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Haichen Wang

Assistant Professor in Neurology
Neurology, Neurocritical Care
Box 2900 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
201B Bryan Res Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


PD-L1/PD-1 checkpoint pathway regulates hippocampal neuronal excitability and learning and memory behavior.

Journal Article Neuron · September 6, 2023 Programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand PD-L1 constitute an immune checkpoint pathway. We report that neuronal PD-1 signaling regulates learning/memory in health and disease. Mice lacking PD-1 (encoded by Pdcd1) exhibit enhanced long-term potentia ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prophylactic treatment with CN-105 improves functional outcomes in a murine model of closed head injury.

Journal Article Exp Brain Res · September 2022 The treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in military populations is hindered by underreporting and underdiagnosis. Clinical symptoms and outcomes may be mitigated with an effective pre-injury prophylaxis. This study evaluates whether CN-105, a 5-amino ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surgical Considerations to Improve Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury.

Journal Article Neurospine · September 2022 Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) can be a devastating and costly event for individuals, their families, and the health system as a whole. Prognosis is heavily dependent on the physical extent of the injury and the severity of neurological dysfuncti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of Acute Physical Interventions on Pathophysiology and Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature.

Journal Article Neurospine · September 2022 Physical rehabilitation is essential for enhancing recovery in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI); however, aside from early surgical intervention and hemodynamic management, there are no proven interventions for promoting recovery in the acute phas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Single Escalating and Repeated Doses of CN-105 in Healthy Participants.

Journal Article Clin Ther · May 2022 PURPOSE: CN-105 is an IV, apolipoprotein E-mimetic pentapeptide. Preclinical studies have reported that CN-105 effectively down-regulates neuroinflammatory responses in microglia and mitigates neuronal excitotoxicity following acute brain injury. The CN-10 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuroprotective Pentapeptide, CN-105, Improves Outcomes in Translational Models of Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · October 2021 BACKGROUND: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating form of cerebrovascular disease for which there are no approved pharmacological interventions that improve outcomes. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) has emerged as a promising therapeutic target given its ... Full text Link to item Cite

Argon Inhalation for 24 h After Closed-Head Injury Does not Improve Recovery, Neuroinflammation, or Neurologic Outcome in Mice.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · June 2021 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: In recent years, the noble gas argon (Ar) has been extensively studied for its organ protection properties. While mounting in vitro and in vivo evidence indicates that argon provides neuroprotection in ischemic brain injury, its neuro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acoustofluidic separation enables early diagnosis of traumatic brain injury based on circulating exosomes.

Journal Article Microsyst Nanoeng · 2021 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Initial management and risk stratification of patients with TBI is made difficult by the relative insensitivity of screening radiographic studies as well as by the absence of a wide ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of M2-like macrophage enrichment after diffuse traumatic brain injury through transient interleukin-4 expression from engineered mesenchymal stromal cells.

Journal Article J Neuroinflammation · June 20, 2020 BACKGROUND: Appropriately modulating inflammation after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may prevent disabilities for the millions of those inflicted annually. In TBI, cellular mediators of inflammation, including macrophages and microglia, possess a range of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Author Correction: Neuroprotective pentapeptide CN-105 improves functional and histological outcomes in a murine model of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Journal Article Sci Rep · April 20, 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ... Full text Link to item Cite

ApoE mimetic improves pathology and memory in a model of Alzheimer's disease.

Journal Article Brain Res · April 15, 2020 Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is characterized pathologically by Aβ plaques. Current treatments are purely symptomatic despite decades of intensive research interest. Notably, patients with the APOE4 allele are at increas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Therapeutic Development of Apolipoprotein E Mimetics for Acute Brain Injury: Augmenting Endogenous Responses to Reduce Secondary Injury.

Journal Article Neurotherapeutics · April 2020 Over the last few decades, increasing evidence demonstrates that the neuroinflammatory response is a double-edged sword. Although overly robust inflammatory responses may exacerbate secondary tissue injury, inflammatory processes are ultimately necessary f ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Increases in miR-124-3p in Microglial Exosomes Confer Neuroprotective Effects by Targeting FIP200-Mediated Neuronal Autophagy Following Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal Article Neurochem Res · August 2019 In our recent study, we observed consistent increases in miR-124-3p levels in exosomes derived from cultured BV2 microglia which was treated with repetitive traumatic brain injury (rTBI) mouse model brain extracts. To clarify the mechanisms underlying incr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased miR-21-3p in Injured Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells after Traumatic Brain Injury Aggravates Blood-Brain Barrier Damage by Promoting Cellular Apoptosis and Inflammation through Targeting MAT2B.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · April 15, 2019 Our recent articles have reported that increased miR-21-5p in brain after traumatic brain injury (TBI) could improve the neurological outcome through alleviating blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage. miR-21-3p is another mature miRNA derived from pre-miR-21 af ... Full text Link to item Cite

Apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide CN-105 improves outcome in a murine model of SAH.

