ReviewNeural regeneration research2023
Can glial cells save neurons in epilepsy?
Review in Neural regeneration research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- RAF1 Promotes Gstt1-Mediated Ferroptosis by Promoting KDM1A Recruitment to Facilitate Pilocarpine-Induced Acute Seizure-Associated Neuronal Injury.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Astrocytes in Genetic Epilepsies: Supporting Actor or Key Player?Journal of neuroscience research · 2026Review
- Light- and temperature-sensitive seizures are regulated by spatially distinct cortex glial populations in the central nervous system.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Astrocytes Control Norepinephrine Signaling in the Brain.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
- MCC-135 Exerts Antiepileptic and Neuroprotective Effects by Downregulating NCX1 Expression to Decrease Intracellular Calcium Overload in the Hippocampus.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- TPPU protects against seizures and seizure-associated comorbidities by inhibiting the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in KA-induced convulsant mice.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Mitochondria-Associated Endoplasmic Reticulum Membranes as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Epilepsy.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Review
- The Impact of Small Molecule on the Astrocyte's Viability Derived From Epileptic Brain Tissues.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
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- SRF Facilitates Transcriptional Inhibition of Gem Expression by m6A Methyltransferase METTL3 to Suppress Neuronal Damage in Epilepsy.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Erythropoietin for Seizures and Epilepsy: Neuroprotective Effects, Mechanisms, and Contradictory Risks.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2025Review
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- A review of cell-type specific circuit mechanisms underlying epilepsy.Acta epileptologica · 2024Review
- Neuroinflammation and Epilepsy: From Pathophysiology to Therapies Based on Repurposing Drugs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Identification of potential disease-associated variants in idiopathic generalized epilepsy using targeted sequencing.Journal of human genetics · 2024Article
- In the Rat Hippocampus, Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus Is Associated with Reactive Glia and Concomitant Increased Expression of CD31, PDGFRβ, and Collagen IV in Endothelial Cells and Pericytes of the Blood-Brain Barrier.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- The lactate metabolism and protein lactylation in epilepsy.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Review
- Harnessing the potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells, functional assays and machine learning for neurodevelopmental disorders.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- (+)-Borneol inhibits neuroinflammation and M1 phenotype polarization of microglia in epileptogenesis through the TLR4-NFκB signaling pathway.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder caused by the pathological hyper-synchronization of neuronal discharges. The fundamental research of epilepsy mechanisms and the targets of drug design options for its treatment have focused on neurons. However, approximately 30% of patients suffering from epilepsy show resistance to standard anti-epileptic chemotherapeutic agents while the symptoms of the remaining 70% of patients can be alleviated but not completely removed by the current medications. Thus, new strategies for the treatment of epilepsy are in urgent demand. Over the past decades, with the increase in knowledge on the role of glia in the genesis and development of epilepsy, glial cells are receiving renewed attention. In a normal brain, glial cells maintain neuronal health and in partnership with neurons regulate virtually every aspect of brain function. In epilepsy, however, the supportive roles of glial cells are compromised, and their interaction with neurons is altered, which disrupts brain function. In this review, we will focus on the role of glia-related processes in epileptogenesis and their contribution to abnormal neuronal activity, with the major focus on the dysfunction of astroglial potassium channels, water channels, gap junctions, glutamate transporters, purinergic signaling, synaptogenesis, on the roles of microglial inflammatory cytokines, microglia-astrocyte interactions in epilepsy, and on the oligodendroglial potassium channels and myelin abnormalities in the epileptic brain. These recent findings suggest that glia should be considered as the promising next-generation targets for designing anti-epileptic drugs that may improve epilepsy and drug-resistant epilepsy.
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