2023
Inflammation differentially controls transport of depolarizing Nav versus hyperpolarizing Kv channels to drive rat nociceptor activity
Higerd-Rusli G, Tyagi S, Baker C, Liu S, Dib-Hajj F, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman S. Inflammation differentially controls transport of depolarizing Nav versus hyperpolarizing Kv channels to drive rat nociceptor activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2215417120. PMID: 36897973, PMCID: PMC10089179, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2215417120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell biological mechanismsAxonal surfaceLive-cell imagingIon channel traffickingAnterograde transport vesiclesTransport vesiclesInflammatory mediatorsChannel traffickingPlasma membraneVesicular loadingIon channelsKv channelsPotential therapeutic targetPotassium channel KSodium channel NaTraffickingBiological mechanismsTherapeutic targetAbundanceRetrograde transportDistal axonsChannel NaInflammatory painNociceptor activityAxonal transport
1999
Microglial Activation Varies in Different Models of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Baker C, Lu Z, Zaitsev I, Manuelidis L. Microglial Activation Varies in Different Models of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Journal Of Virology 1999, 73: 5089-5097. PMID: 10233972, PMCID: PMC112554, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.6.5089-5097.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseLysosomal protease cathepsin SCathepsin SMRNA expressionAbnormal PrP formationHost mRNA expressionUpregulation of CCR5Chemokine receptor CCR5Glial cell involvementGrowth factor beta1Microglial transcriptsNeuronal destructionProtease cathepsin SMicroglial activationAmyloid depositionPathogenetic pathwaysReceptor CCR5Cell involvementRodent modelsChronic reservoirDistinctive neuropathologyPleiotropic cytokineTGF-beta1Primary sitePrP pathology