2023
Connexin 43-mediated neurovascular interactions regulate neurogenesis in the adult brain subventricular zone
Genet N, Genet G, Chavkin N, Paila U, Fang J, Vasavada H, Goldberg J, Acharya B, Bhatt N, Baker K, McDonnell S, Huba M, Sankaranarayanan D, Ma G, Eichmann A, Thomas J, Ffrench-Constant C, Hirschi K. Connexin 43-mediated neurovascular interactions regulate neurogenesis in the adult brain subventricular zone. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112371. PMID: 37043357, PMCID: PMC10564973, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubventricular zoneEndothelial cellsNSC proliferationNSC quiescenceAdult brain subventricular zoneBlood-brain barrierBrain subventricular zoneStem cell therapyNeural stem cell nicheNeurovascular interactionsNeuroblast generationAdult brainSingle-cell RNA sequencingNeurodegenerative disordersChannel-independent mannerCell therapySVZ-NSCsConnexin 43Expression of genesERK activationNSC regulationNSC behaviorRNA sequencingCx43Proliferation
2019
Minimally Invasive Delivery of Microbeads with Encapsulated, Viable and Quiescent Neural Stem Cells to the Adult Subventricular Zone
Matta R, Lee S, Genet N, Hirschi KK, Thomas JL, Gonzalez AL. Minimally Invasive Delivery of Microbeads with Encapsulated, Viable and Quiescent Neural Stem Cells to the Adult Subventricular Zone. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 17798. PMID: 31780709, PMCID: PMC6882840, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54167-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell EncapsulationCell LineCell ProliferationCell SurvivalEndothelial CellsLateral VentriclesMaleMatrix MetalloproteinasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrospheresNeural Stem CellsNeuronsPolyethylene GlycolsRecovery of FunctionStem Cell NicheStem Cell TransplantationConceptsEndothelial cellsSubventricular zoneNSC quiescenceNon-injury modelQuiescent neural stem cellsAdult subventricular zoneNeuronal stem cellsStem cellsNeural stem cellsFunctional recoveryNeurological injuryInflammatory responseNeural stem cell maintenanceNSC deliveryNeural tissue repairNeurological diseasesMouse brainCell therapyNSC viabilityBrainTissue repairInjuryCo-encapsulated cellsSurvivalDelivery
2013
Ascl1/Mash1 Promotes Brain Oligodendrogenesis during Myelination and Remyelination
Nakatani H, Martin E, Hassani H, Clavairoly A, Maire CL, Viadieu A, Kerninon C, Delmasure A, Frah M, Weber M, Nakafuku M, Zalc B, Thomas JL, Guillemot F, Nait-Oumesmar B, Parras C. Ascl1/Mash1 Promotes Brain Oligodendrogenesis during Myelination and Remyelination. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 9752-9768. PMID: 23739972, PMCID: PMC3892435, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0805-13.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOligodendrocyte precursor cellsNeonatal periodCortical oligodendrocyte precursor cellsOligodendrocyte developmentCortical subventricular zoneSubventricular zone progenitorsMultiple sclerosis lesionsMyelin-forming cellsPostnatal cortexRemyelination processFocal demyelinationCorpus callosumSubventricular zoneOPC differentiationPostnatal brainMouse modelAscl1 functionOligodendrogenesisOPC developmentSclerosis lesionsASCL1 expressionCortical progenitorsRemyelinationProneural transcription factorsOligodendrocytes
2011
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 directly regulates murine neurogenesis
Calvo CF, Fontaine RH, Soueid J, Tammela T, Makinen T, Alfaro-Cervello C, Bonnaud F, Miguez A, Benhaim L, Xu Y, Barallobre MJ, Moutkine I, Lyytikkä J, Tatlisumak T, Pytowski B, Zalc B, Richardson W, Kessaris N, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Alitalo K, Eichmann A, Thomas JL. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 directly regulates murine neurogenesis. Genes & Development 2011, 25: 831-844. PMID: 21498572, PMCID: PMC3078708, DOI: 10.1101/gad.615311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayImmunohistochemistryLymphangiogenesisMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNeovascularization, PhysiologicNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3ConceptsNeural stem cellsSubventricular zoneVEGF receptorsNeural cellsVEGFR-3Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) familyEndothelial growth factor familyVascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3VEGFR-3 expressionMultipotent neural stem cellsCapillary endothelial cellsGrowth factor receptor 3Overexpression of VEGFGrowth factor familyAdult neurogenesisSVZ neurogenesisReporter miceReceptor 3NeurogenesisNeurodegenerative diseasesConditional deletionEndothelial cellsGrowth factorLigand VEGFInducible deletion
2000
Spatiotemporal development of oligodendrocytes in the embryonic brain
Thomas J, Spassky N, Villegas E, Olivier C, Cobos I, Goujet‐Zalc C, Martínez S, Zalc B. Spatiotemporal development of oligodendrocytes in the embryonic brain. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 2000, 59: 471-476. PMID: 10679785, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(20000215)59:4<471::aid-jnr1>3.0.co;2-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemOligodendrocyte precursor cellsPrecursor cellsNeural tubeSite of originSubventricular zoneNervous systemVentricular layerOligodendrocyte precursorsFirst neuronsOligodendrocyte progenitorsOligodendrocytesEmbryonic brainRostrocaudal axisLast cell typeQuail-chick chimerasProgenitor cellsRecent dataBrainCell typesMosaic populationProgenitor stageCellsNeurons