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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2020

Astrocyte-Oligodendrocyte-Microglia Crosstalk in Astrocytopathies.

Dieuwke Maria de Waard, Marianna Bugiani

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dieuwke Maria de WaardDepartment of Pathology, VU Medical center, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Marianna BugianiDepartment of Pathology, VU Medical center, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defective astrocyte function due to a genetic mutation can have major consequences for microglia and oligodendrocyte physiology, which in turn affects the white matter integrity of the brain. This review addresses the current knowledge on shared and unique pathophysiological mechanisms of astrocytopathies, including vanishing white matter, Alexander disease, megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts, Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, and oculodentodigital dysplasia. The mechanisms of disease include protein accumulation, unbalanced secretion of extracellular matrix proteins, pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules, cytokines and chemokines by astrocytes, as well as an altered gap junctional network and a changed ionic and nutrient homeostasis. Interestingly, the extent to which astrogliosis and microgliosis are present in these astrocytopathies is highly variable. An improved understanding of astrocyte-microglia-oligodendrocyte crosstalk might ultimately lead to the identification of druggable targets for these, currently untreatable, severe conditions.

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Aicardi–Goutières syndromeAlexander diseaseastrocytopathiescellular crosstalkmegalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cystsoculodentodigital dysplasiavanishing white matter

Identifiers

PMID33328899
PMCPMC7710860
OpenAlexW3103582367

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