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Marcela Pekna
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Department of Clinical Neuroscience-
Inflammation, Anti-inflammatory Interventions, and Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Human and Animal
Studies
Reinier W. P. Tack, Claudia Amboni, Danny van Nuijs, Marcela Pekna, Mervyn D. I. Vergouwen, Gabriel J. E. Rinkel, Elly M. Hol
TRANSLATIONAL STROKE RESEARCH - 2023 -
Proteomics identifies lipocalin-2 in neonatal inflammation associated with cerebrovascular alteration in mice and preterm
infants
Giacomo Gravina, Maryam Ardalan, Tetyana Chumak, Anders K. Nilsson, C. Joakim Ek, H. Danielsson, Pernilla Svedin, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, Karin Sävman, Ann Hellström, Carina Mallard
iScience - 2023 -
Complement C3a treatment accelerates recovery after stroke via modulation of astrocyte reactivity and cortical
connectivity
Anna Stokowska, M. Aswendt, D. Zucha, Stephanie Lohmann, F. Wieters, Javier Morán Suarez, Alison L Atkins, YiXian Li, Maria Miteva, Julia Lewin, Dirk Wiedermann, M. Diedenhofen, Åsa Torinsson Naluai, P. Abaffy, L. Valihrach, M. Kubista, M. Hoehn, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Journal of Clinical Investigation - 2023 -
Astrocyte Responses to Complement Peptide C3a are Highly
Context-Dependent
Marcela Pekna, Sumen Siqin, Yolanda de Pablo, Anna Stokowska, Åsa Torinsson Naluai, Milos Pekny
Neurochemical Research - 2023 -
Survivin promotes a glycolytic switch in CD4+ T cells by suppressing the transcription of PFKFB3 in rheumatoid
arthritis.
Malin Erlandsson, Karin Andersson, Nina Oparina, Venkataragavan Chandrasekaran, Tibor Saghy, Anastasios Damdimopoulos, Maria-Jose Garcia-Bonete, Zakaria Einbeigi, Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd, Marcela Pekna, Gergely Katona, Maria Bokarewa
iScience - 2022 -
Reactive astrocytes prevent maladaptive plasticity after ischemic
stroke
M. Aswendt, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, F. Wieters, Anna Stokowska, F. J. Schmitt, N. Pallast, Yolanda de Pablo, Lava Mohammed, M. Hoehn, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Progress in Neurobiology - 2022 -
Interaction Between the Complement System and Infectious Agents - A Potential Mechanistic Link to Neurodegeneration and
Dementia
N. Shinjyo, W. Kagaya, Marcela Pekna
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience - 2021 -
C3a Receptor Signaling Inhibits Neurodegeneration Induced by Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain
Injury
Andrea Pozo-Rodrigálvarez, YiXian Li, Anna Stokowska, Jingyun Wu, Verena Dehm, Hana Sourkova, H. Steinbusch, C. Mallard, H. Hagberg, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Frontiers in Immunology - 2021 -
Targeting Complement C3a Receptor to Improve Outcome After Ischemic Brain
Injury
Marcela Pekna, Anna Stokowska, Milos Pekny
Neurochemical Research - 2021 -
Plasma neurofilament light chain levels predict improvement in late phase after
stroke.
