Imaging synaptic density: the next holy grail of neuroscience?

ME Serrano, E Kim, MM Petrinovic… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The brain is the central and most complex organ in the nervous system, comprising billions
of neurons that constantly communicate through trillions of connections called synapses …

[HTML][HTML] Plant mRNAs move into a fungal pathogen via extracellular vesicles to reduce infection

S Wang, B He, H Wu, Q Cai, O Ramírez-Sánchez… - Cell host & …, 2024 - cell.com
Cross-kingdom small RNA trafficking between hosts and microbes modulates gene
expression in the interacting partners during infection. However, whether other RNAs are …

[HTML][HTML] CTLA-4 blockade induces a microglia-Th1 cell partnership that stimulates microglia phagocytosis and anti-tumor function in glioblastoma

D Chen, SK Varanasi, T Hara, K Traina, M Sun… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The limited efficacy of immunotherapies against glioblastoma underscores the urgency of
better understanding immunity in the central nervous system. We found that treatment with …

A tetravalent TREM2 agonistic antibody reduced amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

P Zhao, Y Xu, LL Jiang, X Fan, L Li, X Li… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) plays crucial roles in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) by regulating microglia migration toward, and phagocytosis of oligomeric …

Detecting early cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease with brain synaptic structural and functional evaluation

S Ribarič - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Early cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's (AD) is associated with quantifiable
structural and functional connectivity changes in the brain. AD dysregulation of Aβ and tau …

IL-1β and TNF-α play an important role in modulating the risk of periodontitis and Alzheimer's disease

RPH Wang, J Huang, KWY Chan, WK Leung… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Systemic activation of the immune system can exert detrimental effects on the
central nervous system. Periodontitis, a chronic disease of the oral cavity, is a common …

Interleukin 17 signaling supports clinical benefit of dual CTLA-4 and PD-1 checkpoint inhibition in melanoma

R Váraljai, L Zimmer, Y Al-Matary, P Kaptein… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies suggest that BRAF V600-mutated melanomas in particular respond to dual
anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated …

Non-transgenic Gene Modulation via Spray Delivery of Nucleic Acid/Peptide Complexes into Plant Nuclei and Chloroplasts

C Thagun, Y Horii, M Mori, S Fujita, M Ohtani… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Genetic engineering of economically important traits in plants is an effective way to improve
global welfare. However, introducing foreign DNA molecules into plant genomes to create …

Dmrt1 is the only male pathway gene tested indispensable for sex determination and functional testis development in tilapia

S Qi, S Dai, X Zhou, X Wei, P Chen, Y He… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Sex is determined by multiple factors derived from somatic and germ cells in vertebrates. We
have identified amhy, dmrt1, gsdf as male and foxl2, foxl3, cyp19a1a as female sex …

The NO answer for autism spectrum disorder

MK Tripathi, SK Ojha, M Kartawy, W Hamoudi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) include a wide range of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Several reports showed that mutations in different high‐risk ASD genes lead to ASD …