Neural Cell News Volume 15.31 | Aug 11 2021

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    Vol. 15.31 – 11 August, 2021
    TOP STORY

    Microfluidic Device with Brain Extracellular Matrix Promotes Structural and Functional Maturation of Human Brain Organoids

    Scientists demonstrated two engineering elements to improve human brain organoid culture, including a human brain extracellular matrix to provide brain-specific cues and a microfluidic device with periodic flow to improve the survival and reduce the variability of organoids.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Microscopy images of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) and PSC-derived cells for the #StemCellfie contest.
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    IFP35 Family Proteins Promote Neuroinflammation and Multiple Sclerosis

    In vitro studies demonstrated that IFP35 and NMI were released by multiple cells. IFP35 and NMI subsequently triggered nuclear factor kappa B–dependent activation of microglia via the TLR4 pathway.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    Interactions among Diameter, Myelination, and the Na/K Pump Affect Axonal Resilience to High-Frequency Spiking

    Researchers found that slowing the activation of K+ current could increase the Na+ influx rate, and the effect of minimizing the overlap between Na+ and K+ currents on spike propagation resilience depended on complex interactions among diameter, myelination, and the Na/K pump density.
    [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]

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    NGN2 Induces Diverse Neuron Types from Human Pluripotency

    Investigators used single-cell transcriptomics to dissect the cell states that emerge during neurogenin 2 (NGN2) overexpression across a time course from pluripotency to neuron functional maturation.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

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    Identification of Pimavanserin Tartrate as a Potent Ca2+-Calcineurin-NFAT Pathway Inhibitor for Glioblastoma Therapy

    Researchers carried out research to discover a novel alternative drug targeting the oncogenic NFAT signaling pathway for glioblastoma multiforme therapy.
    [Acta Pharmacologica Sinica]

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    Glioblastoma Invasion Factor ODZ1 Is Induced by Microenvironmental Signals through Activation of a Stat3-Dependent Transcriptional Pathway

    The authors showed that interaction with tumor microenvironment elements, mainly activated monocytes through IL-6 secretion, and the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin, induced the Stat3 transcriptional pathway and upregulated ODZ1 which resulted in glioblastoma cell migration.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    CREB Signaling Activity Correlates with Differentiation and Survival in Medulloblastoma

    Scientists observed that during normal cerebellar development, phosphorylated CREB was selectively expressed in differentiating cerebellar granule neuron progenitor cells.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    The Inhibitory Effects of Orengedokuto on Inducible PGE2 Production in BV-2 Microglial Cells

    Researchers investigated the effects of Orengedokuto on inflammatory molecule induction in BV-2 microglial cells using real-time RT-PCR and ELISA.
    [Heliyon]

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    BRUCE Silencing Leads to Axonal Dystrophy by Repressing Autophagosome-Lysosome Fusion in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Scientists identified a microRNA that altered related components of the transport machinery to affect brain-derived neurotrophic factor retrograde signaling deficits in Alzheimer’s disease.
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    Survey results on the insights and hurdles of CRISPR genome editing.
    REVIEWS

    Cholesterol Synthesis Inhibition or Depletion in Axon Regeneration

    Scientists discuss possible disruptions to axon growth inhibitor signaling by lipid raft-localized receptors, as well as other yet unclear neuronal survival signaling process enhanced by cholesterol lowering or depletion.
    [Neural Regeneration Research]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    BioVie Announces First Patient Enrolled in Phase III Study of NE3107 in Alzheimer’s Disease

    BioVie Inc. announced that the company has enrolled the first patient into the NM101 Phase III clinical study testing NE3107 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease.
    [BioVie, Inc. (GlobeNewswire, Inc.)]

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