Anna Stokowska, Lina Bunketorp Käll, Christian Blomstrand, Joel Simrén, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
European journal of neurology - 2021 -
Hyperactive Behavior and Altered Brain Morphology in Adult Complement C3a Receptor Deficient
Mice
Andrea Pozo-Rodrigalvarez, Roosa Ollaranta, Jenny Skoog, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Frontiers in Immunology - 2021 -
Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future
directions
C. Escartin, E. Galea, A. Lakatos, J. P. O'Callaghan, G. C. Petzold, A. Serrano-Pozo, C. Steinhauser, A. Volterra, G. Carmignoto, A. Agarwal, N. J. Allen, A. Araque, L. Barbeito, A. Barzilai, D. E. Bergles, G. Bonvento, A. M. Butt, W. T. Chen, M. Cohen-Salmon, C. Cunningham, B. Deneen, B. De Strooper, B. Diaz-Castro, C. Farina, M. Freeman, V. Gallo, J. E. Goldman, S. A. Goldman, M. Gotz, A. Gutierrez, P. G. Haydon, D. H. Heiland, E. M. Hol, M. G. Holt, M. Iino, K. V. Kastanenka, H. Kettenmann, B. S. Khakh, S. Koizumi, C. J. Lee, S. A. Liddelow, B. A. MacVicar, P. Magistretti, A. Messing, A. Mishra, A. V. Molofsky, K. K. Murai, C. M. Norris, S. Okada, S. H. R. Oliet, J. F. Oliveira, A. Panatier, V. Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, L. Pellerin, G. Perea, B. G. Perez-Nievas, F. W. Pfrieger, K. E. Poskanzer, F. J. Quintana, R. M. Ransohoff, M. Riquelme-Perez, S. Robel, C. R. Rose, J. D. Rothstein, N. Rouach, D. H. Rowitch, A. Semyanov, S. Sirko, H. Sontheimer, R. A. Swanson, J. Vitorica, I. B. Wanner, L. B. Wood, J. Q. Wu, B. H. Zheng, E. R. Zimmer, R. Zorec, M. V. Sofroniew, A. Verkhratsky
Nature Neuroscience - 2021 -
Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL) in Blood-A Biomarker Predicting Unfavourable Outcome in the Acute Phase and Improvement in the Late Phase after
Stroke
M. Pekny, U. Wilhelmsson, Anna Stokowska, T. Tatlisumak, K. Jood, Marcela Pekna
Cells - 2021 -
The Complement System: A Powerful Modulator and Effector of Astrocyte Function in the Healthy and Diseased Central Nervous
System
Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Cells - 2021 -
Nestin Null Mice Show Improved Reversal Place
Learning.
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marie Kalm, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Neurochemical research - 2020 -
Motor Function in the Late Phase After Stroke: Stroke Survivors'
Perspective
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Hans Samuelsson, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine-Arm - 2020 -
Complement C5 Contributes to Brain Injury After Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
B. J. van Dijk, J. C. M. Meijers, A. T. Kloek, V. L. Knaup, G. J. E. Rinkel, B. P. Morgan, M. J. van der Kamp, K. Osuka, E. Aronica, Y. M. Ruigrok, D. van de Beek, M. Brouwer, Marcela Pekna, E. M. Hol, M. D. I. Vergouwen
Translational Stroke Research - 2020 -
Nestin Regulates Neurogenesis in Mice Through Notch Signaling From Astrocytes to Neural Stem
Cells
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Isabell Lebkuechner, Renata Leke, Pavel Marasek, Xiaoguang Yang, D. Antfolk, Meng Chen, P. Mohseni, E. Lasic, S. T. Bobnar, M. Stenovec, R. Zorec, A. Nagy, C. Sahlgren, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Cerebral Cortex - 2019 -
Effects of horse-riding therapy and rhythm and music-based therapy on functional mobility in late phase after
stroke
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson
Neurorehabilitation - 2019 -
The role of GFAP and vimentin in learning and
memory
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Andrea Pozo-Rodrigalvarez, Marie Kalm, Yolanda de Pablo, Åsa Widestrand, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Biological Chemistry - 2019 -
Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis-A new target in
stroke?
Milos Pekny, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Turgut Tatlisumak, Marcela Pekna
Neuroscience Letters - 2019 -
Grafting Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells Into the Hippocampus of Juvenile, Irradiated Mice Normalizes Behavior
Deficits
Yoshiaki Sato, Noriko Shinjyo, Machiko Sato, Marie Nilsson, Kazuhiro Osato, Changlian Zhu, Marcela Pekna, Hans-Georg Kuhn, Klas Blomgren
Frontiers in Neurology - 2018 -
Concurrent validity of the Barrow Neurological Screen for Higher Cerebral Functions (BNIS) at the chronic stage
post-stroke
Karin Jonasson, Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Karin Blomvé, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson, Hans Samuelsson
13th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology” Stockholm, Sweden - 2018 -
Inflammation in the hippocampus affects IGF1 receptor signaling and contributes to neurological sequelae in rheumatoid
arthritis.
Karin Andersson, Caroline Wasén, Lina Juzokaite, Lovisa Leifsdottir, Malin Erlandsson, Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Kjell Olmarker, Rolf A. Heckemann, Marie Kalm, Maria Bokarewa
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2018 -
Increased Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells Derived from Phosphovimentin-Deficient
Mice.
