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Marcela Pekna
Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience-
Spatiotemporal transcriptomic maps of mouse intracerebral hemorrhage at single-cell
resolution
Rong Xiang, Junmin Wang, Zhan Chen, Jin Tao, Qinfeng Peng, Ruoqi Ding, Tao Zhou, Zhencheng Tu, Shaoshuai Wang, Tao Yang, Jing Chen, Zihan Jia, Xueping Li, Xinru Zhang, Shuai Chen, Nannan Cheng, Mengke Zhao, Jiaxin Li, Qidi Xue, Houlian Zhang, Chao Jiang, Na Xing, Kang Ouyang, Albert Pekny, Malgorzata Michalowska, Yolanda de Pablo, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Nicholas Mitsios, Chuanyu Liu, Xun Xu, Xiaochong Fan, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Xuemei Chen, Longqi Liu, Jan Mulder, Mingyue Wang, Jian Wang
Neuron - 2025 -
Inflammation, Anti-inflammatory Interventions, and Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Human and Animal
Studies
Reinier W. P. Tack, Claudia Amboni, Danny van Nuijs, Marcela Pekna, Mervyn D. I. Vergouwen, Gabriel J. E. Rinkel, Elly M. Hol
TRANSLATIONAL STROKE RESEARCH - 2025 -
Proteomics identifies lipocalin-2 in neonatal inflammation associated with cerebrovascular alteration in mice and preterm
infants
Giacomo Gravina, Maryam Ardalan, Tetyana Chumak, Anders K. Nilsson, C. Joakim Ek, H. Danielsson, Pernilla Svedin, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, Karin Sävman, Ann Hellström, Carina Mallard
iScience - 2023 -
Complement C3a treatment accelerates recovery after stroke via modulation of astrocyte reactivity and cortical
connectivity
Anna Stokowska, M. Aswendt, D. Zucha, Stephanie Lohmann, F. Wieters, Javier Morán Suarez, Alison L Atkins, YiXian Li, Maria Miteva, Julia Lewin, Dirk Wiedermann, M. Diedenhofen, Åsa Torinsson Naluai, P. Abaffy, L. Valihrach, M. Kubista, M. Hoehn, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Journal of Clinical Investigation - 2023 -
Astrocyte Responses to Complement Peptide C3a are Highly
Context-Dependent
Marcela Pekna, Sumen Siqin, Yolanda de Pablo, Anna Stokowska, Åsa Torinsson Naluai, Milos Pekny
Neurochemical Research - 2023 -
Survivin promotes a glycolytic switch in CD4+ T cells by suppressing the transcription of PFKFB3 in rheumatoid
arthritis.
Malin Erlandsson, Karin Andersson, Nina Oparina, Venkataragavan Chandrasekaran, Tibor Saghy, Anastasios Damdimopoulos, Maria-Jose Garcia-Bonete, Zakaria Einbeigi, Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd, Marcela Pekna, Gergely Katona, Maria Bokarewa
iScience - 2022 -
Reactive astrocytes prevent maladaptive plasticity after ischemic
stroke
M. Aswendt, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, F. Wieters, Anna Stokowska, F. J. Schmitt, N. Pallast, Yolanda de Pablo, Lava Mohammed, M. Hoehn, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Progress in Neurobiology - 2022 -
Interaction Between the Complement System and Infectious Agents - A Potential Mechanistic Link to Neurodegeneration and
Dementia
N. Shinjyo, W. Kagaya, Marcela Pekna
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience - 2021 -
C3a Receptor Signaling Inhibits Neurodegeneration Induced by Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain
Injury
Andrea Pozo-Rodrigálvarez, YiXian Li, Anna Stokowska, Jingyun Wu, Verena Dehm, Hana Sourkova, H. Steinbusch, C. Mallard, H. Hagberg, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Frontiers in Immunology - 2021 -
Targeting Complement C3a Receptor to Improve Outcome After Ischemic Brain
Injury
Marcela Pekna, Anna Stokowska, Milos Pekny
Neurochemical Research - 2021 -
Plasma neurofilament light chain levels predict improvement in late phase after
stroke.
