List of contributors.
Preface.
Glial cell development: origin and phenotype acquisition.
1. Regulation of genes involved in Schwann cell development and
differentiation
(R. Mirsky, D.B. Parkinson, Z. Dong, C. Meier, E. Calle, A.
Brennan, P. Topilko, B. Harris, G. Zoidl, H.J.S. Stewart, K.R.
Jessen).
2. Regulation of radial glia phenotype
(P. LePrince, G. Chanas-Sacre).
3. Astrocytic intermediate filaments: lessons from GFAP and
vimentin knock-out mice
(M. Pekny).
4. Glial cells: a target for steroid hormones
(R.C. Melcangi, V. Magnaghi, M. Galbiati, L. Martini).
5. Thyroid hormone role on nervous system morphogenesis
(F.C.A. Carvalho, A. Gomes, F.R.S. Lima, A.G. Trentin, V. Moura
Neto).
6. Early origin and colonization of the developing CNS by
microglial precursors
(M.A. Cuadros, J. Navascués).
7. Microglia: its development and role as a neuropathology
sensor
(E.A. Ling, Y.K. Ng, C.H. Wu, C. Kaur).
8. Colonisation of the human central nervous system by microglia:
the roles of chemokines and vascular adhesion molecules
(D. Male, P. Rezaie).
Myelination, demyelination and remyelination.
9. Astrocyte influences on oligodendrocyte progenitor migration
(O. Schnädelbach, J.W. Fawcett).
10. Tenascin-R as a regulator of CNS glial cell function
(P. Pesheva, S. Gloor, R. Probstmeier).
11. Process extension and myelin sheet formation in maturing
oligodendrocytes
(P.C. Buttery, C. ffrench-Constant).
12. Recent advances in human perinatal white matter injury
(S.A. Back).
13. Models for demyelination
(A. Van Der Goes, C.D. Dijkstra).
14. The response of adult oligodendrocyte progenitors to
demyelination in EAE
(R. Reynolds, I. Cenci Di Bello, M. Dawson, J. Levine).
15. Neural precursors and demyelinating diseases
(L. Decker, F. Lachapelle, A. Baron-Van Evercooren).
16. What roles do growth factors play in CNS remyelination?
(R.J.M. Franklin, G.L. Hinks, R.H. Woodruff, M.T. O'Leary).
Glial-neuronal interactions.
17. Molecular mechanisms of interactions between radial glia and
neurons
(B. McGrath, C. McCann, S. Eisenhuth, E.S. Anton).
18. Connexins and gap junctional communication in astrocytes are
targets for neuroglial interaction
(N. Rouach, C. Giaume).
19. Glial signalling in response to neuronal activity in the leech
central nervous system
(J.W. Deitmer, C. Lohr, F.C. Britz, J. Schmidt).
20. Glial cells as active partners in synaptic functions
(A. Castonguay, S. Lévesque, R. Robitaille).
21. Calcium signaling in retinal glial cells and its effect on
neuronal activity
(E.A. Newman).
22. Neuron-astrocyte cross-talk during synaptic transmission:
physiological and neuropathological implications
(P. Bezzi, M. Domercq, S. Vesce, A. Volterra).
23. Regulation of glutamate transporters in health and disease
(G. Gegelashvili, M.B. Robinson, D. Trotti, T. Rauen).
24. Ionotropic glutamate receptors in astrocytes
(G. Seifert, C. Steinhäuser).
25. Metabotropic glutamate receptors in freshly isolated astrocytes
from rat hippocampus
(H.K. Kimelberg, M. Zhou, Z. Cai, G.P. Schools).
26. The pleiotropin/midkine family of cytokines: role in
glial-neuronal signaling
(L. Haynes, M. Rumsby).
27. The nitric oxide/cyclic GMP system in astroglial cells
(M.A. Baltrons, A. García).
28. Glial diffusion barriers during aging and pathological
states
(E. Syková).
Glial response to injury and molecular mechanisms of
neuroprotection.
29. Glial cells responses to lysophospholipids bound to albumin in
serum and plasma
(A. Nadal, E. Fuentes, P.A. McNaughton).
