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Newest in this topic

  1. Human Alzheimer's disease reactive astrocytes exhibit a loss of homeostastic gene expression 2023-08-02
  2. Reactive Astrocytes Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease-Related Neurotoxicity and Synaptotoxicity in a Neuron-Astrocyte Co-culture Assay 2022-01-21
  3. Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease via H2O2- production 2020-11-16

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2020 to 2023

Top journals

  • Acta neuropathologica communications 1
  • Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 1
  • Nature neuroscience 1

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  1. Human Alzheimer's disease reactive astrocytes exhibit a loss of homeostastic gene expression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica communications 2023-08-02 Biomarkers

    Astrocytes are one of the brain's major cell types and are responsible for maintaining neuronal homeostasis via regulating the extracellular environment, providing metabolic support, and modulating synaptic activity.

  2. Reactive Astrocytes Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease-Related Neurotoxicity and Synaptotoxicity in a Neuron-Astrocyte Co-culture Assay

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2022-01-21 Biomarkers

    Pathogenesis of presymptomatic disease stages remains elusive, although studies suggest that the early structural and functional alterations likely occur at neuronal dendritic spines.

  3. Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease via H2O2- production

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nature neuroscience 2020-11-16 Brain scans and imaging

    Although the pathological contributions of reactive astrocytes have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), their in vivo functions remain elusive due to the lack of appropriate experimental models and precise molecular mechanisms.

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