Anna Stokowska, Lina Bunketorp Käll, Christian Blomstrand, Joel Simrén, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
European journal of neurology - 2021 -
Hyperactive Behavior and Altered Brain Morphology in Adult Complement C3a Receptor Deficient
Mice
Andrea Pozo-Rodrigalvarez, Roosa Ollaranta, Jenny Skoog, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Frontiers in Immunology - 2021 -
Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future
directions
C. Escartin, E. Galea, A. Lakatos, J. P. O'Callaghan, G. C. Petzold, A. Serrano-Pozo, C. Steinhauser, A. Volterra, G. Carmignoto, A. Agarwal, N. J. Allen, A. Araque, L. Barbeito, A. Barzilai, D. E. Bergles, G. Bonvento, A. M. Butt, W. T. Chen, M. Cohen-Salmon, C. Cunningham, B. Deneen, B. De Strooper, B. Diaz-Castro, C. Farina, M. Freeman, V. Gallo, J. E. Goldman, S. A. Goldman, M. Gotz, A. Gutierrez, P. G. Haydon, D. H. Heiland, E. M. Hol, M. G. Holt, M. Iino, K. V. Kastanenka, H. Kettenmann, B. S. Khakh, S. Koizumi, C. J. Lee, S. A. Liddelow, B. A. MacVicar, P. Magistretti, A. Messing, A. Mishra, A. V. Molofsky, K. K. Murai, C. M. Norris, S. Okada, S. H. R. Oliet, J. F. Oliveira, A. Panatier, V. Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, L. Pellerin, G. Perea, B. G. Perez-Nievas, F. W. Pfrieger, K. E. Poskanzer, F. J. Quintana, R. M. Ransohoff, M. Riquelme-Perez, S. Robel, C. R. Rose, J. D. Rothstein, N. Rouach, D. H. Rowitch, A. Semyanov, S. Sirko, H. Sontheimer, R. A. Swanson, J. Vitorica, I. B. Wanner, L. B. Wood, J. Q. Wu, B. H. Zheng, E. R. Zimmer, R. Zorec, M. V. Sofroniew, A. Verkhratsky
Nature Neuroscience - 2021 -
Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL) in Blood-A Biomarker Predicting Unfavourable Outcome in the Acute Phase and Improvement in the Late Phase after
Stroke
M. Pekny, U. Wilhelmsson, Anna Stokowska, T. Tatlisumak, K. Jood, Marcela Pekna
Cells - 2021 -
The Complement System: A Powerful Modulator and Effector of Astrocyte Function in the Healthy and Diseased Central Nervous
System
Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Cells - 2021 -
Nestin Null Mice Show Improved Reversal Place
Learning.
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marie Kalm, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Neurochemical research - 2020 -
Motor Function in the Late Phase After Stroke: Stroke Survivors'
Perspective
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Hans Samuelsson, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine-Arm - 2020 -
Complement C5 Contributes to Brain Injury After Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
B. J. van Dijk, J. C. M. Meijers, A. T. Kloek, V. L. Knaup, G. J. E. Rinkel, B. P. Morgan, M. J. van der Kamp, K. Osuka, E. Aronica, Y. M. Ruigrok, D. van de Beek, M. Brouwer, Marcela Pekna, E. M. Hol, M. D. I. Vergouwen
Translational Stroke Research - 2020 -
Nestin Regulates Neurogenesis in Mice Through Notch Signaling From Astrocytes to Neural Stem
Cells
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Isabell Lebkuechner, Renata Leke, Pavel Marasek, Xiaoguang Yang, D. Antfolk, Meng Chen, P. Mohseni, E. Lasic, S. T. Bobnar, M. Stenovec, R. Zorec, A. Nagy, C. Sahlgren, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Cerebral Cortex - 2019 -
Effects of horse-riding therapy and rhythm and music-based therapy on functional mobility in late phase after
stroke
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson
Neurorehabilitation - 2019 -
The role of GFAP and vimentin in learning and
memory
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Andrea Pozo-Rodrigalvarez, Marie Kalm, Yolanda de Pablo, Åsa Widestrand, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Biological Chemistry - 2019 -
Astrocyte activation and reactive gliosis-A new target in
stroke?
