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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Astrocyte-to-microglia communication via Sema4B-Plexin-B2 modulates injury-induced reactivity of microglia.

Natania Casden, Vitali Belzer, Abdellatif El Khayari, Rachid El Fatimy, Oded Behar

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Natania CasdenDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research-Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Vitali BelzerDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research-Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Abdellatif El KhayariInstitute of Biological Sciences (ISSB-P), UM6P Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben-Guerir 43150, Morocco.ORCID 0000-0002-2803-5024
Rachid El FatimyInstitute of Biological Sciences (ISSB-P), UM6P Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben-Guerir 43150, Morocco.
Oded BeharDepartment of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, The Institute for Medical Research-Israel-Canada, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-6913-2827

Funding

Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 401/19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After central nervous system injury, a rapid cellular and molecular response is induced. This response can be both beneficial and detrimental to neuronal survival in the first few days and increases the risk for neurodegeneration if persistent. Semaphorin4B (Sema4B), a transmembrane protein primarily expressed by cortical astrocytes, has been shown to play a role in neuronal cell death following injury. Our study shows that after cortical stab wound injury, cytokine expression is attenuated in

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AstrocytesMice, KnockoutMicrogliaNerve Tissue ProteinsSemaphorinsAnimalsBrain InjuriesCell CommunicationMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNerve Tissue ProteinsPlxnb2 protein, mousesemaphorin 4B, mouseSemaphorinsastrocyteinflammationmicrogliaPlexin-B2Sema4B

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