2021
Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain
Song E, Zhang C, Israelow B, Lu-Culligan A, Prado AV, Skriabine S, Lu P, Weizman OE, Liu F, Dai Y, Szigeti-Buck K, Yasumoto Y, Wang G, Castaldi C, Heltke J, Ng E, Wheeler J, Alfajaro MM, Levavasseur E, Fontes B, Ravindra NG, Van Dijk D, Mane S, Gunel M, Ring A, Kazmi SAJ, Zhang K, Wilen CB, Horvath TL, Plu I, Haik S, Thomas JL, Louvi A, Farhadian SF, Huttner A, Seilhean D, Renier N, Bilguvar K, Iwasaki A. Neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 in human and mouse brain. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 218: e20202135. PMID: 33433624, PMCID: PMC7808299, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20202135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Central nervous systemSARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasionImmune cell infiltratesCOVID-19 patientsType I interferon responseMultiple organ systemsCOVID-19I interferon responseHuman brain organoidsNeuroinvasive capacityCNS infectionsCell infiltrateNeuronal infectionPathological featuresCortical neuronsRespiratory diseaseDirect infectionCerebrospinal fluidNervous systemMouse brainInterferon responseOrgan systemsHuman ACE2Infection
2015
Astrocyte‐expressed FABP7 regulates dendritic morphology and excitatory synaptic function of cortical neurons
Ebrahimi M, Yamamoto Y, Sharifi K, Kida H, Kagawa Y, Yasumoto Y, Islam A, Miyazaki H, Shimamoto C, Maekawa M, Mitsushima D, Yoshikawa T, Owada Y. Astrocyte‐expressed FABP7 regulates dendritic morphology and excitatory synaptic function of cortical neurons. Glia 2015, 64: 48-62. PMID: 26296243, DOI: 10.1002/glia.22902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFabp7 KO miceMedial prefrontal cortexMiniature excitatory postsynaptic currentsAberrant dendritic morphologyKO miceCortical neuronsDendritic morphologyNeuropsychiatric disordersWhole-cell voltage-clamp recordingsPrimary cortical neuronal culturesDendritic arbor growthNeuronal dendritic morphologyExcitatory synaptic functionCortical pyramidal neuronsExcitatory synapse numberCortical neuronal culturesExcitatory postsynaptic currentsAstrocyte-conditioned mediumPrimary cortical neuronsWild-type miceExcitatory synapse formationVoltage-clamp recordingsNovel therapeutic interventionsHuman neuropsychiatric disordersFatty acids