ArticleNeurobiology of disease2021
Neutrophil-specific deletion of Syk results in recruitment-independent stabilization of the barrier and a long-term improvement in cognitive function after traumatic injury to the developing brain.
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- NETosis in Alzheimer's Disease: Understanding the Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Neuroinflammation and Disease Pathogenesis.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Shaking into deficits: investigating behavioural and neuropathological outcomes associated with a novel preclinical model of infant abusive head trauma.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025Article
- Neutrophils as key drivers of pulmonary fibrosis: unveiling mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Effects of UHDR and Conventional Irradiation on Behavioral and Cognitive Performance and the Percentage of Ly6G+ CD45+ Cells in the Hippocampus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- The double-edged role of neutrophil heterogeneity in inflammatory diseases and cancers.MedComm · 2023Review
- Neutrophil modulation of behavior and cognition in health and disease: The unexplored role of an innate immune cell.Immunological reviews · 2022Review
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Abstract
While traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children, we have yet to identify those pathogenic events that determine the extent of recovery. Neutrophils are best known as "first responders" to sites of infection and trauma where they become fully activated, killing pathogens via proteases that are released during degranulation. However, this activational state may generate substantial toxicity in the young brain after TBI that is partially due to developmentally regulated inadequate antioxidant reserves. Neutrophil degranulation is triggered via a downstream signaling pathway that is dependent on spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk). To test the hypothesis that the activational state of neutrophils is a determinant of early pathogenesis and long-term recovery, we compared young, brain-injured conditional knockouts of Syk (syk
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