ReviewMetabolic brain disease2014
Role of astrocytes in thiamine deficiency.
Review in Metabolic brain disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- A hemodialysis patient with recurrent Wernicke encephalopathy showed reversible lentiform fork sign: A case report.Medicine · 2026Article
- Brain and Serum Membrane Vesicle (Exosome) Profiles in Experimental Alcohol-Related Brain Degeneration: Forging the Path to Non-Invasive Liquid Biopsy Diagnostics.Journal of molecular pathology · 2024Article
- Follow-up of the re-evaluation of sulfur dioxide (E 220), sodium sulfite (E 221), sodium bisulfite (E 222), sodium metabisulfite (E 223), potassium metabisulfite (E 224), calcium sulfite (E 226), calcium bisulfite (E 227) and potassium bisulfite (E 228).EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
- Protection of Cholinergic Neurons against Zinc Toxicity by Glial Cells in Thiamine-Deficient Media.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Encephalopathy responsive to thiamine in severe COVID-19 patients.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Article
- Disruption of Intracellular ATP Generation and Tight Junction Protein Expression during the Course of Brain Edema Induced by Subacute Poisoning of 1,2-Dichloroethane.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- Thiamine Deficiency and Neurodegeneration: the Interplay Among Oxidative Stress, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, and Autophagy.Molecular neurobiology · 2017Review
- Central Role of Maladapted Astrocytic Plasticity in Ischemic Brain Edema Formation.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2016Review
- Thiamine Deficiency in Tropical Pediatrics: New Insights into a Neglected but Vital Metabolic Challenge.Frontiers in nutrition · 2016Review
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Abstract
Thiamine deficiency (TD) is the underlying cause of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE), an acute neurological disorder characterized by structural damage to key periventricular structures in the brain. Increasing evidence suggests these focal histological lesions may be representative of a gliopathy in which astrocyte-related changes are a major feature of the disorder. These changes include a loss of the glutamate transporters GLT-1 and GLAST concomitant with elevated interstitial glutamate levels, lowered brain pH associated with increased lactate production, decreased levels of GFAP, reduction in the levels of glutamine synthetase, swelling, alterations in levels of aquaporin-4, and disruption of the blood-brain barrier. This review focusses on how these manifestations contribute to the pathophysiology of TD and possibly WE.
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