2020
Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain
Tong L, Hill RA, Damisah EC, Murray KN, Yuan P, Bordey A, Grutzendler J. Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain. Nature Protocols 2020, 16: 472-496. PMID: 33299155, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00425-w.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowMural cellsBlood-brain barrier maintenanceCerebral ischemia mouse modelAge-related neurodegenerative diseasesCerebral blood flowSmooth muscle cell physiologyBrain blood vesselsIschemia mouse modelVascular mural cellsBrain microvesselsHigh-resolution intravital imagingVascular disordersMouse modelBlood flowMuscle cell physiologyTransgenic miceCalcium transientsAlzheimer's diseaseCalcium imagingCell subtypesBarrier maintenanceNeurodegenerative diseasesTwo-photon optogeneticsBlood vesselsAstrocytes and microglia play orchestrated roles and respect phagocytic territories during neuronal corpse removal in vivo
Damisah EC, Hill RA, Rai A, Chen F, Rothlin CV, Ghosh S, Grutzendler J. Astrocytes and microglia play orchestrated roles and respect phagocytic territories during neuronal corpse removal in vivo. Science Advances 2020, 6: eaba3239. PMID: 32637606, PMCID: PMC7319765, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpse removalPrecise spatiotemporal resolutionApoptotic cell removalReceptor tyrosine kinasesGlial cellsOrchestrated rolesTyrosine kinaseApoptotic bodiesCell deathSpecialized roleCoordinated interactionPhagocytic interactionSingle cellsBrain homeostasisCellsCell removalIntravital optical imagingSpatiotemporal resolutionRole of phagocytesSynchronized fashionKinaseMarked delayRoleHomeostasisAstrocytesTREM2: Modulator of Lipid Metabolism in Microglia
Damisah EC, Rai A, Grutzendler J. TREM2: Modulator of Lipid Metabolism in Microglia. Neuron 2020, 105: 759-761. PMID: 32135085, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Targeted two-photon chemical apoptotic ablation of defined cell types in vivo
Hill RA, Damisah EC, Chen F, Kwan AC, Grutzendler J. Targeted two-photon chemical apoptotic ablation of defined cell types in vivo. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 15837. PMID: 28621306, PMCID: PMC5501159, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell deathNucleic acid-binding dyeVivo functional consequencesCell type differencesPattern of apoptosisDose-dependent apoptosisComplex organismsMitochondrial fissionFluorescent proteinUnderstanding of mechanismsCell typesCell clearanceFunctional consequencesIndividual cellsDiverse organsDistinct populationsApoptosisMouse brainZebrafishMajor bottleneckNeural plasticityOrganismsSpeciesProteinApoptoticA fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging
Damisah EC, Hill RA, Tong L, Murray KN, Grutzendler J. A fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging. Nature Neuroscience 2017, 20: 1023-1032. PMID: 28504673, PMCID: PMC5550770, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4564.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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