Glial connexins and pannexins in the healthy and diseased brain

C Giaume, CC Naus, JC Sáez… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Over the past several decades a large amount of data have established that glial cells, the
main cell population in the brain, dynamically interact with neurons and thus impact their …

Effect of systemic inflammation in the CNS: a silent history of neuronal damage

MV Millán Solano, C Salinas Lara… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system (CNS) infections including meningitis and encephalitis, resulting
from the blood-borne spread of specific microorganisms, provoke nervous tissue damage …

Single-cell multiomics analysis reveals cell/tissue-specific associations in bipolar disorder

W Wei, B Cheng, X Yang, X Chu, D He, X Qin… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigates the cellular origin and tissue heterogeneity in bipolar disorder (BD)
by integrating multiomics data. Four distinct datasets were employed, including single-cell …

Evidence of decreased gap junction coupling between astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in the anterior cingulate cortex of depressed suicides

A Tanti, PE Lutz, J Kim, L O'leary, JF Théroux… - …, 2019 - nature.com
Glial dysfunction is a major pathophysiological feature of mood disorders. While altered
astrocyte (AS) and oligodendrocyte-lineage (OL) functions have been associated with …

From BBB to PPP: Bioenergetic requirements and challenges for oligodendrocytes in health and disease

MGF Fernandes, F Pernin, JP Antel… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mature myelinating oligodendrocytes, the cells that produce the myelin sheath that insulates
axons in the central nervous system, have distinct energetic and metabolic requirements …

Knock-in mouse models for CMTX1 show a loss of function phenotype in the peripheral nervous system

CK Abrams, E Lancaster, JJ Li, G Dungan, D Gong… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The X-linked form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX1) is the second most common
form of CMT. In this study we used CRISPR/Cas9 to develop new “knock-in” models of …

Neuron-glia interaction as a possible pathophysiological mechanism of bipolar disorder

JV Pinto, IC Passos, D Librenza-Garcia… - Current …, 2018 - benthamdirect.com
Accumulating evidence has shown the importance of glial cells in the neurobiology of
bipolar disorder. Activated microglia and inflammatory cytokines have been pointed out as …

Mechanisms of diseases associated with mutation in GJC2/Connexin 47

CK Abrams - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Connexins are members of a family of integral membrane proteins that provide a pathway
for both electrical and metabolic coupling between cells. Astroglia express connexin 30 …

A role of connexin 43 on the drug-induced liver, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract toxicity with associated signaling pathways

R Katturajan, SE Prince - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug-induced organ toxicity/injury, especially in the liver, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract, is
a systematic disorder that causes oxidative stress formation and inflammation resulting in …

Aberrant mitochondrial dynamics and exacerbated response to neuroinflammation in a novel mouse model of CMT2A

F Stavropoulos, I Sargiannidou, L Potamiti… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A (CMT2A) is the most common hereditary axonal
neuropathy caused by mutations in MFN2 encoding Mitofusin-2, a multifunctional protein …