2019
The role of fatty acid binding protein 7 in spinal cord astrocytes in a mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
Kamizato K, Sato S, Shil SK, Umaru BA, Kagawa Y, Yamamoto Y, Ogata M, Yasumoto Y, Okuyama Y, Ishii N, Owada Y, Miyazaki H. The role of fatty acid binding protein 7 in spinal cord astrocytes in a mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Neuroscience 2019, 409: 120-129. PMID: 31051217, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.03.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental autoimmune encephalomyelitisSpinal cordAutoimmune encephalomyelitisMultiple sclerosisWT miceMouse modelFabp7 KO miceSpinal cord astrocytesLumbar spinal cordInduction of inflammationWild-type miceCentral nervous systemProtein 7Role of FABP7Fatty acid homeostasisMRNA expression levelsLate phaseEAE onsetEAE symptomsAstrocyte activationClinical scoresFatty acidsInflammatory cytokinesMyelin degenerationType mice
2011
FABP7 expression in normal and stab-injured brain cortex and its role in astrocyte proliferation
Sharifi K, Morihiro Y, Maekawa M, Yasumoto Y, Hoshi H, Adachi Y, Sawada T, Tokuda N, Kondo H, Yoshikawa T, Suzuki M, Owada Y. FABP7 expression in normal and stab-injured brain cortex and its role in astrocyte proliferation. Histochemistry And Cell Biology 2011, 136: 501. PMID: 21938553, PMCID: PMC3192944, DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0865-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntigensAstrocytesCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCerebral CortexDisease Models, AnimalFatty Acid-Binding Protein 7Fatty Acid-Binding ProteinsFatty Acids, Omega-3Gene ExpressionGliosisHomeostasisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsOligodendrogliaProteoglycansWounds, StabConceptsFabp7 KO miceGlial cellsReactive gliosisFABP7 expressionBrain-type fatty acid-binding proteinProliferation of astrocytesExpression of FABP7Cellular fatty acid homeostasisWild-type miceGlial cell proliferationOligodendrocyte progenitor cellsWild-type astrocytesFatty acid-binding proteinRole of FABP7Fatty acid homeostasisFatty acid incorporationNeural stem cellsReactive astrocytesNormal cortexAstrocyte proliferationContralateral sideInjury modelAcid-binding proteinBrain pathologyBrain cortex