Milos Pekny, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Turgut Tatlisumak, Marcela Pekna
Neuroscience Letters - 2019 -
Grafting Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells Into the Hippocampus of Juvenile, Irradiated Mice Normalizes Behavior
Deficits
Yoshiaki Sato, Noriko Shinjyo, Machiko Sato, Marie Nilsson, Kazuhiro Osato, Changlian Zhu, Marcela Pekna, Hans-Georg Kuhn, Klas Blomgren
Frontiers in Neurology - 2018 -
Inflammation in the hippocampus affects IGF1 receptor signaling and contributes to neurological sequelae in rheumatoid
arthritis.
Karin Andersson, Caroline Wasén, Lina Juzokaite, Lovisa Leifsdottir, Malin Erlandsson, Sofia Töyrä Silfverswärd, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Kjell Olmarker, Rolf A. Heckemann, Marie Kalm, Maria Bokarewa
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2018 -
Concurrent validity of the Barrow Neurological Screen for Higher Cerebral Functions (BNIS) at the chronic stage
post-stroke
Karin Jonasson, Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Karin Blomvé, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson, Hans Samuelsson
13th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology” Stockholm, Sweden - 2018 -
Increased Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells Derived from Phosphovimentin-Deficient
Mice.
Meng Chen, Till B. Puschmann, Pavel Marasek, Masaki Inagaki, Marcela Pekna, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Milos Pekny
Molecular neurobiology - 2018 -
Drugs targeting intermediate filaments can improve neurosupportive properties of
astrocytes.
Yolanda de Pablo, Meng Chen, Elin Möllerström, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Brain Research Bulletin - 2018 -
Complement C3a: Shaping the Plasticity of the Post-stroke
Brain.
Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna
Cellular and Molecular Approaches to Regeneration and Repair. - 2018 -
Activation of complement factor B contributes to murine and human myocardial ischemia/reperfusion
injury
N. Chun, A. S. Haddadin, J. Y. Liu, Y. F. Hou, K. A. Wong, D. Lee, J. I. Rushbrook, K. Gulaya, R. Hines, T. Hollis, B. N. Nuno, A. A. Mangi, S. Hashim, Marcela Pekna, A. Catalfamo, H. Y. Chin, F. Patel, S. Rayala, K. Shevde, P. S. Heeger, M. Zhang
PLoS ONE - 2017 -
Long-Term Improvements After Multimodal Rehabilitation in Late Phase After Stroke A Randomized Controlled
Trial
Lina Bunketorp Käll, Åsa Lundgren Nilsson, Hans Samuelsson, Tulen Pekny, Karin Blomvé, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, Christian Blomstrand, Michael Nilsson
Stroke - 2017 -
Injury leads to the appearance of cells with characteristics of both microglia and astrocytes in mouse and human
brain.
Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Daniel Andersson, Yolanda de Pablo, Roy Pekny, Anders Ståhlberg, Jan Mulder, Nicholas Mitsios, Tibor Hortobágyi, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Cerebral cortex - 2017 -
Complement peptide C3a stimulates neural plasticity after experimental brain
ischaemia.
Anna Stokowska, Alison L Atkins, Javier Morán, Tulen Pekny, Linda Bulmer, Michaela C. Pascoe, Scott R Barnum, Rick A Wetsel, Jonas A Nilsson, Mike Dragunow, Marcela Pekna
Brain - 2017 -
Neural Progenitor Cells in Cerebral Cortex of Epilepsy Patients do not Originate from Astrocytes Expressing
GLAST.