Meng Chen, Till B. Puschmann, Pavel Marasek, Masaki Inagaki, Marcela Pekna, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Milos Pekny
Molecular neurobiology - 2018 -
Drugs targeting intermediate filaments can improve neurosupportive properties of
astrocytes.
Yolanda de Pablo, Meng Chen, Elin Möllerström, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Brain Research Bulletin - 2018 -
Complement C3a: Shaping the Plasticity of the Post-stroke
Brain.
Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna
Cellular and Molecular Approaches to Regeneration and Repair. - 2018 -
Activation of complement factor B contributes to murine and human myocardial ischemia/reperfusion
injury
N. Chun, A. S. Haddadin, J. Y. Liu, Y. F. Hou, K. A. Wong, D. Lee, J. I. Rushbrook, K. Gulaya, R. Hines, T. Hollis, B. N. Nuno, A. A. Mangi, S. Hashim, Marcela Pekna, A. Catalfamo, H. Y. Chin, F. Patel, S. Rayala, K. Shevde, P. S. Heeger, M. Zhang
PLoS ONE - 2017 -
Long-Term Improvements After Multimodal Rehabilitation in Late Phase After Stroke A Randomized Controlled
Trial
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Hans Samuelsson, Tulen Pekny, Karin Blomvé, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson
Stroke - 2017 -
Injury leads to the appearance of cells with characteristics of both microglia and astrocytes in mouse and human
brain.
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Daniel Andersson, Yolanda de Pablo, Roy Pekny, Anders Ståhlberg, Jan Mulder, Nicholas Mitsios, Tibor Hortobágyi, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Cerebral cortex - 2017 -
Complement peptide C3a stimulates neural plasticity after experimental brain
ischaemia.
Anna Stokowska, Alison L Atkins, Javier Morán, Tulen Pekny, Linda Bulmer, Michaela C. Pascoe, Scott R Barnum, Rick A Wetsel, Jonas A Nilsson, Mike Dragunow, Marcela Pekna
Brain - 2017 -
Neural Progenitor Cells in Cerebral Cortex of Epilepsy Patients do not Originate from Astrocytes Expressing
GLAST.
Meng Chen, Till B. Puschmann, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Charlotte Örndal, Marcela Pekna, Kristina Malmgren, Bertil Rydenhag, Milos Pekny
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 2017 -
Intranasal C3a treatment ameliorates cognitive impairment in a mouse model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain
injury.
Javier Morán, Anna Stokowska, Frederik R Walker, Carina Mallard, Henrik Hagberg, Marcela Pekna
Experimental Neurology - 2017 -
Komplementpeptiden C3a ledde till bättre återhämtning efter
stroke.
Tulen Pekny, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna
Läkartidningen - 2017 -
Ny upptäckt kan förbättra återhämtningen efter
stroke.
Tulen Pekny, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna
Neurologi i Sverige - 2017 -
Deficiency of the complement component 3 but not factor B aggravates Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis in
mice.
Manli Na, Anders Jarneborn, Abukar Ali, Amanda Welin, Malin Magnusson, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna, Tao Jin
Infection and immunity - 2016 -
Activation of Complement C3 Does Not Hamper the Outcome of Experimental Intramuscular Islet
Transplantation.
Daniel Espes, Marcela Pekna, Bo Nilsson, Per-Ola Carlsson
Transplantation - 2016 -
Astrocytes - a central element in neurological
diseases.
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, A Messing, C. Steinhäuser, J.M. Lee, V. Parpura, E. Hol, M Sofroniew, A. Verkhratsky
Acta Neuropathologica - 2016 -
Complement peptide C3a promotes astrocyte survival in response to
ischemia.
Noriko Shinjyo, Yolanda de Pablo, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Molecular Neurobiology - 2016 -
C3 deficiency ameliorates the negative effects of irradiation of the young brain on hippocampal development and
learning.
