Journal article
Inflammation in Traumatic Brain Injury: Roles for Toxic A1 Astrocytes and Microglial-Astrocytic Crosstalk
David PQ Clark, Victoria M Perreau, Sandy R Shultz, Rhys D Brady, Enie Lei, Shilpi Dixit, Juliet M Taylor, Philip M Beart, Wah Chin Boon
NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS | Published : 2019
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury triggers neuroinflammation that may contribute to progressive neurodegeneration. We investigated patterns of recruitment of astrocytes and microglia to inflammation after brain trauma by firstly characterising expression profiles over time of marker genes following TBI, and secondly by monitoring glial morphologies reflecting inflammatory responses in a rat model of traumatic brain injury (i.e. the lateral fluid percussion injury). Gene expression profiles revealed early elevation of expression of astrocytic marker glial fibrillary acidic protein relative to microglial marker allograft inflammatory factor 1 (also known as ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1). Ad..
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Funding Acknowledgements
PMB is pleased to contribute a paper to this Special Issue honouring Tony Turner who has been a colleague furthering the neurochemical cause via the Journal of Neurochemistry and internationally (ISN) and in Europe (ESN) for some 20 years. This work is partly funded by the J and M Nolan Family Trust. This work was supported by the Victorian Government through the Operational Infrastructure Scheme.