30. Glial activation in the immature rat brain: implication of
inflammatory transcription factors and cytokine expression
(L. Acarin, B. González, B. Castellano).
31. Role of nuclear factor Kappa B in neuropathological
mechanisms
(D.F. Cechetto).
32. Ischemia: astrocytes show their sensitive side
(R. Fern).
33. Adaptative responses of spinal astrocytes to oxidative
stress
(P. Cassina, H. Peluffo, L. Barbeito).
34. Glial expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs) and oxygen
regulated protein (ORPs)
(F.R. Sharp, M. Bernaudin, M. Bartels, K.R. Wagner).
35. Nitric oxide-mediated mitochondrial impairment in neural cells:
a role for glucose metabolism in neuroprotection (J.P. Bolaños, P.
García-Nogales, V. Vega-Agapito, M. Delgado-Esteban, P. Cidad, Á.
Almeida).
36. Keeping TNF-induced apoptosis under control in astrocytes:
PEA-15 as a "double key" on caspase-dependent and MAP-kinase
dependent pathways
(D. Zvalova, E. Formstecher, M. Fauquet, B. Canton, H.
Chneiweiss).
37. Astroglia play a key role in the neuroprotective actions of
estrogen
(I. Azcoitia, D. Garcia-Ovejero, J.A. Chowen, L.M.
García-Segura).
Inflammation and cytokine signalling
38. Cytokine-mediated inflammation and signaling in the intact
central nervous system
(I.L. Campbell).
39. Inhibition of nitric oxide production for down-regulation of
CNS inflammation and demyelination
(T. Brenner, F. Pinto, O. Abramsky, R. Gallily).
40. Chemokine targets in acute brain injury and disease
(D.C. Anthony, D. Blond, R. Dempster, V.H. Perry)
41. Microglial chemokines and chemokine receptors
(P.J. Gebicke-Haerter, O. Spleiss, L.-Q. Ren, H. Li, S. Dichmann,
J. Norgauer, H.W.G.M. Boddeke).
42. The role of chemokines and chemokine receptors in CNS
inflammation
(C.J.A. De Groot, M.N. Woodroofe).
43. Signals regulating neurotrophin expression in glial cells
(U. Otten, P. März, K. Heese, C. Hock, D. Kunz, S. Rose-John).
44. Microglial signalling cascades in neurodegenerative disease
(J. M. Pocock, A.C. Liddle).
Repair and regeneration.
45. Transcription factors in nerve regeneration
(P. Küry, F. Bosse, H.W. Müller).
46. The role of astrocytes in axonal regeneration in the mammalian
CNS
(M. Giménez y Ribotta, V. Menet, A. Privat).
47. Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans: inhibitory components of
the glial scar
(R.A. Asher, D.A. Morgenstern, L.D.F. Moon, J.W. Fawcett).
48. Axon regeneration across the dorsal root entry zone
(M.S. Ramer, S.B. McMahon, J.V. Priestley).
49. Transplants of olfactory bulk ensheathing cells promote
functional repair of multiple dorsal rhizotomy
(J.S. Taylor, V.C. Muňetón-Gómez, R. EguRa-Recuero, M.
Nieto-Sampedro).
50. Regulatable and cell-type specific transgene expression in
glial cells: prospects for gene therapy for neurological
disorders
(M. Castro, A. Hurtado-Lorenzo, P.Umana, J.R. Smith-Arica, A.
Zermansky, E. Abordo-Adesida, R. Löwenstein).
Therapeutical approaches to tumours, viral and prion
infections.
51. Immune escape of gliomas
(P.R. Walker, P.Y. Dietrich).
52. Clinical trials of adenoviral-mediated suicide gene therapy of
malignant gliomas
(D. Nanda, M.J. Driesse, P.A.E. Sillevis-Smitt).
53. Gene therapy of glioblastomas: from suicide to homicide
(G. Finocchiaro).
54. Glial cells as targets of viral infection in the human central
nervous system
(B. Schweighardt, W.J. Atwood).
55. Pathogenesis of prion diseases - possible implications of
microglial cells
(F.L. Heppner, M. Prinz, A. Aguzzi).
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