Astrocytes can have protective or detrimental effects on neurons during injury, but the molecular mechanisms that determine these different states are unresolved. Here the authors identify a pathway via neuronal EphB1 that induces neuroprotective signalling in astrocytes through ephrin-B1 mediated STAT3 activation, which is impaired in models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Giulia E. Tyzack
- Claire E. Hall
- András Lakatos