2013
Contrasting effects of chronic, systemic treatment with mTOR inhibitors rapamycin and metformin on adult neural progenitors in mice
Kusne Y, Goldberg EL, Parker SS, Hapak SM, Maskaykina IY, Chew WM, Limesand KH, Brooks HL, Price TJ, Sanai N, Nikolich-Zugich J, Ghosh S. Contrasting effects of chronic, systemic treatment with mTOR inhibitors rapamycin and metformin on adult neural progenitors in mice. GeroScience 2013, 36: 199-212. PMID: 23949159, PMCID: PMC3889877, DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9572-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic administrationMTOR inhibitorsImproved health spanAdult-born neuronsHealth spanEffects of chronicNeural progenitorsAdult neural stem cellsMTOR inhibitor rapamycinInhibition of mTORPotential adverse effectsAdult neural progenitorsNeural stem cellsSystemic treatmentDendate gyrusMouse hippocampusSubventricular regionOrgan functionMetforminBehavioral healthInhibitor rapamycinAdverse effectsPharmacological inhibitorsMTORRapamycin
2008
Instructive role of aPKCζ subcellular localization in the assembly of adherens junctions in neural progenitors
Ghosh S, Marquardt T, Thaler JP, Carter N, Andrews SE, Pfaff SL, Hunter T. Instructive role of aPKCζ subcellular localization in the assembly of adherens junctions in neural progenitors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 335-340. PMID: 18162555, PMCID: PMC2224213, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705713105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdherens junctionsNeural progenitorsNeural tubeApical-basal polarityCell fate determinantsNeuronal precursorsApical adherens junctionsApical membranePKCzeta/lambdaCell-cell adhesionChicken neural tubeStem cell proliferationPostmitotic neuronal precursorsAsymmetric inheritanceApical assemblyFate determinantsAsymmetric localizationNeural stem cell proliferationSubcellular compartmentalizationSubcellular localizationNeural stem cellsKinase activityInstructive signalsNeurogenic divisionsInstructive role