Astaxanthin-loaded brain-permeable liposomes for Parkinson’s disease treatment via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses by Thai-Duong Nguyen, Shristi Khanal, Eunhee Lee, Jinsol Choi, Ganesh Bohara, Nikesh Rimal, Dong-Young Choi, Soyeun Park

“…The developed formulation also alleviated behavioral impairment and neuroinflammation, reducing astrocyte and microglial activation in the striatum and substantia nigra of the MPTP-treated animals. …”
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Assessing the antiproliferative effect of biogenic silver chloride nanoparticles on glioblastoma cell lines by quantitative image‐based analysis by Nathalia Müller, Mateus Eugenio, Luciana F. Romão, Jorge Marcondes de Souza, Soniza V. Alves‐Leon, Loraine Campanati, Celso Sant’Anna

“…Herein, the antiproliferative effect of AgCl‐NPs on glioblastoma cell lines (GBM02 and GBM11) and on astrocytes was evaluated through automated quantitative image‐based analysis (HCA) of the cells. …”
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Striatal Injury with 6-OHDA Transiently Increases Cerebrospinal GFAP and S100B by Cristiane Batassini, Núbia Broetto, Lucas Silva Tortorelli, Milene Borsoi, Caroline Zanotto, Fabiana Galland, Tadeu Mello Souza, Marina Concli Leite, Carlos-Alberto Gonçalves

“…However, the 6-OHDA-induced S100B secretion was confirmed in astrocyte cultures. Current data reinforce the idea that glial changes precede neuronal damage in PD; however, these findings also indicate that caution is necessary regarding the interpretation of data in this PD model.…”
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Chitinase-3-like-1: a multifaceted player in neuroinflammation and degenerative pathologies with therapeutic implications by Pharaoh Fellow Mwale, Cheng-Ta Hsieh, Ting-Lin Yen, Jing-Shiun Jan, Rajeev Taliyan, Chih-Hao Yang, Wen-Bin Yang

“…As a key regulator of neuroinflammation, CHI3L1 modulates microglia and astrocyte activity, driving the release of proinflammatory cytokines that exacerbate disease progression. …”
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A Novel Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Chronic Estrogen Deficiency Leads to Glial Cell Activation and Hypertrophy by Annik Prat, Maik Behrendt, Edwige Marcinkiewicz, Sebastien Boridy, Ram M. Sairam, Nabil G. Seidah, Dusica Maysinger

“…The most prominent changes in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of these hypoestrogenic mice were marked hypertrophy of both cortical neurons and astrocytes and an increased number of activated microglia. …”
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810-nm Photobiomodulation Evokes Glutamate Release in Normal and Rotenone-Dysfunctional Cortical Nerve Terminals by Modulating Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism by Silvia Ravera, Elisa Farsetti, Guido Maura, Manuela Marcoli, Matteo Bozzo, Chiara Cervetto, Andrea Amaroli

“…This evidence suggests that PBM, acting on mitochondria, could facilitate physiological communication within the neuron-astrocyte network through vesicular glutamate release, potentially regulating healthy brain function and brain dysfunction.…”
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Cross-species comparisons between pigs and mice reveal conserved sex-specific intraspinal inflammatory responses after spinal cord injury by Reena Kumari, Gabrielle V. Hammers, Robert H. Hammons, Andrew N. Stewart, Steven M. MacLean, Tracy Niedzielko, Lonnie E. Schneider, Candace L. Floyd, John C. Gensel

“…No differences were seen for astrocytes, microglia, macrophages, B-cells, and neutrophil infiltration between males and females. …”
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Oleanolic Acid Induces Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells to Neurons: An Involvement of Transcription Factor Nkx-2.5 by You Ning, Jianhua Huang, Bill Kalionis, Qin Bian, Jingcheng Dong, Junzhen Wu, Xiantao Tai, Shijin Xia, Ziyin Shen

“…Neural stem cells (NSCs) harbor the potential to differentiate into neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes under normal conditions and/or in response to tissue damage. …”
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RIPK1 expression and inhibition in tauopathies: implications for neuroinflammation and neuroprotection by Ignacio Silva-Llanes, Ignacio Silva-Llanes, Ignacio Silva-Llanes, Enrique Madruga, Enrique Madruga, Ana Martínez, Ana Martínez, Isabel Lastres-Becker, Isabel Lastres-Becker, Isabel Lastres-Becker, Isabel Lastres-Becker

“…The data showed that GSK2982772 treatment effectively reduced the reactive astrocyte response triggered by TAUP301L overexpression. …”
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Discovery of mutated oncodriver genes associated with glioblastoma originated from stem cells of subventricular zone through whole exome sequence profile analysis, and drug repurpo... by Arnob Sarker, Burhan Uddin, Reaz Ahmmed, Sabkat Mahmud, Alvira Ajadee, Md. Al Amin Pappu, Md. Abdul Aziz, Md. Nurul Haque Mollah

“…In this study, we analyzed whole exome sequencing (WES) profiles of NCBI database on GBM and matched-normal (control) samples originated from astrocyte like neural stem cells (NSC) of subventricular zone (SVZ) to explore GBM-causing mutated oncodriver genes, since SVZ is considered as the origin of GBM development. …”
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Pleiotrophin deletion prevents high-fat diet-induced cognitive impairment, glial responses, and alterations of the perineuronal nets in the hippocampus by Héctor Cañeque-Rufo, Teresa Fontán-Baselga, Milagros Galán-Llario, Agata Zuccaro, María Gracia Sánchez-Alonso, Esther Gramage, María del Pilar Ramos-Álvarez, Gonzalo Herradón

