2025
Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling
Kim Y, Kim M, Kim S, Lee R, Ujihara Y, Marquez-Wilkins E, Jiang Y, Yang E, Kim H, Lee C, Park C, Kim I. Endothelial SHANK3 regulates tight junctions in the neonatal mouse blood-brain barrier through β-Catenin signaling. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 1407. PMID: 39915488, PMCID: PMC11802743, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56720-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-brain barrierNeuronal excitabilityB-cateninBarrier functionMouse blood-brain barrierReduced neuronal excitabilityMale mutant miceBlood-brain barrier permeabilityBrain endothelial cellsAutism spectrum disorderNeonatal micePotential therapeutic targetASD risk genesMutant miceTight junctionsImpaired sociabilityPathogenic mechanismsBrain parenchymaEndothelial cellsTherapeutic targetASD pathogenesisSHANK3Adult ageDisabling conditionMice
2021
BAD-mediated neuronal apoptosis and neuroinflammation contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathology
Zhang L, Qian Y, Li J, Zhou X, Xu H, Yan J, Xiang J, Yuan X, Sun B, Sisodia SS, Jiang YH, Cao X, Jing N, Lin A. BAD-mediated neuronal apoptosis and neuroinflammation contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathology. IScience 2021, 24: 102942. PMID: 34430820, PMCID: PMC8369003, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuronal apoptosisAlzheimer's diseaseMicroglial phagocytosisMicroglial NLRP3 inflammasome activationDisease pathologyCommon progressive neurodegenerative diseaseProgressive neurodegenerative diseaseAlzheimer's disease pathologyNLRP3 inflammasome activationPotential therapeutic targetNeuroinflammatory microgliaAD miceAβ clearanceAD pathologyBad pro-apoptotic activityAD patientsInflammasome activationTherapeutic targetMemory deficitsPro-apoptotic proteinsNeuroinflammationNeurodegenerative diseasesSpatial learningInactivation of BadPro-apoptotic activity
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