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Astrocytes and microglia play orchestrated roles and respect phagocytic territories during neuronal corpse removal in vivo
Damisah EC, Hill RA, Rai A, Chen F, Rothlin CV, Ghosh S, Grutzendler J. Astrocytes and microglia play orchestrated roles and respect phagocytic territories during neuronal corpse removal in vivo. Science Advances 2020, 6: eaba3239. PMID: 32637606, PMCID: PMC7319765, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba3239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorpse removalPrecise spatiotemporal resolutionApoptotic cell removalReceptor tyrosine kinasesGlial cellsOrchestrated rolesTyrosine kinaseApoptotic bodiesCell deathSpecialized roleCoordinated interactionPhagocytic interactionSingle cellsBrain homeostasisCellsCell removalIntravital optical imagingSpatiotemporal resolutionRole of phagocytesSynchronized fashionKinaseMarked delayRoleHomeostasisAstrocytesATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury in vivo
Davalos D, Grutzendler J, Yang G, Kim JV, Zuo Y, Jung S, Littman DR, Dustin ML, Gan WB. ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury in vivo. Nature Neuroscience 2005, 8: 752-758. PMID: 15895084, DOI: 10.1038/nn1472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsApyraseAstrocytesBrainBrain InjuriesCell CommunicationChemotaxisConnexinsGliosisGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicMicrogliaPhagocytosisPurinergic P2 Receptor AntagonistsReaction TimeReceptors, Purinergic P2Receptors, Purinergic P2Y1Signal TransductionConceptsRapid microglial responseMicroglial processesMicroglial responseBrain injuryG protein-coupled purinergic receptorsLocal brain injuryTraumatic brain injurySite of injuryPrincipal immune cellsPresence of apyraseParenchymal microgliaImmune cellsLocal injectionPurinergic receptorsBaseline motilityIntact brainTwo-photon imagingChannel inhibitorsMouse cortexInjuryExtracellular ATPMicrogliaEnzyme apyraseAstrocytesChemotactic responseMicroglia constitute a barrier that prevents neurotoxic protofibrillar Aβ42 hotspots around plaques
Condello C, Yuan P, Schain A, Grutzendler J. Microglia constitute a barrier that prevents neurotoxic protofibrillar Aβ42 hotspots around plaques. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 6176. PMID: 25630253, PMCID: PMC4311408, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIn vivo imaging of oligodendrocytes with sulforhodamine 101
Hill RA, Grutzendler J. In vivo imaging of oligodendrocytes with sulforhodamine 101. Nature Methods 2014, 11: 1081-1082. PMID: 25357236, PMCID: PMC4539948, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3140.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Emerging technologies to study glial cells
Hirbec H, Déglon N, Foo LC, Goshen I, Grutzendler J, Hangen E, Kreisel T, Linck N, Muffat J, Regio S, Rion S, Escartin C. Emerging technologies to study glial cells. Glia 2020, 68: 1692-1728. PMID: 31958188, DOI: 10.1002/glia.23780.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell typesChallenging biological questionsGlial cellsSpecific cell typesDifferent glial cell typesGlial cell typesBiological questionsPhysiological functionsPrecursor cellsTight interactionOligodendrocyte precursor cellsCellsExperimental approachRelative contributionBrain functionFull understandingSpecific brain functionsRoleFunctionInteractionDevelopmentTranslation
2014
Modulation of oligodendrocyte generation during a critical temporal window after NG2 cell division
Hill RA, Patel KD, Goncalves CM, Grutzendler J, Nishiyama A. Modulation of oligodendrocyte generation during a critical temporal window after NG2 cell division. Nature Neuroscience 2014, 17: 1518-1527. PMID: 25262495, PMCID: PMC4275302, DOI: 10.1038/nn.3815.Peer-Reviewed Original Research