Marie Kalm, Ulf Andreasson, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Henrik Zetterberg, Milos Pekny, Kaj Blennow, Marcela Pekna, Klas Blomgren
Oncotarget - 2016 -
Reactive gliosis in the pathogenesis of CNS
diseases
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease - 2016 -
Heterogeneity of Notch signaling in astrocytes and the effects of GFAP and vimentin
deficiency
Isabell Lebkuechner, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Elin Möllerström, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Journal of Neurochemistry - 2015 -
Glia in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative
diseases
A. Verkhratsky, V. Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, M. Sofroniew
Biochemical Society Transactions - 2014 -
Astrocyte Reactivity and Reactive Astrogliosis: Costs and
Benefits
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Physiological Reviews - 2014 -
Short general anaesthesia induces prolonged changes in gene expression in the mouse
hippocampus
Tulen Pekny, Daniel Andersson, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 2014 -
The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive
gliosis.
Milos Pekny, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marcela Pekna
Neuroscience letters - 2014 -
Altered cognitive performance and synaptic function in the hippocampus of mice lacking
C3.
Marta Perez-Alcazar, Jonny Daborg, Anna Stokowska, Pontus Wasling, Andreas Björefeldt, Marie Kalm, Henrik Zetterberg, Karl E Carlström, Klas Blomgren, Christine T Ekdahl, Eric Hanse, Marcela Pekna
Experimental neurology - 2014 -
Complement Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Biomarker Endophenotypes of Alzheimer's
Disease
Jonny Daborg, Sandra Holmgren, Alexandra Abramsson, Ulf Andreasson, Madeleine Zetterberg, Staffan Nilsson, L Minthon, Ingmar Skoog, Kaj Blennow, Marcela Pekna, Eric Hanse, Henrik Zetterberg
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease - 2013 -
Plasticity Response in the Contralesional Hemisphere after Subtle Neurotrauma: Gene Expression Profiling after Partial Deafferentation of the
Hippocampus
Daniel Andersson, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Michael Nilsson, M. Kubista, Anders Ståhlberg, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Plos One - 2013 -
Axonal Regeneration after Sciatic Nerve Lesion Is Delayed but Complete in GFAP- and Vimentin-Deficient
Mice.
Alexander Berg, Marcela Pekna, Johan Zelano, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Milos Pekny, Staffan Cullheim
PloS one - 2013 -
Cardioembolic and Small Vessel Disease Stroke Show Differences in Associations between Systemic C3 Levels and
Outcome
Anna Stokowska, Sandra Olsson, Lukas Holmegaard, Katarina Jood, Christian Blomstrand, Christina Jern, Marcela Pekna
Plos One - 2013 -
Receptor for complement peptide C3a: a therapeutic target for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain
injury.
Katarina Järlestedt, Catherine I Rousset, Anders Ståhlberg, Hana Sourkova, Alison L Atkins, Claire Thornton, Scott R Barnum, Rick A Wetsel, Mike Dragunow, Milos Pekny, Carina Mallard, Henrik Hagberg, Marcela Pekna
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 2013 -
Reactive astrocytes, astrocyte intermediate filament proteins and their role in the disease
pathogenesis.
Milos Pekny, Michelle J Porritt, Yolanda de Pablo, Marcela Pekna, Ulrika Wilhelmsson
The Cytoskeleton: Imaging, Isolation, and Interaction. - 2013 -
Intermediate filaments are important for astrocyte response to oxidative stress induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation and
reperfusion
Yolanda de Pablo, Michael Nilsson, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Histochemistry and Cell Biology - 2013 -
Grafting of neural stem and progenitor cells to the hippocampus of young, irradiated mice causes gliosis and disrupts the granule cell
layer.
Yoshiaki Sato, Noriko Shinjyo, Machiko Sato, Kazuhiro Osato, Changlian Zhu, Marcela Pekna, Hans-Georg Kuhn, Klas Blomgren
Cell Death & Disease - 2013 -
Bioactive 3D cell culture system minimizes cellular stress and maintains the in vivo-like morphological complexity of astroglial
cells
Till B. Puschmann, Carl Zandén, Yolanda de Pablo, F. Kirchhoff, Marcela Pekna, Johan Liu, Milos Pekny
Glia - 2013 -
Is it possible to improve the life situation among community-dwelling individuals in the late phase of stroke through a rhythm and music method and therapeutic riding?: Study protocol for a randomized controlled
trial.
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Christian Blomstrand, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Michael Nilsson
7 th World Congress for Neuro Rehabilitation, Melbourne, Australia - 2012 -
Reduced removal of synaptic terminals from axotomized spinal motoneurons in the absence of complement
C3
A. Berg, Johan Zelano, A. Stephan, S. Thams, B. A. Barres, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, S. Cullheim
Experimental Neurology - 2012 -
Cerebrospinal fluid levels of complement proteins C3, C4 and CR1 in Alzheimer's
disease.