Journal Article Stroke Vasc Neurol · December 2018 OBJECTIVE: Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 3% of all strokes, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There is growing evidence implicating apolipoprotein E (apoE) in mediating adaptive anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective ... Full text Link to item Cite

The pathological role of NLRs and AIM2 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in damaged blood-brain barrier after traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article Brain Res · October 15, 2018 Pyroptosis is a highly specific type of inflammatory programmed cell death that different from necrosis or apoptosis. It is initiated by cellular detection of acute damage via recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by NOD-like receptors ... Full text Link to item Cite

Erratum.

Journal Article FASEB J · April 2018 Full text Link to item Cite

Increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes following traumatic brain injury inhibits neuronal inflammation and contributes to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons.

Journal Article FASEB J · January 2018 Neuronal inflammation is the characteristic pathologic change of acute neurologic impairment and chronic traumatic encephalopathy after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Inhibiting the excessive inflammatory response is essential for improving the neurologic o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Female gonadal hormone effects on microglial activation and functional outcomes in a mouse model of moderate traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article World J Crit Care Med · May 4, 2017 AIM: To address the hypothesis that young, gonad-intact female mice have improved long-term recovery associated with decreased neuroinflammation compared to male mice. METHODS: Eight to ten week-old male, female, and ovariectomized (OVX) mice underwent clo ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Neuroprotective pentapeptide CN-105 is associated with reduced sterile inflammation and improved functional outcomes in a traumatic brain injury murine model.

Journal Article Sci Rep · April 21, 2017 At present, there are no proven pharmacological treatments demonstrated to improve long term functional outcomes following traumatic brain injury(TBI). In the setting of non-penetrating TBI, sterile brain inflammatory responses are associated with the deve ... Full text Link to item Cite

PD-L1/PD-1 checkpoint pathway regulates hippocampal neuronal excitability and learning and memory behavior.

Journal Article Neuron · September 6, 2023 Programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand PD-L1 constitute an immune checkpoint pathway. We report that neuronal PD-1 signaling regulates learning/memory in health and disease. Mice lacking PD-1 (encoded by Pdcd1) exhibit enhanced long-term potentia ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prophylactic treatment with CN-105 improves functional outcomes in a murine model of closed head injury.

Journal Article Exp Brain Res · September 2022 The treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in military populations is hindered by underreporting and underdiagnosis. Clinical symptoms and outcomes may be mitigated with an effective pre-injury prophylaxis. This study evaluates whether CN-105, a 5-amino ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surgical Considerations to Improve Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury.

Journal Article Neurospine · September 2022 Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) can be a devastating and costly event for individuals, their families, and the health system as a whole. Prognosis is heavily dependent on the physical extent of the injury and the severity of neurological dysfuncti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of Acute Physical Interventions on Pathophysiology and Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature.

Journal Article Neurospine · September 2022 Physical rehabilitation is essential for enhancing recovery in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI); however, aside from early surgical intervention and hemodynamic management, there are no proven interventions for promoting recovery in the acute phas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Single Escalating and Repeated Doses of CN-105 in Healthy Participants.

Journal Article Clin Ther · May 2022 PURPOSE: CN-105 is an IV, apolipoprotein E-mimetic pentapeptide. Preclinical studies have reported that CN-105 effectively down-regulates neuroinflammatory responses in microglia and mitigates neuronal excitotoxicity following acute brain injury. The CN-10 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuroprotective Pentapeptide, CN-105, Improves Outcomes in Translational Models of Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · October 2021 BACKGROUND: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating form of cerebrovascular disease for which there are no approved pharmacological interventions that improve outcomes. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) has emerged as a promising therapeutic target given its ... Full text Link to item Cite

Argon Inhalation for 24 h After Closed-Head Injury Does not Improve Recovery, Neuroinflammation, or Neurologic Outcome in Mice.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · June 2021 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: In recent years, the noble gas argon (Ar) has been extensively studied for its organ protection properties. While mounting in vitro and in vivo evidence indicates that argon provides neuroprotection in ischemic brain injury, its neuro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acoustofluidic separation enables early diagnosis of traumatic brain injury based on circulating exosomes.

