Mohsin Syed

Spontaneous waves in the ventricular zone of developing mammalian retina.

Stage-dependent dynamics and modulation of spontaneous waves in the developing rabbit retina.

Modulation of connexin expression and gap junction communication in astrocytes by the gram-positive bacterium S. aureus.

MyD88-dependent signals are essential for the host immune response in experimental brain abscess.

Minocycline modulates neuroinflammation independently of its antimicrobial activity in staphylococcus aureus-induced brain abscess.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) regulates Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) expression in microglia.

The synthetic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonist ciglitazone attenuates neuroinflammation and accelerates encapsulation in bacterial brain abscesses.

TLR2 expression in astrocytes is induced by TNF-alpha- and NF-kappa B-dependent pathways.

MyD88 expression by CNS-resident cells is pivotal for eliciting protective immunity in brain abscesses.

The somatotrope as a metabolic sensor: deletion of leptin receptors causes obesity.

Ablation of leptin signaling to somatotropes: changes in metabolic factors that cause obesity.

Ghrelin restoration of function in vitro in somatotropes from male mice lacking the Janus kinase (JAK)-binding site of the leptin receptor.

Selective deletion of leptin receptors in gonadotropes reveals activin and GnRH-binding sites as leptin targets in support of fertility.

Adipocyte Versus Somatotrope Leptin: Regulation of Metabolic Functions in the Mouse.

A Sex-Dependent, Tropic Role for Leptin in the Somatotrope as a Regulator of POU1F1 and POU1F1-Dependent Hormones.

Association of Gnrhr mRNA With the Stem Cell Determinant Musashi: A Mechanism for Leptin-Mediated Modulation of GnRHR Expression.

Leptin Regulation of Gonadotrope Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors As a Metabolic Checkpoint and Gateway to Reproductive Competence.