Jonny Daborg, Ulf Andreasson, Marcela Pekna, Ronald Lautner, Eric Hanse, Lennart Minthon, Kaj Blennow, Oskar Hansson, Henrik Zetterberg
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 2012 -
Glial cells in
(patho)physiology.
Vladimir Parpura, Michael T Heneka, Vedrana Montana, Stéphane H R Oliet, Arne Schousboe, Philip G Haydon, Randy F Stout, David C Spray, Andreas Reichenbach, Thomas Pannicke, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, Robert Zorec, Alexei Verkhratsky
Journal of neurochemistry - 2012 -
Neural plasticity as a basis for stroke
rehabilitation
Michael Nilsson, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Stroke rehabilitation. Insights from Neuroscience and Imaging. / Leeanne M. Carey (Editor) - 2012 -
The Neurobiology of Brain
Injury.
Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Cerebrum - 2012 -
The effects of a rhythm and music-based therapy program and therapeutic riding in late recovery phase following stroke: a study protocol for a three-armed randomized controlled
trial.
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Marcela Pekna, Christian Blomstrand, Milos Pekny, Michael Nilsson
BMC neurology - 2012 -
Astrocytes negatively regulate neurogenesis through the Jagged1-mediated notch
pathway.
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Maryam Faiz, Yolanda de Pablo, Marika Sjöqvist, Daniel Andersson, Åsa Widestrand, Maja Potokar, Matjaž Stenovec, Peter L P Smith, Noriko Shinjyo, Tulen Pekny, Robert Zorec, Anders Ståhlberg, Marcela Pekna, Cecilia Sahlgren, Milos Pekny
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 2012 -
Modulation of Neural Plasticity as a Basis for Stroke
Rehabilitation
Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Michael Nilsson
Stroke - 2012 -
Photothrombosis-Induced Infarction of the Mouse Cerebral Cortex Is Not Affected by the Nrf2-Activator
Sulforaphane
Michelle J Porritt, Heléne Andersson, Linda Hou, Åsa Nilsson, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Michael Nilsson
Plos One - 2012 -
Nephrotic Syndrome and Subepithelial Deposits in a Mouse Model of Immune-Mediated Anti-Podocyte
Glomerulonephritis.
Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger, Silke Dehde, Philipp Klug, Jan U Becker, Sabrina Mathey, Kazem Arefi, Stefan Balabanov, Simone Venz, Karl-Hans Endlich, Marcela Pekna, J Engelbert Gessner, Friedrich Thaiss, Tobias N Meyer
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 2011 -
Trace Fear Conditioning Detects Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in Neonatal
Mice.
Katarina Järlestedt, Alison L Atkins, Henrik Hagberg, Marcela Pekna, Carina Mallard
Developmental neuroscience - 2011 -
Genetic variation in complement component C3 shows association with ischaemic
stroke.
Sandra Olsson, Anna Stokowska, Lukas Holmegaard, Katarina Jood, Christian Blomstrand, Marcela Pekna, Christina Jern
European journal of neurology : the official journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies - 2011 -
Complement opsonization enhances friend virus infection of B cells and thereby amplifies the virus-specific CD8+ T cell
response.
Custodio Bila, Verena Oberhauser, Christoph G Ammann, Asim Ejaz, Georg Huber, Simone Schimmer, Ron Messer, Marcela Pekna, Dorothee von Laer, Ulf Dittmer, Kim J Hasenkrug, Heribert Stoiber, Zoltán Bánki
Journal of virology - 2011 -
Plasma c3 and c3a levels in cryptogenic and large-vessel disease stroke: associations with
outcome.
Anna Stokowska, Sandra Olsson, Lukas Holmegaard, Katarina Jood, Christian Blomstrand, Christina Jern, Marcela Pekna
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 2011 -
Defining cell populations with single-cell gene expression profiling: correlations and identification of astrocyte
subpopulations.
