Ultrastructural Analysis of Thalamus Damages in a Mouse Model of Osmotic-Induced Demyelination.

A murine model used to investigate the osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) demonstrated ultrastructural damages in thalamus nuclei. Following chronic hyponatremia, significant myelinolysis was merely detected 48 h after the rapid reinstatement of normonatremia (ODS 48 h). In ODS samples, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes revealed injurious changes associated with a few cell deaths while both cell types seemed to endure a sort of survival strategy: (a) ODS 12 h oligodendrocytes displayed nucleoplasm with huge heterochromatic compaction, mitochondria hypertrophy, and most reclaimed an active NN cell aspect at ODS 48 h.

Hyaluronan Does Not Regulate Human Epidermal Keratinocyte Proliferation and Differentiation.

Hyaluronan (HA) is synthesized by three HA synthases (HAS1, HAS2, and HAS3) and secreted in the extracellular matrix. In human skin, large amounts of HA are found in the dermis. HA is also synthesized by keratinocytes in the epidermis, although its epidermal functions are not clearly identified yet.