Meng Chen, Till B. Puschmann, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Charlotte Örndal, Marcela Pekna, Kristina Malmgren, Bertil Rydenhag, Milos Pekny
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 2017 -
Intranasal C3a treatment ameliorates cognitive impairment in a mouse model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain
injury.
Javier Morán, Anna Stokowska, Frederik R Walker, Carina Mallard, Henrik Hagberg, Marcela Pekna
Experimental Neurology - 2017 -
Komplementpeptiden C3a ledde till bättre återhämtning efter
stroke.
Tulen Pekny, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna
Läkartidningen - 2017 -
Ny upptäckt kan förbättra återhämtningen efter
stroke.
Tulen Pekny, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna
Neurologi i Sverige - 2017 -
Deficiency of the complement component 3 but not factor B aggravates Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis in
mice.
Manli Na, Anders Jarneborn, Abukar Ali, Amanda Welin, Malin Magnusson, Anna Stokowska, Marcela Pekna, Tao Jin
Infection and immunity - 2016 -
Activation of Complement C3 Does Not Hamper the Outcome of Experimental Intramuscular Islet
Transplantation.
Daniel Espes, Marcela Pekna, Bo Nilsson, Per-Ola Carlsson
Transplantation - 2016 -
Astrocytes - a central element in neurological
diseases.
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna, A Messing, C. Steinhäuser, J.M. Lee, V. Parpura, E. Hol, M Sofroniew, A. Verkhratsky
Acta Neuropathologica - 2016 -
Complement peptide C3a promotes astrocyte survival in response to
ischemia.
Noriko Shinjyo, Yolanda de Pablo, Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Molecular Neurobiology - 2016 -
C3 deficiency ameliorates the negative effects of irradiation of the young brain on hippocampal development and
learning.
Marie Kalm, Ulf Andreasson, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Henrik Zetterberg, Milos Pekny, Kaj Blennow, Marcela Pekna, Klas Blomgren
Oncotarget - 2016 -
Reactive gliosis in the pathogenesis of CNS
diseases
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease - 2016 -
Heterogeneity of Notch signaling in astrocytes and the effects of GFAP and vimentin
deficiency
Isabell Lebkuechner, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Elin Möllerström, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Journal of Neurochemistry - 2015 -
Glia in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative
diseases
A. Verkhratsky, V. Parpura, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny, M. Sofroniew
Biochemical Society Transactions - 2014 -
Astrocyte Reactivity and Reactive Astrogliosis: Costs and
Benefits
Milos Pekny, Marcela Pekna
Physiological Reviews - 2014 -
Short general anaesthesia induces prolonged changes in gene expression in the mouse
hippocampus
Tulen Pekny, Daniel Andersson, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 2014 -
The dual role of astrocyte activation and reactive
gliosis.
Milos Pekny, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Marcela Pekna
Neuroscience letters - 2014 -
Altered cognitive performance and synaptic function in the hippocampus of mice lacking
C3.
Marta Perez-Alcazar, Jonny Daborg, Anna Stokowska, Pontus Wasling, Andreas Björefeldt, Marie Kalm, Henrik Zetterberg, Karl E Carlström, Klas Blomgren, Christine T Ekdahl, Eric Hanse, Marcela Pekna
Experimental neurology - 2014 -
Complement Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Biomarker Endophenotypes of Alzheimer's
Disease
Jonny Daborg, Sandra Holmgren, Alexandra Abramsson, Ulf Andreasson, Madeleine Zetterberg, Staffan Nilsson, L Minthon, Ingmar Skoog, Kaj Blennow, Marcela Pekna, Eric Hanse, Henrik Zetterberg
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease - 2013 -
Plasticity Response in the Contralesional Hemisphere after Subtle Neurotrauma: Gene Expression Profiling after Partial Deafferentation of the
Hippocampus
Daniel Andersson, Ulrika Wilhelmsson, Michael Nilsson, M. Kubista, Anders Ståhlberg, Marcela Pekna, Milos Pekny
Plos One - 2013
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