Anders Ståhlberg, Daniel Andersson, Johan Aurelius, Maryam Faiz, Marcela Pekna, Mikael Kubista, Milos Pekny
Nucleic acids research - 2011 -
Attenuation of reactive gliosis does not affect infarct volume in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in
mice
Katarina Järlestedt, C. I. Rousset, Maryam Faiz, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Anders Ståhlberg, Hana Sourkova, Marcela Pekna, Carina Mallard, Henrik Hagberg, Milos Pekny
PLoS One - 2010 -
The complement-derived anaphylatoxin C5a increases microglial GLT-1 expression and glutamate uptake in a TNF-alpha-independent
manner.
Mikael Persson, Marcela Pekna, Elisabeth Hansson, Lars Rönnbäck
The European journal of neuroscience - 2009 -
Complement-derived anaphylatoxin C3a regulates in vitro differentiation and migration of neural progenitor
cells.
Noriko Shinjyo, Anders Ståhlberg, Mike Dragunow, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 2009 -
Protective role of reactive astrocytes in brain
ischemia.
Lizhen Li, Andrea Lundkvist, Daniel Andersson, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Nobuo Nagai, Andrea C Pardo, Christina Nodin, Anders Ståhlberg, Karina Aprico, Kerstin Larsson, Takeshi Yabe, Lieve Moons, Andrew Fotheringham, Ioan Davies, Peter Carmeliet, Joan P Schwartz, Marcela Pekna, Mikael Kubista, Fredrik Blomstrand, Nicholas Maragakis, Michael Nilsson, Milos Pekny
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism - 2008 -
Acylation-stimulating protein deficiency and altered adipose tissue in alternative complement pathway knockout
mice.
Sabina Paglialunga, Alexandre Fisette, Yafeng Yan, Yves Deshaies, Jean-Francois Brouillette, Marcela Pekna, Katherine Cianflone
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 2008 -
The role of astrocytes and complement system in neural
plasticity.
Milos Pekny, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Yalda Rahpeymai Bogestål, Marcela Pekna
International review of neurobiology - 2007 -
Effect of chronic ethanol consumption on the expression of complement components and acute-phase proteins in
liver.
Igor Bykov, Sami Junnikkala, Marcela Pekna, Kai O Lindros, Seppo Meri
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 2007 -
Signaling through C5aR is not involved in basal
neurogenesis.
Yalda Rahpeymai Bogestål, Scott R Barnum, Peter L P Smith, Victor Mattisson, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Journal of neuroscience research - 2007 -
Complement C3 contributes to ethanol-induced liver steatosis in
mice.
Igor Bykov, Sami Junnikkala, Marcela Pekna, Kai O Lindros, Seppo Meri
Annals of medicine - 2006 -
Complement: a novel factor in basal and ischemia-induced
neurogenesis.
Yalda Rahpeymai, Max Albert Hietala, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Andrew Fotheringham, Ioan Davies, Ann-Katrin Nilsson, Jörg Zwirner, Rick A Wetsel, Craig Gerard, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
The EMBO journal - 2006 -
Immunoglobulin treatment reduces atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-/- low-density lipoprotein receptor-/- mice via the complement
system.
Linda Persson, Jan Borén, A. Nicoletti, G. K. Hansson, Marcela Pekna
Clinical and experimental immunology - 2005 -
Lack of complement factor C3, but not factor B, increases hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-/- low-density lipoprotein receptor-/-
mice
Linda Persson, Jan Borén, A. K. Robertson, Ville Wallenius, G. K. Hansson, Marcela Pekna
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol - 2004 -
Astrocyte intermediate filaments in CNS pathologies and
regeneration.
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
The Journal of pathology - 2004 -
Response to Quinlan and Nilsson: Astroglia sitting at the
controls?
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Dong Feng Chen
Trends in neurosciences - 2004 -
Increased cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of old GFAP(-/-)Vim(-/-)
mice
Åsa Larsson, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Neurochem Res - 2004 -
Absence of glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin prevents hypertrophy of astrocytic processes and improves post-traumatic
regeneration
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Lizhen Li, Marcela Pekna, Claes-Henric Berthold, Sofia Blom, Camilla Eliasson, O. Renner, E. Bushong, M. Ellisman, T. E. Morgan, Milos Pekny
J Neurosci - 2004 -
Complement activation by both classical and alternative pathways is critical for the effector phase of
arthritis.
Max Albert Hietala, Kutty S Nandakumar, Linda Persson, Susann Fahlén, Rikard Holmdahl, Marcela Pekna
European journal of immunology - 2004