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List of works by Adrian K West

A New Method for Targeted and Sustained Induction of Type 2 Diabetes in Rodents.

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Aurora kinase B regulates axonal outgrowth and regeneration in the spinal motor neurons of developing zebrafish.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Bacteria and PAMPs activate nuclear factor kappaB and Gro production in a subset of olfactory ensheathing cells and astrocytes but not in Schwann cells

scientific article published in July 2007

Burn injury has a systemic effect on reinnervation of skin and restoration of nociceptive function

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Cellular and molecular biology of ensheathing cells

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Cytokines and olfactory bulb microglia in response to bacterial challenge in the compromised primary olfactory pathway

scientific article published on 29 May 2012

Distribution of exogenous metallothionein following intraperitoneal and intramuscular injection of metallothionein-deficient mice.

scientific article published in November 2012

Does beta-amyloid plaque formation cause structural injury to neuronal processes?

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Exogenous metallothionein-IIA promotes accelerated healing after a burn wound.

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Genetic expression profile of olfactory ensheathing cells is distinct from that of Schwann cells and astrocytes

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Glutamate induces rapid loss of axonal neurofilament proteins from cortical neurons in vitro

scientific article published in June 2005

Increased circulating leukocyte numbers and altered macrophage phenotype correlate with the altered immune response to brain injury in metallothionein (MT)-I/II null mutant mice

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Interaction of olfactory ensheathing cells with other cell types in vitro and after transplantation: glial scars and inflammation

scientific article published on 14 August 2010

Intracellular dialysis disrupts Zn2+ dynamics and enables selective detection of Zn2+ influx in brain slice preparations

scientific article published on 22 April 2013

Low-density Lipoprotein Receptor-related Proteins in a Novel Mechanism of Axon Guidance and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

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Metallothionein (MT) -I and MT-II expression are induced and cause zinc sequestration in the liver after brain injury.

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Metallothionein in the central nervous system: Roles in protection, regeneration and cognition

scientific article published on 19 January 2008

Metallothionein promotes regenerative axonal sprouting of dorsal root ganglion neurons after physical axotomy

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Metallothionein-IIA promotes initial neurite elongation and postinjury reactive neurite growth and facilitates healing after focal cortical brain injury.

scientific article published in April 2003

Metallothionein-IIA promotes neurite growth via the megalin receptor.

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Microglia and motor neurons during disease progression in the SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: changes in arginase1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase

scientific article published on 23 March 2014

Molecular identification of uncoupling proteins (UCP2 and UCP3) and absence of UCP1 in the marsupial Tasmanian bettong, Bettongia gaimardi

scientific article published in January 2003

Molecular identification of uncoupling proteins 2 and 3 in a carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).

scientific article published in January 2004

Morphological and functional plasticity of olfactory ensheathing cells

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Morphological plasticity of olfactory ensheathing cells is regulated by cAMP and endothelin-1.

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Nerve growth factor promotes olfactory axonal elongation

scientific article published in April 2002

Neuron-glia communication: metallothionein expression is specifically up-regulated by astrocytes in response to neuronal injury

scientific article published in January 2004

Neuronal growth-inhibitory factor (metallothionein-3): evaluation of the biological function of growth-inhibitory factor in the injured and neurodegenerative brain.

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Neuroprotection and regeneration by extracellular metallothionein via lipoprotein-receptor-related proteins.

scientific article published on 21 July 2011

New strategies in neuroprotection and neurorepair

scientific article published on 23 August 2011

No difference in expression of apoptosis-related proteins and apoptotic morphology in control, pathologically aged and Alzheimer's disease cases

scientific article published on 09 January 2006

Olfactory ensheathing cells moderate nuclear factor kappaB translocation in astrocytes

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Olfactory ensheathing cells: nitric oxide production and innate immunity.

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Prolonged Abeta treatment leads to impairment in the ability of primary cortical neurons to maintain K+ and Ca2+ homeostasis.

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Protective role of metallothioneins in the injured mammalian brain.

scientific article published in January 2004

Redefining the role of metallothionein within the injured brain: extracellular metallothioneins play an important role in the astrocyte-neuron response to injury

scientific article published on 11 March 2008

Redox-active Cu(II)-Aβ causes substantial changes in axonal integrity in cultured cortical neurons in an oxidative-stress dependent manner

scientific article published on 9 June 2012

Sheep have an unusual variant of the brain-specific metallothionein, metallothionein-III.

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Spinal cord tissue affects ensheathing cell proliferation and apoptosis

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Tg2576 cortical neurons that express human Ab are susceptible to extracellular Aβ-induced, K+ efflux dependent neurodegeneration

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The apolipoprotein epsilon4 gene is associated with elevated risk of normal tension glaucoma.

scientific article published on 14 October 2002

The degree of astrocyte activation in multiple system atrophy is inversely proportional to the distance to α-synuclein inclusions

scientific article published on 27 February 2015

The influence of metallothionein treatment and treadmill running exercise on disease onset and survival in SOD1G93A amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice

scientific article published on 18 January 2020

The native copper- and zinc-binding protein metallothionein blocks copper-mediated Abeta aggregation and toxicity in rat cortical neurons.

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The role of MT in neurological disorders.

scientific article published in November 2005

Transcriptional insights on the regenerative mechanics of axotomized neurons in vitro

scientific article published on April 2012

Zn(II)- and Cu(II)-induced non-fibrillar aggregates of amyloid-beta (1-42) peptide are transformed to amyloid fibrils, both spontaneously and under the influence of metal chelators.

scientific article published on 8 July 2009

alpha-Internexin immunoreactivity reflects variable neuronal vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease and supports the role of the beta-amyloid plaques in inducing neuronal injury

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