2021
Microglia regulate brain Progranulin levels through the endocytosis-lysosomal pathway
Dong T, Tejwani L, Jung Y, Kokubu H, Luttik K, Driessen TM, Lim J. Microglia regulate brain Progranulin levels through the endocytosis-lysosomal pathway. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e136147. PMID: 34618685, PMCID: PMC8663778, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.136147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPGRN levelsNovel potential therapeutic targetFrontotemporal lobar degenerationPotential therapeutic targetNeuronal ceroid lipofuscinosisPGRN deficiencyPGRN expressionLysosomal pathwayProgranulin levelsPathological changesHaploinsufficient miceTherapeutic targetMicrogliaNeuropathological phenotypeAlzheimer's diseaseProgranulinCeroid lipofuscinosisGlycoprotein progranulinNeurodegenerative diseasesDiseaseMiceGenetic alterationsNemo-like kinaseGenetic interaction studiesGenetic variants
2017
Modeling neuro-immune interactions during Zika virus infection
Mesci P, Macia A, LaRock CN, Tejwani L, Fernandes IR, Suarez NA, de A. Zanotto PM, Beltrão-Braga PCB, Nizet V, Muotri AR. Modeling neuro-immune interactions during Zika virus infection. Human Molecular Genetics 2017, 27: 41-52. PMID: 29048558, PMCID: PMC5886060, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuro-immune interactionsZika virus infectionVirus infectionSerious neurologic complicationsAntiviral immune responsePro-inflammatory responseSimilar pro-inflammatory responsesNeural precursor cellsNew therapeutic drugsZIKV pathologyHepatitis CNeurologic complicationsMicroglia interactionsHuman microgliaImmune responseViral infectionBrazilian ZIKVMicrogliaInfectionNeural cellsTherapeutic drugsBirth defectsPrecursor cellsDrugsHuman tissues