Publications – Neuroscience Initiative

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A. Lampel, S. A. McPhee, S. Kassem, D. Sementa, T. Massarano, J. M. Aramini, Y. He, and R. V. Ulijn, Melanin-Inspired Chromophoric Microparticles Composed of Polymeric Peptide Pigments, Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015170.

Z. Li, M. Moniruzzaman, R. M. Dastgheyb, S.-W. Yoo, M. Wang, H. Hao, J. Liu, P. Casaccia, C. Nogueras-Ortiz, D. Kapogiannis, B. S. Slusher, N. J. Haughey. Astrocytes Deliver CK1 to Neurons via Extracellular Vesicles in Response to Inflammation Promoting the Translation and Amyloidogenic Processing of APP. J Extracell Vesicles, 2020, 10 (2), e12035. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12035.

K. Veerasammy, Y. X. Chen, S. Sauma, M. Pruvost, D. K. Dansu, T. Choetso, T. Zhong, D. Marechal, P. Casaccia, R. Abzalimov, Y. He. Sample Preparation for Metabolic Profiling Using MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging. JoVE, 2020, No. 166, 62008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3791/62008.

E. S. Duncan, A. D. Shereen, T. Gentimis, S. L. Small. Identifiable Patterns of Trait, State, and Experience in Chronic Stroke Recovery. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 2021, 35 (2), 158–168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968320981953.

J. Liu, E. Likhtik, A. D. Shereen, T. A. Dennis-Tiwary, P. Casaccia. White Matter Plasticity in Anxiety: Disruption of Neural Network Synchronization During Threat-Safety Discrimination. Front Cell Neurosci, 2020, 14, 587053. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2020.587053.

Publications Archives

2020

K. Veerasammy, Y. X. Chen, S. Sauma, M. Pruvost, D. K. Dansu, T. Choetso, T. Zhong, D. Marechal, P. Casaccia, R. Abzalimov, Y. He. Sample Preparation for Metabolic Profiling Using MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging. JoVE, 2020, No. 166, 62008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3791/62008.
E. S. Duncan, A. D. Shereen, T. Gentimis, S. L. Small. Identifiable Patterns of Trait, State, and Experience in Chronic Stroke Recovery. Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 2021, 35 (2), 158–168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968320981953.
J. Liu, E. Likhtik, A. D. Shereen, T. A. Dennis-Tiwary, P. Casaccia. White Matter Plasticity in Anxiety: Disruption of Neural Network Synchronization During Threat-Safety Discrimination. Front Cell Neurosci, 2020, 14, 587053. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2020.587053.
P. Ghobadi-Azbari, A. Jamil, F. Yavari, Z. Esmaeilpour, N. Malmir, R. Mahdavifar-Khayati, G. Soleimani, Y.-H. Cha, A. D. Shereen, M. A. Nitsche, M. Bikson, H. Ekhtiari. FMRI and Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES): A Systematic Review of Parameter Space and Outcomes. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 2020, 110149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110149.
D. K. Dansu, S. Sauma, P. Casaccia. Oligodendrocyte Progenitors as Environmental Biosensors. Semin Cell Dev Biol, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.09.012.
M. Amatruda, M. Petracca, M. Wentling, B. Inbar, K. Castro, E. Y. Chen, M. A. Kiebish, K. Edwards, M. Inglese, P. Casaccia. Retrospective Unbiased Plasma Lipidomic of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Patients-Identifies Lipids Discriminating Those with Faster Clinical Deterioration. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10 (1), 15644. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72654-8.
F. Li, A. Sami, H. N. Noristani, K. Slattery, J. Qiu, T. Groves, S. Wang, K. Veerasammy, Y. X. Chen, J. Morales, P. Haynes, A. Sehgal, Y. He, S. Li, Y. Song. Glial Metabolic Rewiring Promotes Axon Regeneration and Functional Recovery in the Central Nervous System. Cell Metabolism, 2020, 0 (0). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2020.08.015.
J. Qiu, P. Singh, G. Pan, A. de Paolis, F. A. Champagne, J. Liu, L. Cardoso, A. Rodríguez-Contreras. Defining the Relationship between Maternal Care Behavior and Sensory Development in Wistar Rats: Auditory Periphery Development, Eye Opening and Brain Gene Expression. PLoS One, 2020, 15 (8), e0237933. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237933.
The iMSMS Consortium. Household Paired Design Reduces Variance and Increases Power in Multi-City Gut Microbiome Study in Multiple Sclerosis. Mult Scler, 2020, 1352458520924594. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1352458520924594.
P. Casaccia, E. W. G. M. Boddeke. Foreword. Glia, 2020, 68 (8), 1551–1553. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23841.
M. P. Fernandez, H. L. Pettibone, J. T. Bogart, C. J. Roell, C. E. Davey, A. Pranevicius, K. V. Huynh, S. M. Lennox, B. S. Kostadinov, O. T. Shafer. Sites of Circadian Clock Neuron Plasticity Mediate Sensory Integration and Entrainment. Current Biology, 2020, 0 (0). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.025.
G. M. Dmochowski, A. D. Shereen, D. Berisha, J. P. Dmochowski. Near-Infrared Light Increases Functional Connectivity with a Non-Thermal Mechanism. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 2020, 1 (1), tgaa004. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa004.
Samudyata, G. Castelo‐Branco, J. Liu. Epigenetic Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation: From Development to Demyelinating Disorders. Glia, 2020, glia.23820. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23820.
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

Z. Esmaeilpour, A. D. Shereen, P. Ghobadi‐Azbari, A. Datta, A. J. Woods, M. Ironside, J. O’Shea, U. Kirk, M. Bikson, H. Ekhtiari. Methodology for TDCS Integration with FMRI. Hum Brain Mapp, 2020, 41 (7), 1950–1967. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24908.

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.

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)

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. Podcast: https://elifesciences.org/podcast/episode60#933.

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

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

Tsai, P. Casaccia. Mechano-Modulation of Nuclear Events Regulating Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Gene Expression. Glia, 2019, 67 (7), 1229–1239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23595.

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

I. Katz 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. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 2019, 6 (1), e517. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000517.

V. Aubry, H. Khandaker, R. Ravenelle, I. S. Grunfeld, V. Bonnefil, K. L. Chan, F. Cathomas, J. Liu, G. E. Schafe, N. S. Burghardt. A Diet Enriched with Curcumin Promotes Resilience to Chronic Social Defeat Stress. Neuropsychopharmacol, 2019, 44 (4), 733–742. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-018-0295-2.