Elusive roles for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases

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Targeting reactive astrocytes by pH-responsive ligand-bonded polymeric nanoparticles in spinal cord injury

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Astrocyte heterogeneity in ischemic stroke: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

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Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition Attenuates Excitotoxicity Involving 14,15-Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid–Mediated Astrocytic Survival and Plasticity to Preserve Glutamate Homeostasis

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Evaluation of Blood Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein as a Potential Marker in Huntington's Disease

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Bridging the gap of axonal regeneration in the central nervous system: A state of the art review on central axonal regeneration

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A Selection of Important Genes and Their Correlated Behavior in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Pharmacological stimulation of sigma-1 receptor promotes activation of astrocyte via ERK1/2 and GSK3β signaling pathway

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Uncovering mechanisms of brain inflammation in Alzheimer's disease with APOE4 : Application of single cell‐type lipidomics

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A Compartmental Model to Investigate Local and Global Ca2+ Dynamics in Astrocytes

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Analysis of the expression of the Wnt family of proteins and its modulatory role on cytokine expression in non activated and activated astroglial cells

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CircRNA CTNNB1 (circCTNNB1) ameliorates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by sponging miR-96-5p to up-regulate scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SRB1) expression

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Alpha lipoic acid reverses scopolamine-induced spatial memory loss and pyramidal cell neurodegeneration in the prefrontal cortex of Wistar rats

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Sex and APOE Genotype Alter the Basal and Induced Inflammatory States of Primary Astrocytes from Humanized Targeted Replacement Mice

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Pilot Study of Cytoprotective Mechanisms of Selenium Nanorods (SeNrs) under Ischemia-like Conditions on Cortical Astrocytes

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Utilizing human cerebral organoids to model breast cancer brain metastasis in culture

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REMOVED: Cerebrolysin enhances spinal cord conduction and reduces blood-spinal cord barrier breakdown, edema formation, immediate early gene expression and cord pathology after injury

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ATP evokes Ca2+signals in cultured foetal human cortical astrocytes entirely through G protein‐coupled P2Y receptors

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Potassium 2-(1-hydroxypentyl)-benzoate attenuates neuronal apoptosis in neuron–astrocyte co-culture system through neurotrophy and neuroinflammation pathway

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Cannabinoid 1 receptor signaling on GABAergic neurons influences astrocytes in the ageing brain

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AP‐1 and the injury response of theGFAPgene

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Effect of long-term administration of antiretroviral drugs (Tenofovir and Nevirapine) on neuroinflammation and neuroplasticity in mouse hippocampi

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Absence of BBSome function leads to astrocyte reactivity in the brain

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Gene Therapy in the Management of Parkinson’s Disease: Potential of GDNF as a Promising Therapeutic Strategy

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The Role of Astrocytes in Synaptic Dysfunction and Memory Deficits in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Regulation of the ARE-binding proteins, TTP (tristetraprolin) and HuR (human antigen R), in inflammatory response in astrocytes

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Calpain-Mediated Alterations in Astrocytes Before and During Amyloid Chaos in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Kynurenic acid blunts A1 astrocyte activation against neurodegeneration in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

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Investigating the Effect of Inosine on Brain Purinergic Receptors and Neurotrophic and Neuroinflammatory Parameters in an Experimental Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Role of astrocyte in neuroinflammation‐induced loss in neuroplasticity and subsequent onset of depression: A systematic review

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Tau and Amyloid beta causes microglial activation in Alzheimer’s disease

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The neuroprotective effect of quercetin nanoparticles in the therapy of neuronal damage stimulated by acrolein

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Antagonizing bone morphogenetic protein 4 attenuates disease progression in a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Aberrant astrocytic expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan receptors in a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Astrocytes of the eye and optic nerve: heterogeneous populations with unique functions mediate axonal resilience and vulnerability to glaucoma

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Induction of peptidylarginine deiminase 2 and 3 by dibutyryl cAMP via cAMP‐PKA signaling in human astrocytoma U‐251MG cells

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A Potential Role for α-Amylase in Amyloid-β-Induced Astrocytic Glycogenolysis and Activation

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Investigation of Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination in mGFAP-Driven Conditional Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) Receptor Knockout Mice

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Association of plasma GFAP with elevated brain amyloid is dependent on severity of white matter lesions in an Asian cognitively impaired cohort

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Neuroprotective Benefits of Aerobic Exercise and Organoselenium Dietary Supplementation in Hippocampus of Old Rats

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A toll-like receptor 9 antagonist restores below-level glial glutamate transporter expression in the dorsal horn following spinal cord injury

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Protein kinase C eta is activated in reactive astrocytes of an Alzheimer's disease mouse model: Evidence for its immunoregulatory function in primary astrocytes

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Neuroprotective Effect of 4-Phenylbutyric Acid against Photo-Stress in the Retina

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Modulation of Hippocampal Astroglial Activity by Synaptamide in Rats with Neuropathic Pain

Manzhulo, I., Manzhulo, O. S., Tyrtyshnaia, A. A., Ponomarenko, A. I., Konovalova, S. P., Ermolenko, E. V., Milkina, E., & Starinets, A. (2021) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci11121561 · Cited by 16