Journal Article Microsyst Nanoeng · 2021 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Initial management and risk stratification of patients with TBI is made difficult by the relative insensitivity of screening radiographic studies as well as by the absence of a wide ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of M2-like macrophage enrichment after diffuse traumatic brain injury through transient interleukin-4 expression from engineered mesenchymal stromal cells.

Journal Article J Neuroinflammation · June 20, 2020 BACKGROUND: Appropriately modulating inflammation after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may prevent disabilities for the millions of those inflicted annually. In TBI, cellular mediators of inflammation, including macrophages and microglia, possess a range of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Author Correction: Neuroprotective pentapeptide CN-105 improves functional and histological outcomes in a murine model of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Journal Article Sci Rep · April 20, 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ... Full text Link to item Cite

ApoE mimetic improves pathology and memory in a model of Alzheimer's disease.

Journal Article Brain Res · April 15, 2020 Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is characterized pathologically by Aβ plaques. Current treatments are purely symptomatic despite decades of intensive research interest. Notably, patients with the APOE4 allele are at increas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Therapeutic Development of Apolipoprotein E Mimetics for Acute Brain Injury: Augmenting Endogenous Responses to Reduce Secondary Injury.

Journal Article Neurotherapeutics · April 2020 Over the last few decades, increasing evidence demonstrates that the neuroinflammatory response is a double-edged sword. Although overly robust inflammatory responses may exacerbate secondary tissue injury, inflammatory processes are ultimately necessary f ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Increases in miR-124-3p in Microglial Exosomes Confer Neuroprotective Effects by Targeting FIP200-Mediated Neuronal Autophagy Following Traumatic Brain Injury.

Journal Article Neurochem Res · August 2019 In our recent study, we observed consistent increases in miR-124-3p levels in exosomes derived from cultured BV2 microglia which was treated with repetitive traumatic brain injury (rTBI) mouse model brain extracts. To clarify the mechanisms underlying incr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased miR-21-3p in Injured Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells after Traumatic Brain Injury Aggravates Blood-Brain Barrier Damage by Promoting Cellular Apoptosis and Inflammation through Targeting MAT2B.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · April 15, 2019 Our recent articles have reported that increased miR-21-5p in brain after traumatic brain injury (TBI) could improve the neurological outcome through alleviating blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage. miR-21-3p is another mature miRNA derived from pre-miR-21 af ... Full text Link to item Cite

Apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide CN-105 improves outcome in a murine model of SAH.

Journal Article Stroke Vasc Neurol · December 2018 OBJECTIVE: Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 3% of all strokes, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There is growing evidence implicating apolipoprotein E (apoE) in mediating adaptive anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective ... Full text Link to item Cite

The pathological role of NLRs and AIM2 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis in damaged blood-brain barrier after traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article Brain Res · October 15, 2018 Pyroptosis is a highly specific type of inflammatory programmed cell death that different from necrosis or apoptosis. It is initiated by cellular detection of acute damage via recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by NOD-like receptors ... Full text Link to item Cite

Erratum.

Journal Article FASEB J · April 2018 Full text Link to item Cite

Increased miR-124-3p in microglial exosomes following traumatic brain injury inhibits neuronal inflammation and contributes to neurite outgrowth via their transfer into neurons.

Journal Article FASEB J · January 2018 Neuronal inflammation is the characteristic pathologic change of acute neurologic impairment and chronic traumatic encephalopathy after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Inhibiting the excessive inflammatory response is essential for improving the neurologic o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Female gonadal hormone effects on microglial activation and functional outcomes in a mouse model of moderate traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article World J Crit Care Med · May 4, 2017 AIM: To address the hypothesis that young, gonad-intact female mice have improved long-term recovery associated with decreased neuroinflammation compared to male mice. METHODS: Eight to ten week-old male, female, and ovariectomized (OVX) mice underwent clo ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Neuroprotective pentapeptide CN-105 is associated with reduced sterile inflammation and improved functional outcomes in a traumatic brain injury murine model.

