[PDF][PDF] Proliferative neural stem cells have high endogenous ROS levels that regulate self-renewal and neurogenesis in a PI3K/Akt-dependant manner

JE Le Belle, NM Orozco, AA Paucar, JP Saxe… - Cell stem cell, 2011 - cell.com
The majority of research on reactive oxygen species (ROS) has focused on their cellular
toxicities. Stem cells generally have been thought to maintain low levels of ROS as a protection …

[PDF][PDF] Maternal inflammation contributes to brain overgrowth and autism-associated behaviors through altered redox signaling in stem and progenitor cells

JE Le Belle, J Sperry, A Ngo, Y Ghochani, DR Laks… - Stem cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
A period of mild brain overgrowth with an unknown etiology has been identified as one of
the most common phenotypes in autism. Here, we test the hypothesis that maternal …

Stem cells for neurodegenerative disorders: where can we go from here?

JE Le Belle, CN Svendsen - BioDrugs, 2002 - Springer
The use of stem cells in cell replacement therapy for neurodegenerative diseases has received
a great deal of scientific and public interest in recent years. This is due to the remarkable …

[PDF][PDF] Glioblastoma utilizes fatty acids and ketone bodies for growth allowing progression during ketogenic diet therapy

…, H Christofk, MG Castro, PR Lowenstein, JE Le Belle… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) metabolism has traditionally been characterized by a primary dependence
on aerobic glycolysis, prompting the use of the ketogenic diet (KD) as a potential therapy…

[HTML][HTML] Traumatic brain injury reveals novel cell lineage relationships within the subventricular zone

GM Thomsen, JE Le Belle, JA Harnisch… - Stem cell …, 2014 - Elsevier
The acute response of the rodent subventricular zone (SVZ) to traumatic brain injury (TBI)
involves a physical expansion through increased cell proliferation. However, the cellular …

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase Promotes Glioblastoma Radiation Resistance in a Phosphate and Tensin Homolog-Dependent Manner

K Ludwig, JE Le Belle, SD Muthukrishnan… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Aims: The goal of this study was to determine whether nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (NOX)-produced reactive oxygen species (ROS) enhance brain …

PTEN negatively regulates neural stem cell self-renewal by modulating G0-G1 cell cycle entry

…, JD Dougherty, J Le Belle… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
… To directly compare the properties of mutant (MUT) and WT stem/progenitors, we first examined
the effect of PTEN deficiency on embryonic day (E) 14.5 cortices, an age … Janel Le Belle

Pten deletion in adult neural stem/progenitor cells enhances constitutive neurogenesis

C Gregorian, J Nakashima, J Le Belle… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
Here we show that conditional deletion of Pten in a subpopulation of adult neural stem cells
in the subependymal zone (SEZ) leads to persistently enhanced neural stem cell self-…

Inosine promotes recovery of skilled motor function in a model of focal brain injury

JM Smith, P Lunga, D Story, N Harris, J Le Belle… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Janel Le Belle , Janel Le Belle … C and D show high power pictures from the ipsilateral and
contralateral grey matter of the cord from an animal that received a control infusion, while E

[PDF][PDF] Metabolism of fatty acids and ketone bodies for glioblastoma growth: Implications for Ketogenic Diet Therapy

J Sperry, JE Le Belle, MC Condro, L Guo, D Braas… - bioRxiv, 2019 - researchgate.net
Glioblastoma (GBM) metabolism has traditionally been characterized by a dependence on
aerobic glycolysis, prompting use of the ketogenic diet as a potential therapy. We observed …