2019
Transforming growth factor-β promotes basement membrane fibrosis, alters perivascular cerebrospinal fluid distribution, and worsens neurological recovery in the aged brain after stroke
Howe MD, Furr JW, Munshi Y, Roy-O’Reilly M, Maniskas ME, Koellhoffer EC, d’Aigle J, Sansing LH, McCullough LD, Urayama A. Transforming growth factor-β promotes basement membrane fibrosis, alters perivascular cerebrospinal fluid distribution, and worsens neurological recovery in the aged brain after stroke. GeroScience 2019, 41: 543-559. PMID: 31721012, PMCID: PMC6885082, DOI: 10.1007/s11357-019-00118-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor functional recoveryFunctional recoveryExperimental strokeAstrocyte activationStroke patientsAged brainCultured astrocytesSerum TGF-β levelsTGF-β receptor inhibitionPotential new treatment strategyGlial scar developmentElderly stroke patientsTGF-β levelsPoor functional outcomeOxygen-glucose deprivationCerebrospinal fluid distributionNew treatment strategiesPrimary cultured astrocytesExogenous TGF-β stimulationBasement membraneTGF-β stimulationNeurological recoveryElderly patientsSerum levelsFunctional outcome
2017
Long Term Functional Outcome and Mortality in Elderly Patients After Intracerebral Hemorrhage (P2.258)
Leasure A, Sreekrishnan A, Zhou S, Hwang D, Sansing L, Greer D, Sheth K. Long Term Functional Outcome and Mortality in Elderly Patients After Intracerebral Hemorrhage (P2.258). Neurology 2017, 88 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.88.16_supplement.p2.258.Peer-Reviewed Original Research