Journal Article Sci Rep · April 21, 2017 At present, there are no proven pharmacological treatments demonstrated to improve long term functional outcomes following traumatic brain injury(TBI). In the setting of non-penetrating TBI, sterile brain inflammatory responses are associated with the deve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Apolipoprotein E mimetic peptide, CN-105, improves outcomes in ischemic stroke.

Journal Article Ann Clin Transl Neurol · April 2017 OBJECTIVE: At present, the absence of a pharmacological neuroprotectant represents an important unmet clinical need in the treatment of ischemic and traumatic brain injury. Recent evidence suggests that administration of apolipoprotein E mimetic therapies ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuroprotective pentapeptide CN-105 improves functional and histological outcomes in a murine model of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Journal Article Sci Rep · October 7, 2016 Presently, no pharmacological treatments have been demonstrated to improve long-term functional outcomes following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Clinical evidence associates apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype with ICH incidence and outcome. While apoE modi ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Targeting the SUMO pathway for neuroprotection in brain ischaemia.

Journal Article Stroke Vasc Neurol · September 2016 Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) conjugation (SUMOylation) is a post-translational protein modification that modulates almost all major cellular processes, and has been implicated in many human diseases. A growing body of evidence from in vitro and in ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Estimated GFR and the Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering After Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Journal Article Am J Kidney Dis · July 2016 BACKGROUND: The kidney-brain interaction has been a topic of growing interest. Past studies of the effect of kidney function on intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) outcomes have yielded inconsistent findings. Although the second, main phase of the Intensive Blo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Progesterone Improves Neurobehavioral Outcome in Models of Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Conference Neuroendocrinology · 2016 In models of acute brain injury, progesterone improves recovery through several mechanisms including modulation of neuroinflammation. Secondary injury from neuroinflammation is a potential therapeutic target after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). For potent ... Full text Link to item Cite

MiR-21 alleviates secondary blood-brain barrier damage after traumatic brain injury in rats.

Journal Article Brain Res · April 7, 2015 Our recent studies have identified increased expression of miR-21 in brain following traumatic brain injury (TBI), which alleviated brain edema that related to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakage. To analyze the potential effect of miR-21 on secondary BB ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intravenous immunoglobulin G improves neurobehavioral and histological outcomes after traumatic brain injury in mice.

Journal Article J Neuroimmunol · November 15, 2014 Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) may improve neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). IVIG administration after TBI improved rotarod latencies over the first 7 days (p=0.039) and water maze latencies over 29-32 days (p=0.027), decreased F4/80 ... Full text Link to item Cite

miR-21 improves the neurological outcome after traumatic brain injury in rats.

Journal Article Sci Rep · October 24, 2014 The expression levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) including miR-21, have been reported to change in response to traumatic brain injury (TBI), suggesting that they may influence the pathophysiological process in brain injury. To analyze the potential effect of mi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Poor performance of stroke prognostication using Age and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale-100 to predict 3- and 12-month outcomes of ischemic stroke in China National Stroke Registry.

Journal Article J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis · October 2014 BACKGROUND: Stroke Prognostication using Age and NIH (National Institutes of Health) Stroke Scale (SPAN)-100 is a simple and easy-to-use tool for assessing the outcomes of ischemic stroke after thrombolysis. To explore its application, we evaluated SPAN-10 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intrastriatal injection of autologous blood or clostridial collagenase as murine models of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Journal Article J Vis Exp · July 3, 2014 Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a common form of cerebrovascular disease and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Lack of effective treatment and failure of large clinical trials aimed at hemostasis and clot removal demonstrate the nee ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

pH-sensitive NMDA inhibitors improve outcome in a murine model of SAH.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · February 2014 BACKGROUND: Despite intensive research, neurological morbidity from delayed cerebral ischemia remains common after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In the current study, we evaluate the neuroprotective effects of a pH-dependent GluN2B subunit-sele ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of glomerular filtration rate with outcomes of acute stroke in type 2 diabetic patients: results from the China National Stroke Registry.

Journal Article Diabetes Care · 2014 OBJECTIVE We aim to explore whether a link exists between different levels of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and poor outcomes of acute stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2009, 6,261 patients ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tumor necrosis factor α antagonism improves neurological recovery in murine intracerebral hemorrhage.