“…In addition, we observed that HFD induced microglial responses, astrocyte depletion, and perineuronal nets (PNNs) alterations in Ptn+/+ mice, while these effects of HFD were mostly prevented in Ptn−/− mice. …”
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CEST imaging combined with 1H-MRS reveal the neuroprotective effects of riluzole by improving neurotransmitter imbalances in Alzheimer’s disease mice by Yuanyu Shen, Xiaolei Zhang, Siqi Liu, Lijing Xin, Wentao Xuan, Caiyu Zhuang, Yue Chen, Beibei Chen, Xinhui Zheng, Renhua Wu, Yan Lin

“…Immunohistochemistry and Nissl staining demonstrated that riluzole treatment reduced amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition, tau hyperphosphorylation, GFAP-positive astrocyte activation, and prevented neuronal loss. …”
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Comparative Study on the Efficacy and Safety of Tumor Resection in Vitrectomy for Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumors by Bin Zheng, Yan Chen, Lifeng Chen, Huan Chen, Jingwei Zheng, Feng Chen, Zongming Song, Lin Fu, Xuting Hu, Jiandong Pan, Hengli Lian, Lijun Shen, Qiuming Li

“…In all samples, tumors were located on the inner side of the retina and had small vessel wall thickening and hyaline degeneration. The degree of astrocyte proliferation varies widely among different tumors. …”
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Acute Neuroinflammatory Response in the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta of Rats after a Local Injection of Lipopolysaccharide by Yazmin M. Flores-Martinez, Manuel A. Fernandez-Parrilla, Jose Ayala-Davila, David Reyes-Corona, Victor M. Blanco-Alvarez, Luis O. Soto-Rojas, Claudia Luna-Herrera, Juan A. Gonzalez-Barrios, Bertha A. Leon-Chavez, Maria E. Gutierrez-Castillo, Irma A. Martínez-Dávila, Daniel Martinez-Fong

“…LPS induced fever, sickness behavior, and microglial activation (OX42 immunoreactivity), followed by astrocyte activation and leukocyte infiltration (GFAP and CD45 immunoreactivities). …”
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Injectable Hierarchical Bioactive Hydrogels with Fibroblast Growth Factor 21/Edaravone/Caffeic Acid Asynchronous Delivery for Treating Parkinson's Disease by Junpeng Xu, Peng Dai, Chen Zhang, Na Dong, Caiyan Li, Chonghui Tang, Zhihao Jin, Shih‐Ho Lin, Luyang Ye, Tianmiao Sun, Yukai Jin, Fenzan Wu, Lihua Luo, Ping Wu, Shengcun Li, Xiaokun Li, Shan‐hui Hsu, Dawei Jiang, Zhouguang Wang

“…., reduction the loss of tyrosine hydroxylase in substantia nigra compacta and striatum (retained ≈10‐fold versus control), decreasing oxidative stress, reducing astrocyte and microglia activation, and stimulating the AMPK/PGC‐1α axis to regulate the mitochondrial function, providing a multi‐dimensional PD therapy. …”
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Moderate regular physical exercise can help in alleviating the systemic impact of schistosomiasis infection on brain cognitive function by Inssaf Berkiks, Inssaf Berkiks, Nada Abdel Aziz, Nada Abdel Aziz, Nada Abdel Aziz, Blessing Moses, Blessing Moses, Tiroyaone Brombacher, Tiroyaone Brombacher, Frank Brombacher, Frank Brombacher

“…These alterations were characterized by heightened microglial activation, diminished astrocyte reactivity and a shift towards a proinflammatory milieu within the CNS. …”
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Effect of Prolonged Moderate Exercise on the Changes of Nonneuronal Cells in Early Myocardial Infarction by Barbara Rinaldi, Francesca Guida, Anna Furiano, Maria Donniacuo, Livio Luongo, Giulia Gritti, Konrad Urbanek, Giovanni Messina, Sabatino Maione, Francesco Rossi, Vito de Novellis

“…We found significant changes in specific microglia phenotypes in the brain areas analyzed together with astrocytes activation. Prolonged exercise normalized these morphological changes of microglia and astrocytes in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus but not in the PVN. …”
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Hippocampal Dendritic Spines Are Segregated Depending on Their Actin Polymerization by Nuria Domínguez-Iturza, María Calvo, Marion Benoist, José Antonio Esteban, Miguel Morales

“…The most significant factor regulating actin mobile fraction was the presence of astrocytes in the culture substrate. Spines from neurons growing in the virtual absence of astrocytes have a more stable actin cytoskeleton, while spines from neurons growing in close contact with astrocytes show a more dynamic cytoskeleton. …”
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The opposite effect of convulsant drugs on neuronal and endothelial nitric oxide synthase – A possible explanation for the dual proconvulsive/anticonvulsive action of nitric oxide... by Vega Rasgado Lourdes A., Ramón-Gallegos Eva, Rodríguez-Páez Lorena, Alcántara-Farfán Verónica

“…Considering the distribution of neuronal and endothelial NOS in neurons and astrocytes, resp., primary cultures of neurons and astrocytes were used as a study model. …”
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The Mast Cell Is an Early Activator of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Neuroinflammation and Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in the Hippocampus by Yiwei Wang, Huanhuan Sha, Leting Zhou, Yinan Chen, Qin Zhou, Hongquan Dong, Yanning Qian

“…However, no detectable astrocytic changes were found in WT and KitW-sh/W-sh mice at 4 h after LPS stimulation. …”
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