Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Conservation and divergence of vulnerability and responses to stressors between human and mouse astrocytes

  • Jiwen Li,
  • Lin Pan,
  • William G. Pembroke,
  • Jessica E. Rexach,
  • Marlesa I. Godoy,
  • Michael C. Condro,
  • Alvaro G. Alvarado,
  • Mineli Harteni,
  • Yen-Wei Chen,
  • Linsey Stiles,
  • Angela Y. Chen,
  • Ina B. Wanner,
  • Xia Yang,
  • Steven A. Goldman,
  • Daniel H. Geschwind,
  • Harley I. Kornblum,
  • Ye Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24232-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Astrocytes are important players in brain development, homeostasis, and disease. Here, the authors compare the transcriptional profiles of human and mouse astrocytes. They report species-specific susceptibility to oxidative stress and response to hypoxic and inflammatory conditions.