Journal Article J Neuroinflammation · August 20, 2013 BACKGROUND: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating stroke subtype characterized by a prominent neuroinflammatory response. Antagonism of pro-inflammatory cytokines by specific antibodies represents a compelling therapeutic strategy to improve neur ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Lacosamide improves outcome in a murine model of traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · August 2013 BACKGROUND: Use of antiepileptic drugs (AED's) is common in the neurocritical care setting. However, there remains a great deal of controversy regarding the optimal agent. Studies associating the prophylactic use of AED's with poor outcomes are heavily bia ... Full text Link to item Cite

ApolipoproteinE mimetic peptides improve outcome after focal ischemia.

Journal Article Exp Neurol · March 2013 Growing clinical evidence implicates isoform-specific effects of apolipoprotein E (apoE) in reducing neuroinflammation and mediating adaptive responses following ischemic and traumatic brain injury. However, the intact apoE holoprotein does not cross the b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mn porphyrins as novel molecular magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Journal Article J Endourol · November 2012 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In this study, we investigated the potential of a new class of therapeutic Mn porphyrins as molecular MRI probes for prostate cancer imaging. Two compounds of different bioavailibility were investigated: Mn(III) meso-tetrakis(N-ethy ... Full text Link to item Cite

TT-301 inhibits microglial activation and improves outcome after central nervous system injury in adult mice.

Journal Article Anesthesiology · June 2012 BACKGROUND: Microglial inhibition may reduce secondary tissue injury and improve functional outcome following acute brain injury. Utilizing clinically relevant murine models of traumatic brain injury and intracerebral hemorrhage, neuroinflammatory response ... Full text Link to item Cite

Statins improve outcome in murine models of intracranial hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury: a translational approach.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · May 1, 2012 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are leading causes of neurological mortality and disability in the U.S. However, therapeutic options are limited and clinical management remains largely supportive. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor ... Full text Link to item Cite

The apoE-mimetic peptide, COG1410, improves functional recovery in a murine model of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · April 2012 BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein E has previously been demonstrated to modulate acute brain injury responses, and administration of COG1410, an apoE-mimetic peptide derived from the receptor-binding region of apoE, improves outcome in preclinical models of acute ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rapidly regulating platelet activity in vivo with an antidote controlled platelet inhibitor.

Journal Article Mol Ther · February 2012 Millions of individuals are prescribed platelet inhibitors, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, to reduce their risk of thrombosis-related clinical events. Unfortunately many platelet inhibitors are contraindicated in surgical settings because of their inhere ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mn-porphyrins as novel molecular magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Journal Article J Endourol · November 3, 2011 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In this study, we investigated the potential of a new class of therapeutic Mn porphyrins as molecular MRI probes for prostate cancer imaging. Two compounds of different bioavailibility were investigated: Mn(III) meso-tetrakis(N-ethy ... Full text Link to item Cite

A reversible aptamer improves outcome and safety in murine models of stroke and hemorrhage.

Journal Article Oligonucleotides · February 2011 Treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator is underutilized partly due to the risk of life-threatening hemorrhage. In response to the clinical need for safer stroke therapy, we explored using an aptamer-based ther ... Full text Link to item Cite

Traumatic brain injury exacerbates neurodegenerative pathology: improvement with an apolipoprotein E-based therapeutic.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · November 2010 Cognitive impairment is common following traumatic brain injury (TBI), and neuroinflammatory mechanisms may predispose to the development of neurodegenerative disease. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphisms modify neuroinflammatory responses, and influence ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Loss of tau elicits axonal degeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Journal Article Neuroscience · August 11, 2010 A central issue in the pathogenesis of tauopathy is the question of how tau protein dysfunction leads to neurodegeneration. We have previously demonstrated that the absence of tau protein is associated with destabilization of microtubules and impaired neur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Brain natriuretic peptide improves long-term functional recovery after acute CNS injury in mice.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · January 2010 There is emerging evidence to suggest that brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is elevated after acute brain injury, and that it may play an adaptive role in recovery through augmentation of cerebral blood flow (CBF). Through a series of experiments, we tested ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

APOE genotype affects outcome in a murine model of sepsis: implications for a new treatment strategy.

