title: Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Signaling in the Neural Stem Cell Niche: A Therapeutic Target for Huntington's Disease.
abstract: The neural stem cell niches possess the regenerative capacity to generate new functional neurons in the adult brain, suggesting the possibility of endogenous neuronal replacement after injury or disease. Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease and characterized by neuronal loss in the basal ganglia, leading to motor, cognitive, and psychological disabilities. Apparently, in order to make use of the neural stem cell niche as a therapeutic concept for repair strategies in HD, it is important to understand the cellular and molecular composition of the neural stem cell niche under such neurodegenerative conditions. This paper mainly discusses the current knowledge on the regulation of the hippocampal neural stem cell niche in the adult brain and by which mechanism it might be compromised in the case of HD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kandasamy
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reilmann
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bogdahn
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aigner