Li, Tao: Role of NLRP3-ASC inflammasomes on Glial Activation after mild Traumatic Brain lnjury. - Bonn, 2025. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/13399,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5-84651,
doi: https://doi.org/10.48565/bonndoc-638,
author = {{Tao Li}},
title = {Role of NLRP3-ASC inflammasomes on Glial Activation after mild Traumatic Brain lnjury},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2025,
month = sep,

note = {Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a major public health concern, yet its pathophysiology remains poorly defined. Using a controlled skull impact–mild closed head injury model, this study investigated the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome and its adaptor ASC in glial responses after mTBI. We found significant upregulation of NLRP3-related proteins, cleaved caspase-1, IL-1β, and TNF-α at 7 and especially 21 days post-injury. Immunohistochemistry revealed ASC aggregation and extracellular release in microglia, coinciding with hypertrophy, shrinkage, and giant-cell formation. Astrocytes displayed parallel morphological changes and direct interaction with ASC-positive microglia, suggesting ASC-mediated glial communication. NLRP3 or ASC knockout mice showed reduced inflammasome activation, cytokine release, and glial pathology, with ASC deficiency producing a stronger protective effect, implicating additional ASC-dependent inflammasomes. These findings highlight persistent inflammasome activation and glial remodeling as key mechanisms in mTBI pathology and provide a foundation for therapeutic strategies targeting the NLRP3–ASC axis.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13399}
}

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