Functional roles of reactive astrocytes in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

R Patani, GE Hardingham, SA Liddelow - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in uncovering the mechanisms that underlie neuroinflammation and
neurodegenerative disease, therapies that prevent neuronal loss remain elusive. Targeting …

Function and therapeutic value of astrocytes in neurological diseases

HG Lee, MA Wheeler, FJ Quintana - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that perform diverse
functions in health and disease. Astrocyte dysfunction is found in numerous diseases …

Molecular basis of astrocyte diversity and morphology across the CNS in health and disease

F Endo, A Kasai, JS Soto, X Yu, Z Qu, H Hashimoto… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Astrocytes, a type of glia, are abundant and morphologically complex cells. Here, we report
astrocyte molecular profiles, diversity, and morphology across the mouse central nervous …

Astrocyte endfeet in brain function and pathology: open questions

B Díaz-Castro, S Robel, A Mishra - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Astrocyte endfeet enwrap the entire vascular tree within the central nervous system, where
they perform important functions in regulating the blood-brain barrier (BBB), cerebral blood …

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 …

Comparative transcriptomics reveals human-specific cortical features

NL Jorstad, JHT Song, D Exposito-Alonso, H Suresh… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The cognitive abilities of humans are distinctive among primates, but their molecular and
cellular substrates are poorly understood. We used comparative single-nucleus …

A phenotypic screening platform for identifying chemical modulators of astrocyte reactivity

BLL Clayton, JD Kristell, KC Allan, EF Cohn… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Disease, injury and aging induce pathological reactive astrocyte states that contribute to
neurodegeneration. Modulating reactive astrocytes therefore represent an attractive …

Dysfunctional serotonergic neuron-astrocyte signaling in depressive-like states

C González-Arias, A Sánchez-Ruiz, J Esparza… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Astrocytes play crucial roles in brain homeostasis and are regulatory elements of neuronal
and synaptic physiology. Astrocytic alterations have been found in Major Depressive …

The role of astrocyte structural plasticity in regulating neural circuit function and behavior

O Lawal, FP Ulloa Severino, C Eroglu - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Brain circuits undergo substantial structural changes during development, driven by the
formation, stabilization, and elimination of synapses. Synaptic connections continue to …