Thomas J. Montine

Prostaglandin E2receptor subtype 2 (EP2) regulates microglial activation and associated neurotoxicity induced by aggregated α-synuclein (2007)

Jin, Jinghua, Shie, Feng-Shiun, Liu, Jun, Wang, Yan, Davis, Jeanne, Schantz, Aimee M, ...

Abstract Background The pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) remains elusive, although evidence has suggested that neuroinflammation characterized by activation of resident microglia...

Apolipoprotein E isoform-dependent dendritic recovery of hippocampal neurons following activation of innate immunity (2006)

Maezawa, Izumi, Zaja-Milatovic, Snjezana, Milatovic, Dejan, Stephen, Christina, Sokal, Izabela, Maeda, Nobuyo, ...

Abstract Background Innate immune activation, including a role for cluster of differentiation 14/toll-like receptor 4 co-receptors (CD14/TLR-4) co-receptors, has been implicated in paracrine damage...

Apolipoprotein E-specific innate immune response in astrocytes from targeted replacement mice (2006)

Maezawa, Izumi, Maeda, Nobuyo, Montine, Thomas J, Montine, Kathleen S

Abstract Background Inheritance of the three different alleles of the human apolipoprotein (apo) E gene ( APOE ) are associated with varying risk or clinical outcome from a variety of neurologic...

Neuronal oxidative damage and dendritic degeneration following activation of CD14-dependent innate immune response in vivo (2004)

Milatovic, Dejan, Zaja-Milatovic, Snjezana, Montine, Kathleen S, Shie, Feng-Shiun, Montine, Thomas J

Abstract The cause-and-effect relationship between innate immune activation and neurodegeneration has been difficult to prove in complex animal models and patients. Here we review findings from a...

Parkinson's disease is associated with oxidative damage to cytoplasmic DNA and RNA in substantia nigra neurons. (1999)

Zhang, Jing, Perry, George, Smith, Mark A., Robertson, David, Olson, Sandra J., Graham, Doyle G., ...

Oxidative damage, including modification of nucleic acids, may contribute to dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra (SN) of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). To investigate the...

Neuronal oxidative damage and dendritic degeneration following activation of CD14-dependent innate immune response in vivo

Milatovic, Dejan, Zaja-Milatovic, Snjezana, Montine, Kathleen S, Shie, Feng-Shiun, Montine, Thomas J

The cause-and-effect relationship between innate immune activation and neurodegeneration has been difficult to prove in complex animal models and patients. Here we review findings from a model of...

Neuronal oxidative damage and dendritic degeneration following activation of CD14-dependent innate immune response in vivo

Milatovic, Dejan, Zaja-Milatovic, Snjezana, Montine, Kathleen S, Shie, Feng-Shiun, Montine, Thomas J

The cause-and-effect relationship between innate immune activation and neurodegeneration has been difficult to prove in complex animal models and patients. Here we review findings from a model of...

Microglia Lacking E Prostanoid Receptor Subtype 2 Have Enhanced Aβ Phagocytosis yet Lack Aβ-Activated Neurotoxicity

Shie, Feng-Shiun, Breyer, Richard M., Montine, Thomas J.

Experimental therapies for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are focused on enhanced clearance of neurotoxic Aβ peptides from brain. Microglia can be neuroprotective by phagocytosing Aβ; however, this...

Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Montine, Thomas J., Morrow, Jason D.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common dementing illness of the elderly and is a mounting public health problem. Pharmacoepidemiological data, analytical data from human tissue and body...

Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Is Present in Astrocytes Surrounding Cerebral Infarcts and Stimulates Astrocyte Interleukin-6 Secretion

Shie, Feng-Shiun, Neely, M. Diana, Maezawa, Izumi, Wu, Hope, Olson, Sandy J., Jürgens, Günther, ...

Ischemic injury to brain is associated with both disruption of the blood-brain barrier and increased oxidative stress. Given the neurotoxicity associated with exposure to oxidized low-density...

Parkinson’s Disease Is Associated with Oxidative Damage to Cytoplasmic DNA and RNA in Substantia Nigra Neurons

Zhang, Jing, Perry, George, Smith, Mark A., Robertson, David, Olson, Sandra J., Graham, Doyle G., ...

Oxidative damage, including modification of nucleic acids, may contribute to dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra (SN) of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). To investigate...

Brain Regional Quantification of F-Ring and D-/E-Ring Isoprostanes and Neuroprostanes in Alzheimer’s Disease

Reich, Erin E., Markesbery, William R., Roberts, L. Jackson, Swift, Larry L., Morrow, Jason D., Montine, Thomas J.

Isoprostanes (IsoP) are produced exclusively from free radical damage to arachidonic acid, a fatty acid that is evenly distributed throughout white matter and gray matter, whereas neuroprostanes...

Quantitative Proteomics Identifies Surfactant-Resistant α-Synuclein in Cerebral Cortex of Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex of Guam but Not Alzheimer’s Disease or Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Yang, Wan, Woltjer, Randall L., Sokal, Izabela, Pan, Catherine, Wang, Yan, Brodey, Mary, ...

Parkinsonism-dementia complex (PDC) remains a significant health burden to the Chamorro population. We tested the hypothesis that quantitative proteomics might provide fresh insight into this...

F2-Dihomo-isoprostanes arise from free radical attack on adrenic acid*

VanRollins, Mike, Woltjer, Randall L., Yin, Huiyong, Morrow, Jason D., Montine, Thomas J.

Unlike F4-neuroprostanes (F4-NeuroPs), which are relatively selective in vivo markers of oxidative damage to neuronal membranes, there currently is no method to assess the extent of free radical...

Electrophilic Cyclopentenone Neuroprostanes Are Anti-inflammatory Mediators Formed from the Peroxidation of the ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid*

Musiek, Erik S., Brooks, Joshua D., Joo, Myungsoo, Brunoldi, Enrico, Porta, Alessio, Zanoni, Giuseppe, ...

The ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) possesses potent anti-inflammatory properties and has shown therapeutic benefit in numerous inflammatory diseases. However, the...