Publications – Neuroscience Initiative

Latest Publications

S. Sauma, P. Casaccia. Gut-Brain Communication in Demyelinating Disorders. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2020, 62, 92–101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2020.01.005.

C. Yattah, M. Hernandez, D. Huang, H. Park, W. Liao, P. Casaccia. Dynamic Lamin B1-Gene Association During Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Differentiation. Neurochem Res, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-019-02941-y.

P. Casaccia. Emerging Concepts in Neuroscience Research: 2019 Highlights. The Lancet Neurology, 2020, 19 (1), 21–22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30452-1.

B. J. Piggott, C. J. Peters, Y. He, X. Huang, S. Younger, L. Y. Jan, Y. N. Jan. Paralytic, the Drosophila Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel, Regulates Proliferation of Neural Progenitors. Genes Dev., 2019, 33 (23–24), 1739–1750. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.330597.119.

S. Sauma, P. Casaccia. Does the Gut Microbiota Contribute to the Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Niche? Neuroscience Letters, 2019, 134574. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134574.

Publications Archives

2020

S. Sauma, P. Casaccia. Gut-Brain Communication in Demyelinating Disorders. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2020, 62, 92–101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2020.01.005.
C. Yattah, M. Hernandez, D. Huang, H. Park, W. Liao, P. Casaccia. Dynamic Lamin B1-Gene Association During Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Differentiation. Neurochem Res, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-019-02941-y.
P. Casaccia. Emerging Concepts in Neuroscience Research: 2019 Highlights. The Lancet Neurology, 2020, 19 (1), 21–22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30452-1.

2019

S. Sauma, P. Casaccia. Does the Gut Microbiota Contribute to the Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Niche? Neuroscience Letters, 2019, 134574. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134574.

M. Wentling, C. Lopez-Gomez, H.J. Park, M. Amatruda, A. Ntranos, J. Aramini, M. Petracca, T. Rusielewicz, E. Chen, V. Tolstikov, M. Kiebish, V. Fossati, M. Inglese, C.M. Quinzii, I. Katz Sand, P. Casaccia. A metabolic perspective on CSF-mediated neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. Brain, 2019. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz201 (press release)

L.L. Boshans, D.C. Factor, V. Singh, J. Liu, C. Zhao, I. Mandoiu, Q.R. Lu, P. Casaccia, P.J. Tesar, A. Nishiyama. The Chromatin Environment Around Interneuron Genes in Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells and Their Potential for Interneuron Reprograming. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019, 13. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00829

V. Bonnefil, K. Dietz, M. Amatruda, M. Wentling, A.V. Aubry, J.L. Dupree, G. Temple, H.J. Park, N.S. Burghardt, P. Casaccia, J. Liu. Region-specific myelin differences define behavioral consequences of chronic social defeat stress in mice. ELife, 2019, 8. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.40855.001

K. Castro, A. Ntranos, M. Amatruda, M. Petracca, P. Kosa, E.Y. Chen, J. Morstein, D. Trauner, C.T. Watson, M.A. Kiebish, B. Bielekova, M. Inglese, I. Katz Sand, P. Casaccia. Body Mass Index in Multiple Sclerosis modulates ceramide-induced DNA methylation and disease course. EBioMedicine, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.03.087 (press release)

A.M. Falcão, M. Meijer, A. Scaglione, P. Rinwa, E. Agirre, J. Liang, S.C. Larsen, A. Heskol, R. Frawley, M. Klingener, M. Varas-Godoy, A.A.S.F. Raposo, P. Ernfors, D.S. Castro, M.L. Nielsen, P. Casaccia, G. Castelo-Branco. PAD2-Mediated Citrullination Contributes to Efficient Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination. Cell Reports, 2019, 4. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.108

A. Ntranos, V. Ntranos, V. Bonnefil, J. Liu, S. Kim-Schulze, Y. He, Y. Zhu, R. Brandstadter, C.T. Watson, A.J. Sharp, I. Katz Sand, P. Casaccia. Fumarates target the metabolic-epigenetic interplay of brain-homing T cells in multiple sclerosis. Brain, 2019, 142(3), 647-661. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awy344

2018

I. K. Sand, Y. Zhu, A. Ntranos, J.C. Clemente, E. Cekanaviciute, R. Brandstadter, E. Crabtree-Hartman, S. Singh, Y. Bencosme, J. Debelius, R. Knight, B.A.C. Cree, S.E. Baranzini, P. Casaccia. Disease-modifying therapies alter gut microbial composition in MS. Neurology – Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation, 2018, 6, 1. DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000517

A. Scaglione, J. Patzig, J. Liang, R. Frawley, J. Bok, A. Mela, C. Yattah, J. Zhang, S.X. Teo, T. Zhou, S. Chen, E. Bernstein, P. Canoll, E. Guccione, P. Casaccia. PRMT5-mediated regulation of developmental myelination. Nat Commun, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04863-9.

A.T. McKenzie, M. Wang, M.E. Hauberg, J.F. Fullard, A. Kozlenkov, A. Keenan, Y.L. Hurd, S. Dracheva, P. Casaccia, P. Roussos, B. Zhang. Brain Cell Type Specific Gene Expression and Co-expression Network Architectures. Sci Rep, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27293-5.

A. Schlüter, J. Sandoval, S. Fourcade, A. Díaz-Lagares, M. Ruiz, P. Casaccia, M. Esteller, A. Pujol. Epigenomic signature of adrenoleukodystrophy predicts compromised oligodendrocyte differentiation. Brain Pathol, 2018. DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12595.

P. Casaccia, G. Corfas. Introduction to the special issue on myelin plasticity in the central nervous system. Dev Neurobiol, 2018. DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22575.

K. Castro, P. Casaccia. Epigenetic modifications in brain and immune cells of multiple sclerosis patients. Mult Scler, 2018. DOI: 10.1177/1352458517737389.

A. Ntranos, P. Casaccia. The Microbiome-Gut-Behavior Axis: Crosstalk Between the Gut Microbiome and Oligodendrocytes Modulates Behavioral Responses. Neurotherapeutics. 2018 Jan, 15 ,1, 31-35. DOI: 10.1007/s13311-017-0597-9