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Ali W, Choe K, Park JS, Ahmad R, Park HY, Kang MH, Park TJ, Kim MO. Kojic acid reverses LPS-induced neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment by regulating the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1443552. [PMID: 39185307 PMCID: PMC11341365 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1443552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Intense neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are an integral part of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria that act as pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and potentially activate the central nervous system's (CNS) immune system. Microglial cells are the local macrophages of the CNS and have the potential to induce and control neuroinflammation. This study aims to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect of kojic acid against the toxic effects of LPSs, such as neuroinflammation-induced neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. The C57BL/6N mice were subjected to LPS injection for 2 weeks on alternate days (each mouse received 0.25 mg/kg/i.p. for a total of seven doses), and kojic acid was administered orally for 3 weeks consecutively (50 mg/kg/mouse, p. o). Bacterial endotoxins, or LPSs, are directly attached to TLR4 surface receptors of microglia and astrocytes and alter the cellular metabolism of immune cells. Intraperitoneal injection of LPS triggers the toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), phospho-nuclear factor kappa B (p-NFκB), and phospho-c-Jun n-terminal kinase (p-JNK) protein expressions in the LPS-treated group, but these expression levels were significantly downregulated in the LPS + KA-treated mice brains. Prolong neuroinflammation leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) followed by a decrease in nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and the enzyme hemeoxygenase 1 (HO-1) expression in LPS-subjected mouse brains. Interestingly, the levels of both Nrf-2 and HO-1 increased in the LPS + KA-treated mice group. In addition, kojic acid inhibited LPS-induced TNF-α and IL-1β production in mouse brains. These results indicated that kojic acid may suppress LPS-induced neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in male wild-type mice brains (in both the cortex and the hippocampus) by regulating the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.
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- Waqar Ali
- Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University, Mastricht, Netherlands
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- Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University, Mastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Haemato-oncology/Systems Medicine Group, Paul O’Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Division of Life Science and Applied Life Science (BK21 FOUR), College of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
- Alz-Dementia Korea Co., Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Fiore NT, Hayes JP, Williams SI, Moalem-Taylor G. Interleukin-35 alleviates neuropathic pain and induces an anti-inflammatory shift in spinal microglia in nerve-injured male mice. Brain Behav Immun 2024; 122:287-300. [PMID: 39097202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Revised: 07/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Immune cells are critical in promoting neuroinflammation and neuropathic pain and in facilitating pain resolution, depending on their inflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokine response. Interleukin (IL)-35, secreted by regulatory immune cells, is a member of the IL-12 family with a potent immunosuppressive function. In this study, we investigated the effects of IL-35 on pain behaviors, spinal microglia phenotype following peripheral nerve injury, and in vitro microglial cultures in male and female mice. Intrathecal recombinant IL-35 treatment alleviated mechanical pain hypersensitivity prominently in male mice, with only a modest effect in female mice after sciatic nerve chronic constriction injury (CCI). IL-35 treatment resulted in sex-specific microglial changes following CCI, reducing inflammatory microglial markers and upregulating anti-inflammatory markers in male mice. Spatial transcriptomic analysis revealed that IL-35 suppressed microglial complement activation in the superficial dorsal horn in male mice after CCI. Moreover, in vitro studies showed that IL-35 treatment of cultured inflammatory microglia mitigated their hypertrophied morphology, increased their cell motility, and decreased their phagocytic activity, indicating a phenotypic shift towards homeostatic microglia. Further, IL-35 altered microglial cytokines/chemokines in vitro, suppressing the release of IL-9 and monocyte-chemoattractant protein-1 and increasing IL-10 in the supernatant of male microglial cultures. Our findings indicate that treatment with IL-35 modulates spinal microglia and alleviates neuropathic pain in male mice, suggesting IL-35 as a potential sex-specific targeted immunomodulatory treatment for neuropathic pain.
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- Nathan T Fiore
- Translational Neuroscience Facility, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Translational Neuroscience Facility, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Translational Neuroscience Facility, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Translational Neuroscience Facility, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Okitsu M, Fujita M, Moriya Y, Kotajima-Murakami H, Ide S, Kojima R, Sekiyama K, Takahashi K, Ikeda K. Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease with Bilateral Dorsal Striatum Lesion with 6-Hydroxydopamine Exhibits Cognitive Apathy-like Behavior. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7993. [PMID: 39063235 PMCID: PMC11276653 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25147993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Revised: 07/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Among the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), apathy comprises a set of behavioral, affective, and cognitive features that can be classified into several subtypes. However, the pathophysiology and brain regions that are involved in these different apathy subtypes are still poorly characterized. We examined which subtype of apathy is elicited in a mouse model of PD with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions and the behavioral symptoms that are exhibited. Male C57/BL6J mice were allocated to sham (n = 8) and 6-OHDA (n = 13) groups and locally injected with saline or 4 µg 6-OHDA bilaterally in the dorsal striatum. We then conducted motor performance tests and apathy-related behavioral experiments. We then pathologically evaluated tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunostaining. The 6-OHDA group exhibited significant impairments in motor function. In the behavioral tests of apathy, significant differences were observed between the sham and 6-OHDA groups in the hole-board test and novelty-suppressed feeding test. The 6-OHDA group exhibited impairments in inanimate novel object preference, whereas social preference was maintained in the three-chamber test. The number of TH+ pixels in the caudate putamen and substantia nigra compacta was significantly reduced in the 6-OHDA group. The present mouse model of PD predominantly showed dorsal striatum dopaminergic neuronal loss and a decrease in novelty seeking as a symptom that is related to the cognitive apathy component.
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- Masato Okitsu
- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (M.O.); (M.F.); (Y.M.); (H.K.-M.); (S.I.)
- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo 183-0042, Japan;
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (M.O.); (M.F.); (Y.M.); (H.K.-M.); (S.I.)
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (M.O.); (M.F.); (Y.M.); (H.K.-M.); (S.I.)
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (M.O.); (M.F.); (Y.M.); (H.K.-M.); (S.I.)
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (M.O.); (M.F.); (Y.M.); (H.K.-M.); (S.I.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Histology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (R.K.); (K.S.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Histology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (R.K.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo 183-0042, Japan;
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan; (M.O.); (M.F.); (Y.M.); (H.K.-M.); (S.I.)
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan
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Tekin M, Shen H, Smith SS. Sex differences in motor learning flexibility are accompanied by sex differences in mushroom spine pruning of the mouse primary motor cortex during adolescence. Front Neurosci 2024; 18:1420309. [PMID: 39040633 PMCID: PMC11262054 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1420309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Background Although males excel at motor tasks requiring strength, females exhibit greater motor learning flexibility. Cognitive flexibility is associated with low baseline mushroom spine densities achieved by pruning which can be triggered by α4βδ GABAA receptors (GABARs); defective synaptic pruning impairs this process. Methods We investigated sex differences in adolescent pruning of mushroom spine pruning of layer 5 pyramidal cells of primary motor cortex (L5M1), a site essential for motor learning, using microscopic evaluation of Golgi stained sections. We assessed α4GABAR expression using immunohistochemical and electrophysiological techniques (whole cell patch clamp responses to 100 nM gaboxadol, selective for α4βδ GABARs). We then compared performance of groups with different post-pubertal mushroom spine densities on motor learning (constant speed) and learning flexibility (accelerating speed following constant speed) rotarod tasks. Results Mushroom spines in proximal L5M1 of female mice decreased >60% from PND35 (puberty onset) to PND56 (Pubertal: 2.23 ± 0.21 spines/10 μm; post-pubertal: 0.81 ± 0.14 spines/10 μm, P < 0.001); male mushroom spine density was unchanged. This was due to greater α4βδ GABAR expression in the female (P < 0.0001) because α4 -/- mice did not exhibit mushroom spine pruning. Although motor learning was similar for all groups, only female wild-type mice (low mushroom spine density) learned the accelerating rotarod task after the constant speed task (P = 0.006), a measure of motor learning flexibility. Conclusions These results suggest that optimal motor learning flexibility of female mice is associated with low baseline levels of post-pubertal mushroom spine density in L5M1 compared to male and female α4 -/- mice.
