Publications

Recovery after human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) treatment in post-MCAO rats requires repeated handling.

Gomez-Galvez Y, Gupta M, Kaur M, Fusco S, Podda MV, Grassi C, Srivastava AK, Iacovitti L, Blanco-Suarez E. PLoS One. 2024 Oct 21;19(10):e0312298. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312298. PMID: 39432503. PMCID: PMC11493303. 


Astrocyte Regulation of Neuronal Function and Survival in Stroke Pathophysiology.

Boyle BR, Berghella AP, Blanco-Suarez E.  Adv Neurobiol. 2024;39:233-267. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-64839-7_10. PMID: 39190078. Book available here.


Absence of chordin-like 1 aids motor recovery in a mouse model of stroke.

Collyer E, Boyle BR, Gomez-Galvez Y, Iacovitti L, Blanco-Suarez E. Exp Neurol. 2023 Sep 26:114548. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2023.114548. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37769794 Open Access


Astrocytes in stroke-induced neurodegeneration: a timeline. 

Collyer E, Blanco-Suarez E. Front. Mol. Med, 07 September 2023. Sec. Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration. Volume 3 - 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmmed.2023.1240862 Open Access


Photothrombotic Model to Create an Infarct in the Hippocampus.

Blanco-Suárez E. Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2616:29-38. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2926-0_4. PMID: 36715925. 

Book available here.

Astrocyte-secreted chordin-like 1 regulates spine density after ischemic injury.

Blanco-Suarez E, Allen NJ. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 9;12(1):4176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-08031-4. PMID: 35264691


Activity-dependent modulation of synapse-regulating genes in astrocytes.

Farhy-Tselnicker I, Boisvert MM, Liu H, Dowling C, Erikson GA, Blanco-Suarez E, Farhy C, Shokhirev MN, Ecker JR, Allen NJ. Elife. 2021 Sep 8;10:e70514. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70514. PMID: 34494546


Astrocyte-Secreted Chordin-like 1 Drives Synapse Maturation and Limits Plasticity by Increasing Synaptic GluA2 AMPA Receptors.

Blanco-Suarez E, Liu TF, Kopelevich A, Allen NJ. Neuron. 2018 Dec 5;100(5):1116-1132.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.043. Epub 2018 Oct 18. PMID: 30344043


Oriented Nanofibrous Polymer Scaffolds Containing Protein-Loaded Porous Silicon Generated by Spray Nebulization.

Zuidema JM, Kumeria T, Kim D, Kang J, Wang J, Hollett G, Zhang X, Roberts DS, Chan N, Dowling C, Blanco-Suarez E, Allen NJ, Tuszynski MH, Sailor MJ. Adv Mater. 2018 Mar;30(12):e1706785. doi: 10.1002/adma.201706785. Epub 2018 Jan 24. PMID: 2936382


Role of astrocyte-synapse interactions in CNS disorders.

Blanco-Suárez E, Caldwell AL, Allen NJ. J Physiol. 2017 Mar 15;595(6):1903-1916. doi: 10.1113/JP270988. Epub 2016 Aug 8. PMID: 27381164


Differential Tiam1/Rac1 activation in hippocampal and cortical neurons mediates differential spine shrinkage in response to oxygen/glucose deprivation.

Blanco-Suárez E, Fiuza M, Liu X, Chakkarapani E, Hanley JG. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2014 Dec;34(12):1898-906. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.158. Epub 2014 Sep 24. PMID: 25248834


Distinct subunit-specific α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor trafficking mechanisms in cultured cortical and hippocampal neurons in response to oxygen and glucose deprivation. 

Blanco-Suarez E, Hanley JG. J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 21;289(8):4644-51. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.533182. Epub 2014 Jan 8. PMID: 24403083 Paper of the Week.


The small GTPase Arf1 modulates Arp2/3-mediated actin polymerization via PICK1 to regulate synaptic plasticity.

Rocca DL, Amici M, Antoniou A, Blanco Suarez E, Halemani N, Murk K, McGarvey J, Jaafari N, Mellor JR, Collingridge GL, Hanley JG. Neuron. 2013 Jul 24;79(2):293-307. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.05.003. PMID: 23889934


The antagonistic modulation of Arp2/3 activity by N-WASP, WAVE2 and PICK1 defines dynamic changes in astrocyte morphology.

Murk K, Blanco Suarez EM, Cockbill LM, Banks P, Hanley JG. J Cell Sci. 2013 Sep 1;126(Pt 17):3873-83. doi: 10.1242/jcs.125146. Epub 2013 Jul 10. PMID: 23843614

Pre-prints

Recovery after human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) treatment in post-MCAO rats requires handling associated with repeated behavioral testing.

Gomez-Galvez Y, Gupta M, Kaur M, Fusco S, Podda MV, Grassi C, Srivastava A, Iacovitti L, Blanco-Suarez E. bioRxiv 2024.06.19.599750; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.19.599750

Astrocyte-secreted chordin-like 1 regulates spine density after ischemic injury.

Blanco-Suarez E, Allen NJ. bioRxiv 2020 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.19.423621 

Activity-dependent modulation of synapse-regulating genes in astrocytes.

Farhy-Tselnicker I, Boisvert MM, Liu H, Dowling C, Erikson GA, Blanco-Suarez E, Farhy C, Shokhirev MN, Ecker JR, Allen NJ. bioRxiv 2020 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.30.424365