Transforming the understanding of brain immunity

G Castellani, T Croese, JM Peralta Ramos, M Schwartz - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Contemporary studies have completely changed the view of brain immunity from envisioning
the brain as isolated and inaccessible to peripheral immune cells to an organ in close …

Neuroinflammation: an astrocyte perspective

HG Lee, JH Lee, LE Flausino… - Science translational …, 2023‏ - science.org
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that play active roles
in health and disease. Recent technologies have uncovered the functional heterogeneity of …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain

Z Yao, CTJ van Velthoven, M Kunst, M Zhang… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The mammalian brain consists of millions to billions of cells that are organized into many cell
types with specific spatial distribution patterns and structural and functional properties …

Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain

M Zhang, X Pan, W Jung, AR Halpern, SW Eichhorn… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
In mammalian brains, millions to billions of cells form complex interaction networks to enable
a wide range of functions. The enormous diversity and intricate organization of cells have …

Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS

R De Ceglia, A Ledonne, DG Litvin, BL Lind, G Carriero… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Multimodal astrocyte–neuron communications govern brain circuitry assembly and function.
For example, through rapid glutamate release, astrocytes can control excitability, plasticity …

Loss of fatty acid degradation by astrocytic mitochondria triggers neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

Y Mi, G Qi, F Vitali, Y Shang, AC Raikes, T Wang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Astrocytes provide key neuronal support, and their phenotypic transformation is implicated in
neurodegenerative diseases. Metabolically, astrocytes possess low mitochondrial oxidative …

A concerted neuron–astrocyte program declines in ageing and schizophrenia

E Ling, J Nemesh, M Goldman, N Kamitaki, N Reed… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Human brains vary across people and over time; such variation is not yet understood in
cellular terms. Here we describe a relationship between people's cortical neurons and …

A conceptual framework for astrocyte function

C Murphy-Royal, SN Ching, T Papouin - Nature neuroscience, 2023‏ - nature.com
The participation of astrocytes in brain computation was hypothesized in 1992, coinciding
with the discovery that these cells display a form of intracellular Ca2+ signaling sensitive to …

Astrocyte morphology

KT Baldwin, KK Murai, BS Khakh - Trends in cell biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Astrocytes are predominant glial cells that tile the central nervous system (CNS). A cardinal
feature of astrocytes is their complex and visually enchanting morphology, referred to as …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial transcriptomics reveal neuron–astrocyte synergy in long-term memory

W Sun, Z Liu, X Jiang, MB Chen, H Dong, J Liu… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Memory encodes past experiences, thereby enabling future plans. The basolateral
amygdala is a centre of salience networks that underlie emotional experiences and thus has …