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Leszek Kaczmarek

Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Verified email at nencki.edu.pl
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[HTML][HTML] MMPs in learning and memory and neuropsychiatric disorders

…, P Michaluk, B Pijet, M Stefaniuk, L Kaczmarek - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of over twenty proteases, operating chiefly
extracellularly to cleave components of the extracellular matrix, cell adhesion molecules as …

The involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in remote contextual fear memory

PW Frankland, B Bontempi, LE Talton, L Kaczmarek… - Science, 2004 - science.org
Although the molecular, cellular, and systems mechanisms required for initial memory
processing have been intensively investigated, those underlying permanent memory storage …

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 is required for hippocampal late-phase long-term potentiation and memory

…, RM Costa, AJ Silva, L Kaczmarek… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are extracellular proteases that have well recognized roles
in cell signaling and remodeling in many tissues. In the brain, their activation and function …

A gene for neuronal plasticity in the mammalian brain: Zif268/Egr-1/NGFI-A/Krox-24/TIS8/ZENK?

E Knapska, L Kaczmarek - Progress in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
Zif268 is a transcription regulatory protein, the product of an immediate early gene. Zif268
was originally described as inducible in cell cultures; however, it was later shown to be …

Post‐stroke depression: mechanisms, translation and therapy

…, T Freret, RK Filipkowski, L Kaczmarek… - Journal of cellular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between depression and stroke is highly complex. Post‐stroke depression (
PSD ) is among the most frequent neuropsychiatric consequences of stroke. Depression also …

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 undergoes expression and activation during dendritic remodeling in adult hippocampus

…, M Rylski, RDG McKay, L Kaczmarek - Journal of …, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurons of adult brain are able to remodel their synaptic connections in response to various
stimuli. Modifications of the peridendritic environment, including the extracellular matrix, are …

MicroRNA loss enhances learning and memory in mice

…, FJ Theis, G Köhr, L Kaczmarek… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Dicer-dependent noncoding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs), play an important role
in a modulation of translation of mRNA transcripts necessary for differentiation in many cell …

MMP‐9 in translation: from molecule to brain physiology, pathology, and therapy

…, A Salamian, L Kaczmarek - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Matrix metalloproteinase‐9 ( MMP ‐9) is a member of the metzincin family of mostly
extracellularly operating proteases. Despite the fact that all of these enzymes might be target …

Important role of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in epileptogenesis

…, W Zuschratter, OP Ottersen, L Kaczmarek - The Journal of cell …, 2008 - rupress.org
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a devastating disease in which aberrant synaptic plasticity
plays a major role. We identify matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 9 as a novel synaptic enzyme …

[HTML][HTML] Matrix metalloproteinases and their endogenous inhibitors in neuronal physiology of the adult brain

J Dzwonek, M Rylski, L Kaczmarek - FEBS letters, 2004 - Elsevier
More than 20 matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and four of their endogenous tissue
inhibitors (TIMPs) act together to control tightly temporally restricted, focal proteolysis of …