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- Michael Tekin
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Graduate Program in Neural and Behavioral Science, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Han A, Hudson-Paz C, Robinson BG, Becker L, Jacobson A, Kaltschmidt JA, Garrison JL, Bhatt AS, Monack DM. Temperature-dependent differences in mouse gut motility are mediated by stress. Lab Anim (NY) 2024; 53:148-159. [PMID: 38806681 PMCID: PMC11147774 DOI: 10.1038/s41684-024-01376-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Researchers have advocated elevating mouse housing temperatures from the conventional ~22 °C to the mouse thermoneutral point of 30 °C to enhance translational research. However, the impact of environmental temperature on mouse gastrointestinal physiology remains largely unexplored. Here we show that mice raised at 22 °C exhibit whole gut transit speed nearly twice as fast as those raised at 30 °C, primarily driven by a threefold increase in colon transit speed. Furthermore, gut microbiota composition differs between the two temperatures but does not dictate temperature-dependent differences in gut motility. Notably, increased stress signals from the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis at 22 °C have a pivotal role in mediating temperature-dependent differences in gut motility. Pharmacological and genetic depletion of the stress hormone corticotropin-releasing hormone slows gut motility in stressed 22 °C mice but has no comparable effect in relatively unstressed 30 °C mice. In conclusion, our findings highlight that colder mouse facility temperatures significantly increase gut motility through hormonal stress pathways.
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- Alvin Han
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Neurosciences IDP Graduate Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Genentech Inc., Research and Early Development, Immunology Discovery, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA
- Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality, Novato, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Hematology, Blood and Marrow Transplantation), Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Mușat MI, Mitran SI, Udriștoiu I, Albu CV, Cătălin B. The impact of stress on the behavior of C57BL/6 mice with liver injury: a comparative study. Front Behav Neurosci 2024; 18:1358964. [PMID: 38510829 PMCID: PMC10950904 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1358964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Introduction Depressive-like behavior has been shown to be associated with liver damage. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of three different models of depression on the behavior of mice with liver injury. Methods During the 4 weeks of methionine/choline deficiency diet (MCD), adult C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into four groups: MCD (no stress protocol, n = 6), chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS, n = 9), acute and repeated forced swim stress [aFSS (n = 9) and rFSS (n = 9)]. Results All depression protocols induced increased anhedonia and anxiety-like behavior compared to baseline and had no impact on the severity of liver damage, according to ultrasonography. However, different protocols evoked different overall behavior patterns. After the depressive-like behavior induction protocols, animals subjected to aFSS did not exhibit anxiety-like behavior differences compared to MCD animals, while mice subjected to CUMS showed additional weight loss compared to FSS animals. All tested protocols for inducing depressive-like behavior decreased the short-term memory of mice with liver damage, as assessed by the novel object recognition test (NORT). Discussion Our results show that the use of all protocols seems to generate different levels of anxiety-like behavior, but only the depressive-like behavior induction procedures associate additional anhedonia and memory impairment in mice with liver injury.
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- Mădălina Iuliana Mușat
- U.M.F. Doctoral School Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
- Experimental Research Centre for Normal and Pathological Aging, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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- Experimental Research Centre for Normal and Pathological Aging, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
- Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Neurology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania
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- Experimental Research Centre for Normal and Pathological Aging, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
- Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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Huang Y, Wu L, Zhao Y, Guo J, Li R, Ma S, Ying Z. Schwann cell promotes macrophage recruitment through IL-17B/IL-17RB pathway in injured peripheral nerves. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113753. [PMID: 38341853 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Macrophage recruitment to the injured nerve initiates a cascade of events, including myelin debris clearance and nerve trophic factor secretion, which contribute to proper nerve tissue repair. However, the mechanism of macrophage recruitment is still unclear. Here, by comparing wild-type with Mlkl-/- and Sarm1-/- mice, two mouse strains with impaired myelin debris clearance after peripheral nerve injury, we identify interleukin-17B (IL-17B) as a key regulator of macrophage recruitment. Schwann-cell-secreted IL-17B acts in an autocrine manner and binds to IL-17 receptor B to promote macrophage recruitment, and global or Schwann-cell-specific IL-17B deletion reduces macrophage infiltration, myelin clearance, and axon regeneration. We also show that the IL-17B signaling pathway is defective in the injured central nerves. These results reveal an important role for Schwann cell autocrine signaling during Wallerian degeneration and point to potential mechanistic targets for accelerating myelin clearance and improving demyelinating disease.
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- Yanju Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, No. 7 Science Park Road, Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Beijing 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, No. 26 Science Park Road, Zhongguancun Life Science Park, Beijing 102206, China.
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