volume 24 issue 3 pages 312-325

Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

Carole Escartin 1
Elena Galea 2, 3
A. Lakatos 4, 5
James P. O’Callaghan 6
G. C. Petzold 7, 8
Alberto Serrano-Pozo 9, 10
Christian Steinhäuser 11
A. Volterra 12
Giorgio Carmignoto 13, 14
Amit Agarwal 15
Nicola J. Allen 16
Alfonso Araque 17
Luis Barbeito 18
Ari Barzilai 19
Dwight E. Bergles 20
G. Bonvento 1
Arthur J. Butt 21
Wei-Ting Chen 22
Martine Cohen Salmon 23
Colm Cunningham 24
Benjamin Deneen 25
Bart De Strooper 22, 26
Blanca Diaz Castro 27
C. Farina 28
Marc Freeman 29
James E. Goldman 31
Steven A. Goldman 32, 33
Magdalena Götz 34, 35
Antonia Gutierrez 36, 37
PG Haydon 38
Dieter Henrik Heiland 39, 40
E. M. Hol 41
Masamitsu IINO 43
Ksenia V. Kastanenka 44
Helmut Kettenmann 45
Baljit S Khakh 46
C. Justin Lee 48
Shane A Liddelow 49
Brian A. MacVicar 50
Pierre Magistretti 51, 52
Albee Messing 53
Anusha Mishra 54
Anna V Molofsky 55
Keith K. Murai 56
Christopher M. Norris 57
Seiji Okada 58
Stéphane H.R. Oliet 59
João Filipe Oliveira 60, 61, 62
Aude Panatier 59
Vladimir Parpura 63
Marcela Pekna 64
Milos Pekny 65
Luc Pellerin 66
Gertrudis Perea 67
Beatriz G. Perez-Nievas 68
Frank W. Pfrieger 69
Kira E. Poskanzer 70
Francisco J. Quintana 71
Richard M. Ransohoff 72
Miriam Riquelme Pérez 1
Stefanie Robel 73
Christine R. Rose 74
Jeffrey D. Rothstein 75
Nathalie Rouach 76
David Rowitch 5
Alexey Semyanov 77, 78
Swetlana Sirko 79, 80
Harald Sontheimer 81
R. E. Swanson 82
Javier Vitorica 37, 83
Ina-Beate Wanner 84
Levi B. Wood 85
Jiaqian Wu 86
Binhai Zheng 87
Eduardo R. Zimmer 88
Robert Zorec 89, 90
Michael V. Sofroniew 91
Alexei Verkhratsky 92, 93
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Synergy, Excellence Cluster of Systems Neurology, Biomedical Center, Munich, Germany
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Cellular Neurosciences, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany
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ICVS/3B’s -PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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Third Rock Ventures, Boston, USA
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George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, and Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
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Celica Biomedical, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-02-15
scimago Q1
wos Q1
SJR11.197
CiteScore35.4
Impact factor20.0
ISSN10976256, 15461726
General Neuroscience
Abstract
Reactive astrocytes are astrocytes undergoing morphological, molecular, and functional remodeling in response to injury, disease, or infection of the CNS. Although this remodeling was first described over a century ago, uncertainties and controversies remain regarding the contribution of reactive astrocytes to CNS diseases, repair, and aging. It is also unclear whether fixed categories of reactive astrocytes exist and, if so, how to identify them. We point out the shortcomings of binary divisions of reactive astrocytes into good-vs-bad, neurotoxic-vs-neuroprotective or A1-vs-A2. We advocate, instead, that research on reactive astrocytes include assessment of multiple molecular and functional parameters—preferably in vivo—plus multivariate statistics and determination of impact on pathological hallmarks in relevant models. These guidelines may spur the discovery of astrocyte-based biomarkers as well as astrocyte-targeting therapies that abrogate detrimental actions of reactive astrocytes, potentiate their neuro- and glioprotective actions, and restore or augment their homeostatic, modulatory, and defensive functions. Good–bad binary classifications fail to describe reactive astrocytes in CNS disorders. Here, 81 researchers reach consensus on widespread misconceptions and provide definitions and recommendations for future research on reactive astrocytes.
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DO - 10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4
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TI - Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions
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AU - Escartin, Carole
AU - Galea, Elena
AU - Lakatos, A.
AU - O’Callaghan, James P.
AU - Petzold, G. C.
