2016
Binding Sites for Amyloid-β Oligomers and Synaptic Toxicity
Smith LM, Strittmatter SM. Binding Sites for Amyloid-β Oligomers and Synaptic Toxicity. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Medicine 2016, 7: a024075. PMID: 27940601, PMCID: PMC5411685, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a024075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAβ oligomersSoluble Aβ oligomersFibrillary amyloidNeuronal impairmentSynaptic dysfunctionAD pathogenesisSynaptic toxicityAmyloid-β OligomersCellular prion proteinNeuronal cascadesFurther studiesCell surface proteinsDiseaseAβPrion proteinOligomer toxicityToxicityDysfunctionMolecular basisPathogenesisDementiaProteinPlaquesImpairment
2009
An Unbiased Expression Screen for Synaptogenic Proteins Identifies the LRRTM Protein Family as Synaptic Organizers
Linhoff MW, Laurén J, Cassidy RM, Dobie FA, Takahashi H, Nygaard HB, Airaksinen MS, Strittmatter SM, Craig AM. An Unbiased Expression Screen for Synaptogenic Proteins Identifies the LRRTM Protein Family as Synaptic Organizers. Neuron 2009, 61: 734-749. PMID: 19285470, PMCID: PMC2746109, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCloning, MolecularCricetinaeCricetulusDisks Large Homolog 4 ProteinEmbryo, MammalianGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationGene LibraryGenetic TestingGuanylate KinasesHippocampusHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsMembrane PotentialsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPDZ DomainsPresynaptic TerminalsRatsSynapsesTransfectionVesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1ConceptsExpression screenSynaptogenic proteinsTrans-synaptic signalingDomain proteinsProtein familyTransmembrane proteinCDNA libraryMolecular basisSynaptogenic activityPresynaptic differentiationVesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT1Postsynaptic differentiationSynaptic organizersSynapse developmentPositive clonesCocultures of neuronsReported linkageLRRTMsCellular basisProteinGlutamate transporter VGLUT1LRRTM1Synaptic functionCurrent understandingAltered distribution
2008
Functional MRI and other non-invasive imaging technologies: Providing visual biomarkers for spinal cord structure and function after injury
Harel NY, Strittmatter SM. Functional MRI and other non-invasive imaging technologies: Providing visual biomarkers for spinal cord structure and function after injury. Experimental Neurology 2008, 211: 324-328. PMID: 18396280, PMCID: PMC2442770, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.02.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAxonal growthSpinal cord traumaSpinal cord injurySpinal cord structuresFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingNon-invasive imaging techniqueCord traumaCord injuryNon-invasive imaging technologyNeurological damageCNS repairFunctional reorganizationTherapeutic interventionsResonance imagingFunctional MRICord structuresInjuryInterventionImaging techniquesVisual biomarkersPotential benefitsCNS structureMolecular basisTrauma
2000
Molecular basis of semaphorin‐mediated axon guidance
Nakamura F, Kalb R, Strittmatter S. Molecular basis of semaphorin‐mediated axon guidance. Developmental Neurobiology 2000, 44: 219-229. PMID: 10934324, DOI: 10.1002/1097-4695(200008)44:2<219::aid-neu11>3.0.co;2-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrowth cone collapseSemaphorin guidance cuesMonomeric G proteinsSignal transduction cascadeGuidance cuesAxon guidance eventsCone collapseGrowth cone motilityCaenorhabditis elegansActin cytoskeletonTransmembrane proteinFilopodial tipsNeuropilin-1Transduction cascadeMolecular basisComplex interactsIntracellular domainPrototypic memberGrowth cone turningRac1 activityAxon guidanceG proteinsRepulsive guidance cuesNeuronal proteinsAxonal guidance