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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2017

Unravelling and Exploiting Astrocyte Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease.

Baljit S Khakh, Vahri Beaumont, Roger Cachope, Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan, Steven A Goldman, Rosemarie Grantyn

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers.

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132citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

132 citing papers in PubMed, 256 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Psychosis in Huntington disease: a short update.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  8. GFP-free live neuron quantitative imaging reveals compartmentalization and growth dynamics of polyQ aggregates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Baljit S KhakhDepartment of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA; Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA. Electronic address: bkhakh@mednet.ucla.edu.
Vahri BeaumontCHDI Management/CHDI Foundation, 6080 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
Roger CachopeCHDI Management/CHDI Foundation, 6080 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
Ignacio Munoz-SanjuanCHDI Management/CHDI Foundation, 6080 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
Steven A GoldmanCenter for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA; Center for Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
Rosemarie GrantynExzellenzcluster NeuroCure & Abt. Experimentelle Neurologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Robert-Koch-Platz 4, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
CHDI Foundation · USCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Rochester · US

Funding

Functions of astrocyte calcium signaling in the striatumR01NS060677 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KHAKH, BALJIT · 2008 to 2018
$4.3M
Astrocyte branchlet dysfunction as an early step in brain disordersDP1MH104069 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KHAKH, BALJIT · 2013 to 2017
$3.9M
A Humanized Mouse Model of Astrocytic Pathology in SchizophreniaR01MH099578 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GOLDMAN, STEVEN ALAN, NEDERGAARD, MAIKEN · 2013 to 2017
$2.8M
An iPSC based humanized mouse model of dysmyelination in schizophreniaR01MH104701 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GOLDMAN, STEVEN ALAN · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
New Optical and Genetic Tools to Study Diverse Calcium Signals in AstrocytesR01MH099559 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KHAKH, BALJIT · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Molecular Regulation of Human Glial Progenitor Cell-Based RemyelinationR01NS075345 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GOLDMAN, STEVEN ALAN · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Cell-intrinsic and contextual determinants of aging by human glial progenitor cellsR01AG072298 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GOLDMAN, STEVEN ALAN · 2021 to 2025
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG072298NIMH NIH HHS DP1 MH104069NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH099559NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH099578NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104701NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS060677NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS075345
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes are abundant within mature neural circuits and are involved in brain disorders. Here, we summarize our current understanding of astrocytes and Huntington's disease (HD), with a focus on correlative and causative dysfunctions of ion homeostasis, calcium signaling, and neurotransmitter clearance, as well as on the use of transplanted astrocytes to produce therapeutic benefit in mouse models of HD. Overall, the data suggest that astrocyte dysfunction is an important contributor to the onset and progression of some HD symptoms in mice. Additional exploration of astrocytes in HD mouse models and humans is needed and may provide new therapeutic opportunities to explore in conjunction with neuronal rescue and repair strategies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesHumansHuntington DiseaseastrocytecalciumEAAT2GAT3GCaMPGLT1HDKCNJ10Kir4.1

Identifiers

PMID28578789
PMCPMC5706770
OpenAlexW2621213207

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