[HTML][HTML] Focus: the aging brain: neural stem/progenitor cells in Alzheimer's disease

G Tincer, V Mashkaryan, P Bhattarai… - The Yale journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and a worldwide
health challenge. Different therapeutic approaches are being developed to reverse or slow …

[PDF][PDF] IL4/STAT6 signaling activates neural stem cell proliferation and neurogenesis upon Amyloid-β42 aggregation in adult zebrafish brain

…, MI Cosacak, C Papadimitriou, V Mashkaryan… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Human brains are prone to neurodegeneration, given that endogenous neural stem/progenitor
cells (NSPCs) fail to support neurogenesis. To investigate the molecular programs …

[PDF][PDF] 3D culture method for Alzheimer's disease modeling reveals interleukin-4 rescues Aβ42-induced loss of human neural stem cell plasticity

…, H Celikkaya, MI Cosacak, V Mashkaryan… - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
Neural stem cells (NSCs) constitute an endogenous reservoir for neurons that could potentially
be harnessed for regenerative therapies in disease contexts such as neurodegeneration. …

[HTML][HTML] Neuron-glia interaction through Serotonin-BDNF-NGFR axis enables regenerative neurogenesis in Alzheimer's model of adult zebrafish brain

P Bhattarai, MI Cosacak, V Mashkaryan, S Demir… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
It was recently suggested that supplying the brain with new neurons could counteract Alzheimer’s
disease (AD). This provocative idea requires further testing in experimental models in …

Modeling amyloid-β42 toxicity and neurodegeneration in adult zebrafish brain

…, MI Cosacak, C Papadimitriou, V Mashkaryan… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2017 - jove.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease in which accumulation
of toxic amyloid-β42 (Aβ42) peptides leads to synaptic degeneration, inflammation, …

[HTML][HTML] Human TAUP301L overexpression results in TAU hyperphosphorylation without neurofibrillary tangles in adult zebrafish brain

…, P Bhattarai, L Bocova, T Dzewas, V Mashkaryan… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Microtubule-associated TAU protein is a pathological hallmark in Alzheimer’s disease (AD),
where hyperphosphorylation of TAU generates neurofibrillary tangles. To investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] GATA3 promotes the neural progenitor state but not neurogenesis in 3D traumatic injury model of primary human cortical astrocytes

…, L Naumann, V Mashkaryan… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are an abundant cell type in the vertebrate central nervous system and can act
as neural stem cells in specialized niches where they constitutively generate new neurons. …

[HTML][HTML] Type 1 Interleukin-4 Signaling Obliterates Mouse Astroglia in vivo but Not in vitro

V Mashkaryan, T Siddiqui, S Popova… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent findings suggest that reduced neurogenesis could be one of the underlying reasons
for the exacerbated neuropathology in humans, thus restoring the neural stem cell …

Instructive starPEG-Heparin biohybrid 3D cultures for modeling human neural stem cell plasticity, neurogenesis, and neurodegeneration

C Papadimitriou, MI Cosacak, V Mashkaryan… - bioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Three-dimensional models of human neural development and neurodegeneration are
crucial when exploring stem-cell-based regenerative therapies in a tissue-mimetic manner. …

Interleukin-4 restores neurogenic plasticity of the primary human neural stem cells through suppression of Kynurenic acid production upon Amyloid-beta42 toxicity

…, H Celikkaya, MI Cosacak, V Mashkaryan… - bioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
The immune response is an important determinant of the plasticity and neurogenic capacity
of neural stem cells (NSCs) upon amyloid-beta42 (Aβ42) toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD)…