Therapeutic hypothermia for the treatment of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia: sex-dependent modulation of reactive astrogliosis

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Characterization of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Chronic Phase of Stroke in a Cynomolgus Monkey Model of Induced Cerebral Ischemia

Law, H. C.-H., Szeto, S. S. W., Quan, Q., Zhao, Y., Zhang, Z., Krakovska, O., Lui, L. T., Zheng, C., Lee, S. M., Siu, K. W. M., et al. (2017) · Journal of Proteome Research · doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00651 · Cited by 17

Multidirectional inhibition of cortico-hippocampal neurodegeneration by kolaviron treatment in rats

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On the reactive states of astrocytes in prion diseases

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Dysregulation of neuroprotective lipoxin pathway in astrocytes in response to cytokines and ocular hypertension

Karnam, S., Maurya, S., Ng, E., Choudhary, A., Thobani, A., Flanagan, J. G., & Gronert, K. (2024) · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · doi:10.1186/s40478-024-01767-2 · Cited by 15

Monitoring Astrocyte Reactivity and Proliferation in Vitro Under Ischemic-Like Conditions

Ferrer‐Acosta, Y., Gonzalez-Vega, M. N., Rivera-Aponte, D. E., Martinez-Jimenez, S. M., & Martins, A. H. B. (2017) · Journal of Visualized Experiments · doi:10.3791/55108 · Cited by 15

Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Effects of the Grifola frondosa Natural Compound o-Orsellinaldehyde on LPS-Challenged Murine Primary Glial Cells. Roles of NF-κβ and MAPK

Tomas‐Hernández, S., Blanco, J., Garcı́a-Vallvé, S., Pujadas, G., Ojeda, M. J., Gimeno, A., Arola, L., Minghetti, L., Beltrán‐Debón, R., & Mulero, M. (2021) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics13060806 · Cited by 15

Vascular endothelial growth factor associated dissimilar cerebrovascular phenotypes in two different mouse models of Alzheimer's Disease

Tataryn, N. M., Singh, V., Dyke, J. P., Berk-Rauch, H., Clausen, D. M., Aronowitz, E., Norris, E. H., Strickland, S., & Ahn, H. J. (2021) · Neurobiology of Aging · doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.07.015 · Cited by 15

Free complement and complement containing extracellular vesicles as potential biomarkers for neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders

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KCHO-1, a novel herbal anti-inflammatory compound, attenuates oxidative stress in an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Transcriptional Remodeling in Primary Hippocampal Astrocytes from an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model

Ruffinatti, F. A., Tapella, L., Gregnanin, I., Stevano, A., Chiorino, G., Canonico, P. L., Distasi, C., Genazzani, A. A., & Lim, D. (2018) · Current Alzheimer Research · doi:10.2174/1567205015666180613113924 · Cited by 17

Astrocytes as Perspective Targets of Exercise- and Caloric Restriction‐Mimetics

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Reactive astrocytes mediate TSPO overexpression in response to sustained CNTF exposure in the rat striatum

Ceyzériat, K., Nicolaides, A., Amossé, Q., Fossey, C., Cailly, T., Fabis, F., Garibotto, V., Escartin, C., Tournier, B. B., & Millet, P. (2023) · Molecular Brain · doi:10.1186/s13041-023-01041-x · Cited by 14

Natural products for the treatment of chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment and prospects of nose-to-brain drug delivery

He, Y., Zhou, C., Jiang, S., Lan, W.-Q., Zhang, F., Tao, X., & Chen, W. (2024) · Frontiers in Pharmacology · doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1292807 · Cited by 14

Repurposing Sigma-1 Receptor-Targeting Drugs for Therapeutic Advances in Neurodegenerative Disorders

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Proinsulin protects against age-related cognitive loss through anti-inflammatory convergent pathways

Corpas, R., Hernández‐Pinto, A. M., Porquet, D., Hernández‐Sánchez, C., Bosch, F., Aznar, A. O., Comellas, F., de la Rosa, E. J., & Sanfeliu, C. (2017) · Neuropharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.06.014 · Cited by 14

Myristica Fragrans Houtt Extract Attenuates Neuronal Loss and Glial Activation in Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Kindling Model.

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Sex Differences in Cognitive Impairment Induced by Cerebral Microhemorrhage

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Inflammatory Molecules Released by Mechanically Injured Astrocytes Trigger Presynaptic Loss in Cortical Neuronal Networks

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The Dual Role of Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes and Their Contents in the Process of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Pathology and Cell Counts in a Patient with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

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Activation of Gq-Coupled Receptors in Astrocytes Restores Cognitive Function in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice Model

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High-Throughput Analysis of Astrocyte Cultures Shows Prevention of Reactive Astrogliosis by the Multi-Nutrient Combination Fortasyn Connect

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Corticotropin Releasing Factor Binding Protein as a Novel Target to Restore Brain Homeostasis: Lessons Learned From Alcohol Use Disorder Research

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Effects of Bushen-Yizhi formula on age-related inflammation and oxidative stress in senescence-accelerated mice

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From Pathology to Physiology of Calcineurin Signalling in Astrocytes

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