Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies

A Verkhratsky, A Butt, B Li, P Illes, R Zorec… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Astroglia are a broad class of neural parenchymal cells primarily dedicated to homoeostasis
and defence of the central nervous system (CNS). Astroglia contribute to the …

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

C Escartin, E Galea, A Lakatos, JP O'Callaghan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional
remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling …

Lipid-accumulated reactive astrocytes promote disease progression in epilepsy

ZP Chen, S Wang, X Zhao, W Fang, Z Wang, H Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reactive astrocytes play an important role in neurological diseases, but their molecular and
functional phenotypes in epilepsy are unclear. Here, we show that in patients with temporal …

Astrocytes in the initiation and progression of epilepsy

A Vezzani, T Ravizza, P Bedner, E Aronica… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Epilepsy affects~ 65 million people worldwide. First-line treatment options include> 20
antiseizure medications, but seizure control is not achieved in approximately one-third of …

mTOR and neuroinflammation in epilepsy: implications for disease progression and treatment

T Ravizza, M Scheper, R Di Sapia, J Gorter… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Epilepsy remains a major health concern as anti-seizure medications frequently fail, and
there is currently no treatment to stop or prevent epileptogenesis, the process underlying the …

Neuron–glia interactions in the pathophysiology of epilepsy

DC Patel, BP Tewari, L Chaunsali… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder afflicting~ 65 million people worldwide. It is caused by
aberrant synchronized firing of populations of neurons primarily due to imbalance between …

Microglia in Alzheimer disease: well-known targets and new opportunities

AL Hemonnot, J Hua, L Ulmann… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system. They play key roles
in brain development, and physiology during life and aging. Equipped with a variety of …

Questions and (some) answers on reactive astrocytes

C Escartin, O Guillemaud, MA Carrillo‐de Sauvage - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes are key cellular partners for neurons in the central nervous system. Astrocytes
react to virtually all types of pathological alterations in brain homeostasis by significant …

Reactive astrogliosis: A friend or foe in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

A Kumar, IC Fontana, A Nordberg - Journal of neurochemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Astrocytes are highly efficient homeostatic glial cells playing a crucial role in optimal brain
functioning and homeostasis. Astrocytes respond to changes in brain homoeostasis …

Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

M Pekny, M Pekna, A Messing, C Steinhäuser… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
The neurone-centred view of the past disregarded or downplayed the role of astroglia as a
primary component in the pathogenesis of neurological diseases. As this concept is …