Milos Pekny - Selected publications#

Cited 7240 times, h-index 40 (Google Scholar)

Kinouchi, R., Takeda, M., Yang, L., Wilhelmsson, U., Lundkvist, A., Pekny, M.•), Chen, D. -F.•) (2003):
Robust neural integration and nerve re generation from retinal transplants in mice deficient for GFAP and vimentin.
Nature Neurosci., 6:863-868. •) equal contribution, Cited 146 times

Wilhelmsson, U., Li, L., Pekna, M., Berthold, C.-H., Blom, S., Eliasson, C., Renner, O., Bushong, E., Ellisman, M., Morgan, T., Pekny, M. (2004):
Absence of GFAP and vimentin prevents hypertrophy of astrocytic processes and improves post-traumatic regeneration.
J. Neurosci., 24:5016-5021. Cited 235 times

Pekny, M. and Nilsson, M. (2005):
Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis.
Glia, 50: 428-434. Cited 784 times

Wilhemsson, U., Bushong, E. A., Price, D. J., Smarr, B. L., Phung, V., Terada, M., Ellisman, M. H., Pekny, M (2006):
Redefining the concept of reactive astrocytes as cells that remain within their unique domains upon reaction to injury.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103:17513-17518. Cited 183 times

Rahpeymai, Y., Hietala, M. A., Wilhelmsson, U., Fotheringham, A., Davies, A., Nilsson, A.-K., Zwirner, J., Wetsel, R. A., Gerard, C., Pekny, M., Pekna, M (2006):
Complement: A novel factor in basal and ischemia-induced neurogenesis.
EMBO J., 25:1364-1374.
Presented in Research Highlights in Nature 440, 5, 2006 and Nature Neuroscience 7, 258, 2006. Cited 127 times

Pekny, M., Wilhelmsson, U., Rahpeymai, Y., Pekna, M. (2007):
The role of astrocytes and the complement system in neural plasticity.
Int Rev Neurobiol., 82:95-111. Cited 115 times

Widestrand, Å., Faijerson, J., Wilhelmsson, U., Smith, P.L., Li, L., Sihlbom, C., Eriksson, P.S., Pekny, M. (2007):
Increased neurogenesis and astrogenesis from neural progenitor cells grafted in the hippocampus of GFAP-/-Vim-/- mice.
Stem Cells, 25:2619-2627.Cited 56 times

Li, L., Lundkvist, A., Wilhelmsson, U., Nagai, N., Price D., Nodin, C., Pardo, A., Andersson, D., Ståhlberg, A., Pallari, H.-M., Larsson, K., Yabe, T., Schwartz, J., Moons, L., Fotheringham, A., Davies, I., Carmeliet, P., Pekna, M., Eriksson, J., Kubista, M., Maragakis, N., Blomstrand, F., Ellisman, M., Nilsson, M, Pekny M. (2008):
Protective role of reactive astrocytes in brain ischemia.
J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab., 28:468-481. Cited 202 times

Ståhlberg, A., Andersson, D., Aurelius, J., Pekna, M., Faiz, M., Kubista, M., Pekny, M. (2011):
Distinct subpopulations of primary astrocytes in culture revealed by gene expression profiling of single cells.
Nucleic Acid Res., 39(4):e24. Cited 49 times

Wilhelmsson, U., Faiz, M., de Pablo, Y., Sjökvist, M., Andersson, D., Widestrand, A., Potokar, M., Stenovec, M., Smith, P., Shinjyo, N., Pekny, T., Zorec, R., Ståhlberg, A., Pekna, M., Sahlgren, C., Pekny, M. (2012):
Astrocytes negatively regulate the neurogenic niche through the Jagged1-mediated Notch pathway Stem Cells, 30:2320–2329. Cited 25 times.