2019
The Notch pathway in CNS homeostasis and neurodegeneration
Ho DM, Artavanis‐Tsakonas S, Louvi A. The Notch pathway in CNS homeostasis and neurodegeneration. WIREs Mechanisms Of Disease 2019, 9: e358. PMID: 31502763, DOI: 10.1002/wdev.358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNervous system developmentCNS homeostasisNotch pathway activityNeurodegenerative diseasesCerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathyAcute brain traumaChronic neurodegenerative conditionsProgressive neurodegenerative diseaseAutosomal dominant arteriopathyCellular contextCentral nervous systemAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisNotch signalsAdult organismNotch activityNotch pathwayNeural developmentMultiple sclerosisAdult neurogenesisBrain traumaPathway activitySubcortical infarctsLateral sclerosisNOTCH3 mutationsHereditary stroke
2011
Hypomorphic Notch 3 alleles link Notch signaling to ischemic cerebral small-vessel disease
Arboleda-Velasquez JF, Manent J, Lee JH, Tikka S, Ospina C, Vanderburg CR, Frosch MP, Rodríguez-Falcón M, Villen J, Gygi S, Lopera F, Kalimo H, Moskowitz MA, Ayata C, Louvi A, Artavanis-Tsakonas S. Hypomorphic Notch 3 alleles link Notch signaling to ischemic cerebral small-vessel disease. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: e128-e135. PMID: 21555590, PMCID: PMC3102344, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1101964108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall vessel diseaseIschemic cerebral small-vessel diseaseCerebral small vessel diseaseGranular osmiophilic materialMouse modelCerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathySmooth muscle cell degenerationBrain vessel pathologyPrevalent human conditionVascular smooth muscle cellsNotch 3 mutationPostmortem human tissueAutosomal dominant arteriopathyTransgenic mouse modelIschemic stroke susceptibilityAge-dependent phenotypeMuscle cell degenerationSmooth muscle cellsNotch-3 receptorCommon monogenic causeIschemic strokeVascular dementiaSubcortical infarctsReceptor activity assaysHuman brain vessels