AU - Serrano-Pozo, Alberto
AU - Steinhäuser, Christian
AU - Volterra, A.
AU - Carmignoto, Giorgio
AU - Agarwal, Amit
AU - Allen, Nicola J.
AU - Araque, Alfonso
AU - Barbeito, Luis
AU - Barzilai, Ari
AU - Bergles, Dwight E.
AU - Bonvento, G.
AU - Butt, Arthur J.
AU - Chen, Wei-Ting
AU - Cohen Salmon, Martine
AU - Cunningham, Colm
AU - Deneen, Benjamin
AU - De Strooper, Bart
AU - Diaz Castro, Blanca
AU - Farina, C.
AU - Freeman, Marc
AU - Gallo, Vittorio
AU - Goldman, James E.
AU - Goldman, Steven A.
AU - Götz, Magdalena
AU - Gutierrez, Antonia
AU - Haydon, PG
AU - Heiland, Dieter Henrik
AU - Hol, E. M.
AU - Holt, Matthew G.
AU - IINO, Masamitsu
AU - Kastanenka, Ksenia V.
AU - Kettenmann, Helmut
AU - Khakh, Baljit S
AU - Koizumi, Schuichi
AU - Lee, C. Justin
AU - Liddelow, Shane A
AU - MacVicar, Brian A.
AU - Magistretti, Pierre
AU - Messing, Albee
AU - Mishra, Anusha
AU - Molofsky, Anna V
AU - Murai, Keith K.
AU - Norris, Christopher M.
AU - Okada, Seiji
AU - Oliet, Stéphane H.R.
AU - Oliveira, João Filipe
AU - Panatier, Aude
AU - Parpura, Vladimir
AU - Pekna, Marcela
AU - Pekny, Milos
AU - Pellerin, Luc
AU - Perea, Gertrudis
AU - Perez-Nievas, Beatriz G.
AU - Pfrieger, Frank W.
AU - Poskanzer, Kira E.
AU - Quintana, Francisco J.
AU - Ransohoff, Richard M.
AU - Riquelme Pérez, Miriam
AU - Robel, Stefanie
AU - Rose, Christine R.
AU - Rothstein, Jeffrey D.
AU - Rouach, Nathalie
AU - Rowitch, David
AU - Semyanov, Alexey
AU - Sirko, Swetlana
AU - Sontheimer, Harald
AU - Swanson, R. E.
AU - Vitorica, Javier
AU - Wanner, Ina-Beate
AU - Wood, Levi B.
AU - Wu, Jiaqian
AU - Zheng, Binhai
AU - Zimmer, Eduardo R.
AU - Zorec, Robert
AU - Sofroniew, Michael V.
AU - Verkhratsky, Alexei
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/02/15
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 312-325
IS - 3
VL - 24
PMID - 33589835
SN - 1097-6256
SN - 1546-1726
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@article{2021_Escartin,
author = {Carole Escartin and Elena Galea and A. Lakatos and James P. O’Callaghan and G. C. Petzold and Alberto Serrano-Pozo and Christian Steinhäuser and A. Volterra and Giorgio Carmignoto and Amit Agarwal and Nicola J. Allen and Alfonso Araque and Luis Barbeito and Ari Barzilai and Dwight E. Bergles and G. Bonvento and Arthur J. Butt and Wei-Ting Chen and Martine Cohen Salmon and Colm Cunningham and Benjamin Deneen and Bart De Strooper and Blanca Diaz Castro and C. Farina and Marc Freeman and Vittorio Gallo and James E. Goldman and Steven A. Goldman and Magdalena Götz and Antonia Gutierrez and PG Haydon and Dieter Henrik Heiland and E. M. Hol and Matthew G. Holt and Masamitsu IINO and Ksenia V. Kastanenka and Helmut Kettenmann and Baljit S Khakh and Schuichi Koizumi and C. Justin Lee and Shane A Liddelow and Brian A. MacVicar and Pierre Magistretti and Albee Messing and Anusha Mishra and Anna V Molofsky and Keith K. Murai and Christopher M. Norris and Seiji Okada and Stéphane H.R. Oliet and others},
title = {Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions},
journal = {Nature Neuroscience},
year = {2021},
volume = {24},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {feb},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00783-4},
number = {3},
pages = {312--325},
doi = {10.1038/s41593-020-00783-4}
}
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Escartin, Carole, et al. “Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions.” Nature Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 3, Feb. 2021, pp. 312-325. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00783-4.