Spinal muscular atrophy astrocytes exhibit abnormal calcium regulation and reduced growth factor production

EZ spheres: A stable and expandable culture system for the generation of pre-rosette multipotent stem cells from human ESCs and iPSCs

(2013) Allison D. Ebert et al.   Stem Cell Research

An SMN-Dependent U12 Splicing Event Essential for Motor Circuit Function

(2012) Francesco Lotti et al.   CELL

SMN Is Required for Sensory-Motor Circuit Function in Drosophila

(2012) Wendy L. Imlach et al.   CELL

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Patients with Huntington's Disease Show CAG-Repeat-Expansion-Associated Phenotypes

(2012) The HD iPSC Consortium   Cell Stem Cell

Altered astrocytic response to activation in SOD1G93Amice and its implications on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathogenesis

(2012) Chen Benkler et al.   GLIA

Mouse models of SMA: tools for disease characterization and therapeutic development

(2012) Thomas W. Bebee et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Antisense-based therapy for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

(2012) Frank Rigo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Motor Neuron Rescue in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Mice Demonstrates That Sensory-Motor Defects Are a Consequence, Not a Cause, of Motor Neuron Dysfunction

(2012) R. G. Gogliotti et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Survival Motor Neuron Protein in Motor Neurons Determines Synaptic Integrity in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2012) T. L. Martinez et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Inhibition of Apoptosis Blocks Human Motor Neuron Cell Death in a Stem Cell Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2012) Dhruv Sareen et al.   PLoS One

Limited Phenotypic Effects of Selectively Augmenting the SMN Protein in the Neurons of a Mouse Model of Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2012) Andrew J-H. Lee et al.   PLoS One

TRPA1 Is Functionally Expressed Primarily by IB4-Binding, Non-Peptidergic Mouse and Rat Sensory Neurons

(2012) Marie E. Barabas et al.   PLoS One

The contribution of mouse models to understanding the pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy

(2011) J. N. Sleigh et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

A single administration of morpholino antisense oligomer rescues spinal muscular atrophy in mouse

(2011) Paul N. Porensky et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Defective Neuromuscular Junction Organization and Postnatal Myogenesis in Mice With Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2011) Elisabet Dachs et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Calcium signalling in astroglia

(2011) Alexei Verkhratsky et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

A critical smn threshold in mice dictates onset of an intermediate spinal muscular atrophy phenotype associated with a distinct neuromuscular junction pathology

(2011) Mélissa Bowerman et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Early Functional Impairment of Sensory-Motor Connectivity in a Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2011) George Z. Mentis et al.   NEURON

Efficient Differentiation of Human Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Functional Astrocytes

(2011) Luni Emdad et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Ca2+ sources for the exocytotic release of glutamate from astrocytes

(2010) Vladimir Parpura et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Splicing regulation of the Survival Motor Neuron genes and implications for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

(2010) Thomas et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Antisense correction of SMN2 splicing in the CNS rescues necrosis in a type III SMA mouse model

(2010) Y. Hua et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Arrhythmia and cardiac defects are a feature of spinal muscular atrophy model mice

(2010) Christopher R. Heier et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Cardiac defects contribute to the pathology of spinal muscular atrophy models

(2010) Monir Shababi et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Early heart failure in the SMNΔ7 model of spinal muscular atrophy and correction by postnatal scAAV9-SMN delivery

(2010) Adam K. Bevan et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

CNS-targeted gene therapy improves survival and motor function in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy

(2010) Marco A. Passini et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Structural Remodeling of Fibrous Astrocytes after Axonal Injury

(2010) D. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reduced Survival of Motor Neuron (SMN) Protein in Motor Neuronal Progenitors Functions Cell Autonomously to Cause Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Model Mice Expressing the Human Centromeric (SMN2) Gene

(2010) G.-H. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Rescue of the spinal muscular atrophy phenotype in a mouse model by early postnatal delivery of SMN

(2010) Kevin D Foust et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Astroglial networks: a step further in neuroglial and gliovascular interactions

(2010) Christian Giaume et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Regulated exocytosis in astrocytic signal integration

(2010) Vladimir Parpura et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Synaptic Defects in the Spinal and Neuromuscular Circuitry in a Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2010) Karen K. Y. Ling et al.   PLoS One

Mouse Survival Motor Neuron Alleles That Mimic SMN2 Splicing and Are Inducible Rescue Embryonic Lethality Early in Development but Not Late

(2010) Suzan M. Hammond et al.   PLoS One

Gliotransmission: Exocytotic release from astrocytes

(2009) Vladimir Parpura et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Synchronous Hyperactivity and Intercellular Calcium Waves in Astrocytes in Alzheimer Mice

(2009) K. V. Kuchibhotla et al.   SCIENCE

Non-Cell-Autonomous Effect of Human SOD1G37R Astrocytes on Motor Neurons Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

(2008) Maria C.N. Marchetto et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Neuronal SMN expression corrects spinal muscular atrophy in severe SMA mice while muscle-specific SMN expression has no phenotypic effect

(2008) T. O. Gavrilina et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

TPL2-mediated activation of ERK1 and ERK2 regulates the processing of pre-TNF  in LPS-stimulated macrophages

(2008) S. Rousseau et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Induced pluripotent stem cells from a spinal muscular atrophy patient

(2008) Allison D. Ebert et al.   NATURE

Age-related changes in glial cells of dopamine midbrain subregions in rhesus monkeys

(2008) Nicholas M. Kanaan et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING