Marcela Pekna - Selected Publications#

Rahpeymai, Y., Hietala, M.A., Wilhelmsson, U., Fotheringham, A., Davies, I., Nilsson, A-K., Zwirner, J., Wetsel, R.A., Gerard, C., Pekny, M., Pekna, M. (2006):
Complement: a novel factor in ischemia induced neurogenesis.
EMBO J. 25:1364-1374. (cited 237 times)
Selected for Research Highlights in Nature 2006, 440: 5; and Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2006,7: 258.

Shinjyo, N., Ståhlberg, A., Dragunow, M., Pekny, M., Pekna, M. (2009):
Complement-derived anaphylatoxin C3a regulates in vitro differentiation and migration of neural progenitor cells.
Stem Cells, 27:2824-2832. (cited 123 times)

Pekna, M., Pekny, M., Nilsson, M. (2012):
Modulation of neural plasticity as a basis for stroke rehabilitation.
Stroke, 43: 2819-2828. (cited 194 times)

Järlestedt, K., Rousset, C.I., Ståhlberg, A., Sourkova, H., Atkins, A.L., Thornton, C., Barnum, S.R., Wetsel, R.A., Dragunow, M., Pekny, M., Mallard, C., Hagberg, H., Pekna, M. (2013):
Receptor for complement peptide C3a: a therapeutic target for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.
FASEB J., 27:3797-3804.

Pekny, M., Wilhelmsson, U., Pekna, M. (2014):
The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis.
Neurosci. Lett., 565C:30-38. (cited 454 times)

Pekna, M., Pekny, M. (2014):
Astrocyte reactivity and reactive astrogliosis: costs and benefits.
Physiol. Rev., 94: 1077-1098. (cited 430 times)

Stokowska, A., Atkins, A.L., Moran, J., Pekny, T., Bulmer, L., Pascoe, M., Barnum, S.R., Wetsel R.A., Nilsson, J., Dragunow, M., M., Pekna, M. (2017):
Complement peptide C3a stimulates neural plasticity after experimental ischemic brain injury.
Brain, 140: 353-369.
Selected for Research Highlights in Läkartidningen 2017, 11: 140; and Neurologi i Sverige 2017, 2: 20-25.

Moran, J., Stokowska, A., Walker, F.R., Mallard, C., Hagberg, H., Pekna, M. (2017):
Intranasal C3a treatment ameliorates cognitive impairment in a mouse model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.
Exp. Neurol., 290: 74-84.

Wilhelmsson, U., Andersson, D., de Pablo, Y., Pekny, R., Ståhlberg, A., Mulder, J., Mitsios, N., Hortobagyi, T., Pekny, M., Pekna, M. (2017):
Injury leads to the appearance of cells with molecular characteristics of both microglia and astrocytes in mouse and human brain. Cereb. Cortex, 27:3360-3377.

Pekny, M., Wilhelmsson, U., Tatlisumak, T., Pekna, M. (2019):
Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis-A new target in stroke?
Neurosci Lett., 689: 45-55.