Neural Cell News Volume 17.36 | Sep 13 2023

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    2023-09-13 | NCN 17.36


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    Vol. 17.36 – 13 September, 2023
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    Norepinephrine Modulates Calcium Dynamics in Cortical Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells Promoting Proliferation during Arousal in Mice

    Scientists generated a transgenic mouse line that expressed membrane-anchored GCaMP6s in oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) and used longitudinal two-photon microscopy to monitor OPC calcium dynamics in the cerebral cortex.
    [Nature Neuroscience]

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    Longitudinal scRNA-Seq Analysis in Mouse and Human Informs Optimization of Rapid Mouse Astrocyte Differentiation Protocols

    The authors used single cell RNA-sequencing/single nucleus RNA-sequencing to analyze over 298,000 cells and nuclei during macroglia differentiation from mouse embryonic and human-induced pluripotent stem cells.
    [Nature Neuroscience]

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    Uncovering the Role of FOXA2 in the Development of Human Serotonin Neurons

    Researchers uncovered the role of FOXA2 in human serotonin neuron (SN) development and improved the differentiation efficiency of human pluripotent stem cells into SNs by repressing FOXA2 expression.
    [Advanced Science]

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    H3K18 Lactylation of Senescent Microglia Potentiates Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease through the NFκB Signaling Pathway

    Investigators quantified the levels of lactic acid in senescent microglia, and hippocampus tissues of naturally aged mice and Alzheimer’s disease mice models.
    [Journal of Neuroinflammation]

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    Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Attenuate Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress through the NRF2/NF-κB/NLRP3 Pathway

    The effects of human umbilical cord-MSC-derived exosomes on inflammatory cytokine expression, oxidative stress, and microglia polarization were studied by immunofluorescence and western blotting.
    [CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics]

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    Klotho Increases Antioxidant Defenses in Astrocytes and Ubiquitin–Proteasome Activity in Neurons

    Scientists determined if exogenous Klotho, when added to neuronal and astrocytic cell cultures, could reduce the phosphorylation levels of certain insulin signaling effectors and enhance antioxidant strategies in these cells.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Specific Downregulation of microRNA-186 Induces Neural Stem Cell Self-Renewal by Upregulating Bmi-1/FoxG1 Expression

    Downregulation of miRNA-186 in response to a specific miRNA inhibitor resulted in upregulation of Bmi-1 and FoxG1, while maintaining neural stem cells self-renewal.
    [Human Cell]

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    Cordycepin Improves Sensitivity to Temozolomide in Glioblastoma Cells by Down-Regulating MYC

    To study the effect of cordycepin combined with temozolomide on glioblastoma, investigators explored the effect of the combination based on network pharmacology and biological verification.
    [Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology]

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    Differences and Similarities in Biophysical and Biological Characteristics between U87 MG Glioblastoma and Astrocyte Cells

    Atomic force microscopy was utilized to compare the roughness and height of the cell surfaces of U87 MG glioblastoma cells and astrocytes to reveal the general morphological characteristics of these cells.
    [Histochemistry and Cell Biology]

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    REVIEWS

    The Role of Glial Autophagy in Alzheimer’s Disease

    The authors summarize available data on the role of autophagy in neuroglia – a crucial participant of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. They present known information on the relation between autophagy and AD in the context of given glia type.
    [Molecular Psychiatry]

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    Optimizing CAR-T Therapy for Glioblastoma

    Investigators discuss current and future strategies being developed to optimize chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells for efficacy in patients with glioblastoma.
    [Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Spinogenix Awarded $3 Million NIH Grant to Support Continued Development of SPG302, the First Synaptic Regenerative Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease

    Spinogenix, Inc. announced a second grant award by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The new $3 million grant titled “Development of a Novel, Regenerative Therapy to Reverse Synapse Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease” will continue to support the development of SPG302.
    [Spinogenix, Inc.]

    Press Release

    Scientific Sleuths Spot Dishonest ChatGPT Use in Papers

    Many publishers, including Elsevier and Springer Nature, have said that authors can use ChatGPT and other large language model (LLM) tools to help them produce their manuscripts, as long as they declare it.
    [Nature News]

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