Publications

  1. Barbeito L, Cassina P, Beckman JS. What makes astrocytes neurotoxic in ALS? (2010) J. Neurochem. (submitted)
  2. Barbeito AG, Martinez-Palma L, Vargas MR, Pehar M, Mañay N, Beckman JS, Barbeito L, Cassina P. Lead exposure stimulates VEGF expression in the spinal cord and extends survival in a mouse model of ALS. Neurobiol Dis. 2010 37:574-580.
  3. Sotelo-Silveira JR, Lepanto P, Elizondo MV, Horjales S, Palacios F, Martinez-Palma L, Marin M, Beckman JS, Barbeito L. Axonal mitochondrial clusters containing mutant SOD1 in transgenic models of ALS. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2009 11:1535-45
  4. Gonzalez P., Burgaya F., Acarin L., Peluffo H., Castellano B. Gonzalez. B. IL-10 and IL-10RI are upregulated in glial cells after an excitotoxic injury to the postnatal rat brain. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2009 68:391-403
  5. Dupuis L, Pehar M, Cassina P, Rene F, Castellanos R, Rouaux C, Gandelman M. Dimou L, Schwab ME, Loeffler JP, Barbeito L, Gonzalez de Aguilar JL. Nogo receptor antagonizes p75NTR-dependent motor neuron death. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008 105:740-5
  6. Cassina, P; Cassina, A; Pehar, M; Castellanos,R; Mason,R; Barbeito, L; Radi Rafael Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in SOD1G93A –bearing astrocytes promote motoneuron degeneration. J. Neurosci. 28: 4115-4122, 2008.
  7. Vargas MR, Pehar M, Díaz-Amarilla PJ, Beckman JS, Barbeito L. Transcriptional profile of primary astrocytes expressing ALS-linked mutant SOD1. J Neurosci Res. 2008 86:3515-25.
  8. Olivera S.; Fernandez A, Latini A., Rosillo J., Casanova G., Wajner M., Cassina P., Barbeito L. Astrocytic proliferation and mitochondrial dysfunction induced by accumulated glutaric acidemia I (GAI) metabolites: possible implications for GAI pathogenesis. Neurobiol Dis. 2008 32:528-34. 2008
  9. Pehar M, Vargas MR, Robinson KM, Cassina P, Diaz-Amarilla PJ, Hagen TM, Radi R, Barbeito L, Beckman JS. Mitochondrial superoxide production and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 activation in p75 neurotrophin receptor-induced motor neuron apoptosis. J Neurosci. 2007; 27:7777-85.
  10. H. Peluffo, P. González, A. Arís, L. Acarin, A. Villaverde, B. Castellano, B. González. RGD domains neuroprotect the immature brain by a glial dependent mechanism. Annals of Neurology. 62:251-261 (2007).