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ArticleCell reports2021

Molecular and functional properties of cortical astrocytes during peripherally induced neuroinflammation.

Blanca Diaz-Castro, Alexander M Bernstein, Giovanni Coppola, Michael V Sofroniew, Baljit S Khakh

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Blanca Diaz-CastroDepartment of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA; UK Dementia Research Institute and Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, Scotland EH16 4SB, UK. Electronic address: b.diaz-castro@ed.ac.uk.
Alexander M BernsteinDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA.
Giovanni CoppolaDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA; Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA.
Michael V SofroniewDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA.
Baljit S KhakhDepartment of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA; Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1751, USA. Electronic address: bkhakh@mednet.ucla.edu.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA IDDRC: Translational CoreP50HD103557 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SUMA JACOB · 2020 to 2026
$9.6M
Fundamental astrocyte biology in intact neural circuitsR35NS111583 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Baljit Khakh · 2019 to 2026
$7.9M
Integrative Center for Neurogenetics and Neurogenomics - OverallP30NS062691 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI COPPOLA, GIOVANNI · 2009 to 2018
$7.4M
UCLA Center for Translational Research in Neurodevelopment: UC-TRaNU54HD087101 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MCCRACKEN, JAMES T. · 2016 to 2020
$6.5M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103557NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD087101NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS062691NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS111583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytic contributions to neuroinflammation are widely implicated in disease, but they remain incompletely explored. We assess medial prefrontal cortex (PFC) and visual cortex (VCX) astrocyte and whole-tissue gene expression changes in mice following peripherally induced neuroinflammation triggered by a systemic bacterial endotoxin, lipopolysaccharide, which produces sickness-related behaviors, including anhedonia. Neuroinflammation-mediated behavioral changes and astrocyte-specific gene expression alterations peak when anhedonia is greatest and then reverse to normal. Notably, region-specific molecular identities of PFC and VCX astrocytes are largely maintained during reactivity changes. Gene pathway analyses reveal alterations of diverse cell signaling pathways, including changes in cell-cell interactions of multiple cell types that may underlie the central effects of neuroinflammation. Certain astrocyte molecular signatures accompanying neuroinflammation are shared with changes reported in Alzheimer's disease and mouse models. However, we find no evidence of altered neuronal survival or function in the PFC even when neuroinflammation-induced astrocyte reactivity and behavioral changes are significant.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnhedoniaAnimalsAstrocytesCell CommunicationCerebral CortexInflammationLipopolysaccharidesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsPhenotypePyramidal CellsTranscription, GeneticLipopolysaccharidesanhedoniaastrocyteastrocyte reactivitybrain endothelial cellcell communicationLPSmicroglianeuroinflammationneuronprefrontal cortexRNA-seq

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PMID34380036
PMCPMC8418871
OpenAlexW3192196157

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