ReviewJournal of neuroscience research2019
Astrocytes and Glutamine Synthetase in Epileptogenesis.
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- The Role of Aquaporins in Epileptogenesis-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparative analysis of nuclei isolation methods for brain single-nucleus RNA sequencing.Cell reports methods · 2026Article
- Lactate and cognition: a dual modulator.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Glutamine synthetase in astrocytes of the caudate and putamen is responsible for locomotor sensitization after nicotine exposure.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Article
- Neuroprotective Effects of the Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Celecoxib Against Caspase-1-dependent Pyroptosis Partially by Suppressing the HMGB1/TLR4 Pathway.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Fenofibrate as a PPARα Agonist Modulates Neuroinflammation and Glutamate Receptors in a Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Region-Specific Effects and Behavioral Outcomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Benzodiazepine-resistant epilepsy: unraveling molecular mechanisms and developing multimodal therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Glial interactions in the formation and plasticity of the corpus callosum.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Review
- Ketogenic Diet and Neuroinflammation: Implications for Neuroimmunometabolism and Therapeutic Approaches to Refractory Epilepsy.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Neurovascular Unit Dysfunction in the Molecular Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis and Targeted Therapy.Neuroscience bulletin · 2024Review
- Neuroinflammation and Epilepsy: From Pathophysiology to Therapies Based on Repurposing Drugs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Can glial cells save neurons in epilepsy?Neural regeneration research · 2023Review
- Astrocytic pathology in Alpers' syndrome.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2023Article
- Beneficial Effects of ProbioticInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Role of long noncoding RNAs; BDNF-AS and 17A and their relation to GABAergic dysfunction in Egyptian epileptic patients.Metabolic brain disease · 2023Article
- Glial Glutamine Homeostasis in Health and Disease.Neurochemical research · 2023Review
- Astrocyte metabolism and signaling pathways in the CNS.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
The cellular, molecular, and metabolic mechanisms that underlie the development of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy are incompletely understood. Here we review the role of astrocytes in epilepsy development (a.k.a. epileptogenesis), particularly astrocyte pathologies related to: aquaporin 4, the inwardly rectifying potassium channel Kir4.1, monocarboxylate transporters MCT1 and MCT2, excitatory amino acid transporters EAAT1 and EAAT2, and glutamine synthetase. We propose that inhibition, dysfunction or loss of astrocytic glutamine synthetase is an important causative factor for some epilepsies, particularly mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and glioblastoma-associated epilepsy. We postulate that the regulatory mechanisms of glutamine synthetase as well as the downstream effects of glutamine synthetase dysfunction, represent attractive, new targets for antiepileptogenic interventions. Currently, no antiepileptogenic therapies are available for human use. The discovery of such interventions is important as it will fundamentally change the way we approach epilepsy by preventing the disease from ever becoming manifest after an epileptogenic insult to the brain.
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