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. 2020 Aug 21:14:248.
doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00248. eCollection 2020.

Commentary: Ghrelin promotes midbrain neural stem cells differentiation to dopaminergic neurons through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Jenesis D Gayden  1   2 , Zachary Freyberg  2   3
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Commentary: Ghrelin promotes midbrain neural stem cells differentiation to dopaminergic neurons through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Jenesis D Gayden et al. Front Cell Neurosci. .
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Keywords: Wnt signaling; dopaminergic neurogenesis; ghrelin; neural stem cells; neuron differentiation; neuroregeneration.

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A model for Wnt-mediated neuronal regeneration. Degenerative disease processes lead to dopaminergic neuron loss, resulting in decreased synaptic D2R activity. This decrease in activity releases the inhibitory brake on Wnt3a production and increases Wnt3a levels, consequently stimulating neural stem cell proliferation and restoring cellular and synaptic dopamine levels. As DA levels rise, inhibitory D2R activity increases, which then diminishes levels of Wnt3a. Ghrelin compensates for this decrease by serving as a critical counterbalance and increasing Wnt3a expression in response. As a result, proliferation and regeneration of dopaminergic neurons is auto-regulated, thus preventing unchecked cell proliferation.
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