Neural Cell News Volume 17.39 | Oct 04 2023

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    2023-10-04 | NCN 17.39


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    Single-Cell Atlas Reveals Correlates of High Cognitive Function, Dementia, and Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology

    Scientists generated a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the aged human prefrontal cortex covering 2.3 million cells from postmortem human brain samples of 427 individuals with varying degrees of Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive impairment.
    [Cell]

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    Crosstalk between Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells and Astrocytes Mimics Brain Development to Promote Brain Metastasis

    Using intracranial injections in mice and assembloids between small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) aggregates and human cortical organoids in culture, the authors found that SCLC cells recruited reactive astrocytes to the tumor microenvironment.
    [Nature Cell Biology]

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    CHI3L1 Signaling Impairs Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Cognitive Function in Autoimmune-Mediated Neuroinflammation

    Upon examining chitinase-3–like protein 1 (CHI3L1)’s biological function in neuroinflammation, researchers found that CHI3L1 expression correlated with cognitive impairment in a neuromyelitis optica patient cohort.
    [Science Advances]

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    Intraventricular SHH Inhibition Proves Efficient in SHH Medulloblastoma Mouse Model and Prevents Systemic Side Effects

    Infant medulloblastoma-bearing Math1-cre::Ptch1 Fl/Fl mice were treated with intraventricular Vismodegib in order to evaluate efficacy on tumor growth and systemic side effects.
    [Neuro-Oncology]

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    Trametinib Activates Endogenous Neurogenesis and Recovers Neuropathology in a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Investigators developed a screening platform, ATRIVIEW®, for molecules that activate neuronal differentiation of adult mouse NSCs.
    [Experimental & Molecular Medicine]

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    PPM1K Mediates Metabolic Disorder of Branched-Chain Amino Acid and Regulates Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Activating Ferroptosis in Neurons

    The authors investigated the mechanism of protein phosphatase Mg2+/Mn2+ dependent 1 K (PPM1K) mediated metabolic disorder of branched-chain amino acids by promoting fatty acid oxidation led to ferroptosis after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    DNA Damage Response Inhibitors Enhance Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) Potency in Glioma Stem-Like Cells

    Investigators used patient-derived, typically resistant, glioma stem-like cells in combination with the previously validated preclinical Inovitro TTFields system together with a number of therapeutic DNA damage response inhibitors.
    [British Journal of Cancer]

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    B7H3-Targeting Chimeric Antigen Receptor Modification Enhances Antitumor Effect of Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells in Glioblastoma

    Scientists evaluated the anti-tumor effect of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells in 26 glioma cases through the patient-derived tumor cell clusters model.
    [Journal of Translational Medicine]

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    Targeting MYH9 Represses USP14-Mediated NAP1L1 Deubiquitination and Cell Proliferation in Glioma

    Researchers investigated the role of myosin heavy chain 9 (MYH9) in glioma and determined whether MYH9 was involved in the temozolomide chemoresistance of glioma cells.
    [Cancer Cell International]

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    Molecular Pathology of Neurodegenerative Diseases by Cryo-EM of Amyloids

    The authors review the structures of brain-derived amyloid filaments that have been determined so far and discuss their impact on research into neurodegeneration.
    [Nature]

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    PharmaTher Announces FDA Acceptance, As a Priority Original Abbreviated New Drug Application, for KETARX™ (Ketamine)

    PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. announced the US FDA has accepted the abbreviated new drug application for KETARX™ to the FDA.
    [PharmaTher Holdings Ltd.]

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