Journal Article Anaesth Intensive Care · January 2009 In this study, we assessed whether apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism affects inflammatory responses and mortality in the caecal ligation and puncture model of peritonitis. In addition, we determined the effects of APOE mimetic peptide administration in ... Full text Link to item Cite

COG1410, a novel apolipoprotein E-based peptide, improves functional recovery in a murine model of traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · July 2007 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a silent epidemic affecting approximately 1.4 million Americans annually, at an estimated annual cost of $60 billion in the United States alone. Despite an increased understanding of the pathophysiology of closed head injury ... Full text Link to item Cite

Simvastatin and atorvastatin improve behavioral outcome, reduce hippocampal degeneration, and improve cerebral blood flow after experimental traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article Exp Neurol · July 2007 The treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains limited, and aside from surgical hematoma evacuation, clinical management is largely supportive and directed toward management of cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. Secondary neuronal injury ... Full text Link to item Cite

Apolipoprotein E modifies the CNS response to injury via a histamine-mediated pathway.

Journal Article Neurol Res · April 2007 Recent evidence demonstrates that apolipoprotein E (apoE) influences the central nervous system (CNS) response to both acute and chronic injury. To address the mechanisms by which apoE influences neurological disease, we examined differential gene expressi ... Full text Link to item Cite

An apolipoprotein E-based therapeutic improves outcome and reduces Alzheimer's disease pathology following closed head injury: evidence of pharmacogenomic interaction.

Journal Article Neuroscience · February 23, 2007 Apolipoprotein E (apoE) modifies glial activation and the CNS inflammatory response in an isoform-specific manner. Peptides derived from the receptor-binding region of apoE have been demonstrated to maintain the functional activity of the intact protein, a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dissociation between vasospasm and functional improvement in a murine model of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Journal Article Neurosurg Focus · September 15, 2006 OBJECT: The efficacy of nimodipine was examined in a murine model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). End points included the diameter of the lumen of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and behavioral outcome. An apolipoprotein E (apoE)-mimetic peptide, acetyl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of a manganese (III) porphyrin catalytic antioxidant in a mouse closed head injury model.

Journal Article Eur J Pharmacol · February 15, 2006 Closed head injury induces cerebral oxidative stress. The efficacy of a Mn (III) porphyrin catalytic antioxidant was assessed in a mouse closed head injury model. Mice were subjected to closed head injury and treated 15 min later with an i.v. bolus of vehi ... Full text Link to item Cite

A novel apoE-derived therapeutic reduces vasospasm and improves outcome in a murine model of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · 2006 INTRODUCTION: Recent clinical observations demonstrate that the APOE4 genotype increases the development of delayed ischemic deficit and worsens prognosis following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In the current study, we use targeted replacement ... Full text Link to item Cite

Levetiracetam is neuroprotective in murine models of closed head injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Journal Article Neurocrit Care · 2006 OBJECTIVES: Prophylactic treatment with antiepileptic drugs is common practice following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and traumatic brain injury. However, commonly used antiepileptic drugs have multiple drug interactions, require frequent monitoring of se ... Full text Link to item Cite

Simvastatin reduces vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: results of a pilot randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article Stroke · September 2005 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral vasospasm remains a major source of morbidity after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). We demonstrate that simvastatin reduces serum markers of brain injury and attenuates vasospasm after SAH. METHODS: Patients with ... Full text Link to item Cite

A novel therapeutic derived from apolipoprotein E reduces brain inflammation and improves outcome after closed head injury.

Journal Article Exp Neurol · March 2005 Although apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) was initially identified as a susceptibility gene for the development of Alzheimer's disease, the presence of the APOE4 allele is also associated with poor outcome after acute brain injury. One mechanism by which apoE may ... Full text Link to item Cite

A no-laminectomy spinal cord compression injury model in mice.

Journal Article J Neurotrauma · May 2004 The purpose of this study was to develop a minimally invasive recovery model of spinal cord injury in the C57Bl/6J mouse. Without laminectomy, the epidural space was exposed by disruption of the T10-T11 interspinous ligament. Perpendicular to the rostral-c ... Full text Link to item Cite

APOE genotype and an ApoE-mimetic peptide modify the systemic and central nervous system inflammatory response.

Journal Article J Biol Chem · December 5, 2003 Human apolipoprotein E is the major apolipoprotein expressed in the brain and exists as three isoforms, designated E2, E3, and E4. Although evidence suggests that apolipoprotein E plays an important role in modifying systemic and brain inflammatory respons ... Full text Link to item Cite