mtDNA or nDNA (nuclear DNA) damage in human cortical neurons
and PBMC cells. Primary neuronal cultures were incubated with conditioned media from HIV …