!!Marcela Pekna - Selected Publications
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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. \\
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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)\\
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Pekna, M., Pekny, M., Nilsson, M. (2012):\\
Modulation of neural plasticity as a basis for stroke rehabilitation.\\
Stroke, 43: 2819-2828. (cited 194 times)\\
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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.\\
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Pekny, M., Wilhelmsson, U., Pekna, M. (2014):\\
The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis.\\
Neurosci. Lett., 565C:30-38. (cited 454 times)\\
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Pekna, M., Pekny, M. (2014): \\
Astrocyte reactivity and reactive astrogliosis: costs and benefits. \\
Physiol. Rev., 94: 1077-1098. (cited 430 times)\\
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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.\\
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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.\\
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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.\\
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Pekny, M., Wilhelmsson, U., Tatlisumak, T., Pekna, M. (2019):\\
Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis-A new target in stroke?\\
Neurosci Lett., 689: 45-55.