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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2019

Mast Cells in Stress, Pain, Blood-Brain Barrier, Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's Disease.

Duraisamy Kempuraj, Shireen Mentor, Ramasamy Thangavel, Mohammad E Ahmed, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi Selvakumar, Sudhanshu P Raikwar, Iuliia Dubova, Smita Zaheer, Shankar S Iyer, Asgar Zaheer

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Duraisamy KempurajHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Shireen MentorDepartment of Neurology and the Center for Translational Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
Ramasamy ThangavelHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Mohammad E AhmedHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Govindhasamy Pushpavathi SelvakumarHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Sudhanshu P RaikwarHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Iuliia DubovaHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Smita ZaheerDepartment of Neurology and the Center for Translational Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
Shankar S IyerHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Asgar ZaheerHarry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (VA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Columbia, MO, United States.
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital · USUniversity of Missouri · USUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs · US

Funding

Therapeutic potential of GMF suppresssion in inflammation and neurodegenerationR01AG048205 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI ZAHEER, ASGAR · 2015 to 2019
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Glia maturation factor dependent mast cell activation in Parkinson's diseaseI01BX002477 · VA · IOWA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZAHEER, ASGAR · 2015 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX002477NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cell activation plays an important role in stress-mediated disease pathogenesis. Chronic stress cause or exacerbate aging and age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases. The severity of inflammatory diseases is worsened by the stress. Mast cell activation-dependent inflammatory mediators augment stress associated pain and neuroinflammation. Stress is the second most common trigger of headache due to mast cell activation. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive irreversible neurodegenerative disease that affects more women than men and woman's increased susceptibility to chronic stress could increase the risk for AD. Modern life-related stress, social stress, isolation stress, restraint stress, early life stress are associated with an increased level of neurotoxic beta amyloid (Aβ) peptide. Stress increases cognitive dysfunction, generates amyloid precursor protein (APP), hyperphosphorylated tau, neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and amyloid plaques (APs) in the brain. Stress-induced Aβ persists for years and generates APs even several years after the stress exposure. Stress activates hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and releases corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) from hypothalamus and in peripheral system, which increases the formation of Aβ, tau hyperphosphorylation, and blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption in the brain. Mast cells are implicated in nociception and pain. Mast cells are the source and target of CRH and other neuropeptides that mediate neuroinflammation. Microglia express receptor for CRH that mediate neurodegeneration in AD. However, the exact mechanisms of how stress-mediated mast cell activation contribute to the pathogenesis of AD remains elusive. This mini-review highlights the possible role of stress and mast cell activation in neuroinflammation, BBB, and tight junction disruption and AD pathogenesis.

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Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid plaqueschronic stresscorticotropin releasing hormonemast cellsneurodegenerative diseaseneuroinflammation

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PMID30837843
PMCPMC6389675
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