**2. Definition**

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), an organization comprised of leading experts in health care dedicated to the prevention and management of pressure ulcers, during a consensus conference held in the spring of 2016 replaced the term pressure ulcer with pressure injury to more accurately reflect injuries related to pressure in both intact and ulcerated skin [1]. The NPUAP also revised their definition of a pressure injury as *localized damaged to the skin and/or underlying soft tissue usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical or other device. The injury can present as intact skin or an open ulcer and may be painful. The injury occurs as a result of intense and/or prolonged pressure or pressure in combination with shear. The tolerance of soft tissue for pressure and shear may also be affected by microclimate, nutrition, perfusion, comorbidities and condition of the soft tissue* [1]. The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP), also a leading organization of wound care experts, continues to use the term pressure ulcer as well as the definition originally developed in conjunction with the NPUAP, which states a pressure ulcer is a *localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear* [4].


*2.2. Specular Point Positions and Ray Points*

The specular point positions and the ray tracing of the direct, incident, and reflected signals are calculated based on the methodology presented in [11,20]. A geometrical model is employed to characterize specular reflections and determine the specular point position, considering the Earth's surface curvature. For this model, the transmitter (*Tx*) and receiver (*Rx*) positions are needed in an Earth-centered Earth-fixed (ECEF) frame. The *Rx* position is extracted from the Spire data files. To obtain this position, the Lemur-2 satellites are equipped with a zenith dual-frequency (L1 and L2) antenna, which facilitates precise orbit

determination (POD). The *Tx* position is derived from the broadcasted GPS ephemeris. The Earth's curvature is modeled with an osculating spherical surface with respect to the WGS-84 ellipsoid at a reference specular point. An iterative solution is employed to find the best-fitting sphere that satisfies the condition of equal incident and reflected angles (specular reflection) [20]. The specular point positions are calculated at 10 s intervals on the receiver trajectory. A ray-tracing module is set to compute ray points every 10 km along the three ray paths: *Tx* to *SP* (incident), *SP* to *Rx* (reflected), and *Tx* to *Rx* (direct). The positions of the ray points (latitude, longitude, and ellipsoidal height) are subsequently utilized to obtain the electron density from the ionospheric electron density models. Figure 3 illustrates an example of the electron density retrieval from the NEDM2020 model depicting the change along the specular point tracks every 10 s (blue stars), and the ray points change every 10 km (red dots) along the incident (in), reflected (re), and direct (dr) ray paths.

**Figure 3.** Representation of the specular point change along track (blue stars) for the SVN 79 and PRN 30 every 10 s (~45 km) and the ray points every 10 km along the direct, incident, and reflected ray paths (red dots).

Following the ray tracing, a total of 28,790 reflection events are obtained. The total number of reflection events by region is depicted in Figure 4a. Additionally, Figure 4b illustrates the distribution of reflection events concerning the elevation angle by region. Notably, the south pole region exhibits a higher number of events; however, all regions show similar behavior, with a higher concentration of events in the elevation range between 5◦ and 20◦.

**Figure 4.** (**a**) Total number of reflection events on 1 March 2021 by region. (**b**) The number of reflection events across grazing angles, ranging from 5◦ to 30◦.


**About the Editors**

#### **Francesco Galletti**

Pr. Francesco Galletti is an ordinary professor in Otorhinolaryngology. He is the director of the UOC of Otorhinolaryngology of the G. Martino Polyclinic of the University of Messina. Expert in Otology, Cochlear Implant Surgery, infant audiology and Rhinology. Coordinator of the infantile audiological network of all of Sicily. Author of over 85 scientific articles in prestigious international high impact factor journals. His works have been cited over 500 times, and he has an H-Index of 14.

#### **Francesco Gazia**

Dr. Francesco Gazia is a specialist in Otorhinolaryngology. He works at the UOC of Otorhinolaryngology of the G. Martino Polyclinic of the University of Messina. Expert in Otology, Cochlear Implant Surgery and Rhinology. Head of the temporal bone dissection laboratory of the UOC. Author of over 23 scientific articles in prestigious international high impact factor journals. His works have been cited over 100 times, and he has an H-Index of 8.

#### **Francesco Freni**

Pr. Francesco Freni is a University researcher in Audiology. He works at the UOC of Otorhinolaryngology of the G. Martino Polyclinic of the University of Messina. Expert in Otology, Rhinology and Neck surgery. Head and Neck Cancer Committee member. Member of the melanoma committee of the Polyclinic. Author of over 60 scientific articles in prestigious international high impact factor journals. His works have been cited over 200 times, and he has an H-Index of 10.

#### **Cosimo Galletti**

Dr. Cosimo Galletti is a University researcher in Dentistry. He works at the School of Dentistry, Campus de Bellvitge UB, University of Barcelona. Expert in periodontitis, orthodontics and dental implants. Author of over 16 scientific articles in prestigious international high impact factor journals. His works have been cited over 70 times, and he has an H-Index of 5.

International Journal of *Environmental Research and Public Health*


**7. Conclusion**

288 Chromatography – The Most Versatile Method of Chemical Analysis

functioning of f39 and f10 were evaluated.

fair comparison.

*S. fibuligera* strain KZ (65).

**6.2. Separation of f39 and f10 in an SEC column**

8 (of f39 and f10, respectively) were selected for further analysis.

Digestion of AMY by trypsin-TPCK resulted in two fragments with molecular masses of ~39 kDa (f39) and ~10 kDa (f10) (5), as judged from an SDS PAGE analysis. Based on the size of the fragments and proteolytic cleavage prediction according to its amino acid sequence, the f39 is designated as the N-terminal domain whilst f10 as the C-terminal. α-Amylases structure comprises of an (α/β)8-TIM barrel structural motif that is built up from the Nterminal part (domain A and B) and of the C-terminal part (domain C) (63). These two major domains are linked by a long surface loop. The integrated domain A/B is assigned as the catalytic domain whilst domain C is postulated as the starch-binding domain. As the two major domains of AMY were apparently separated upon proteolytic digestion, the

The separation of f39 and f10 was performed in a Sephadex G50 SEC column (∅1.3 x 50 cm, bed volume ~48 ml) with gravity flow, in 20 mM phosphate citrate buffer, pH 5.8. Fractions of 5 ml were collected and the protein elution profile was measured by absorbance at λ 280 nm (UV-160, Shimadzu Corp., Tokyo, Japan). Only the collected protein absorption peak fractions were used for further analysis. As the control, purified AMY was also applied to the column and eluted with the same conditions for the proteolytically digested sample. The amount of AMY applied was also kept similar to that of used in the proteolytic reaction for

Two distinct protein peaks were recovered from the proteolytic digestion reaction mixture (Fig. 9) as oppose to one peak from the purified AMY. The use of SEC column at a 50 kDa cut off allowed a clear separation because AMY was eluted right at the end of the void volume retention whilst digested AMY was eluted after the void volume. Trypsin (~23 kDa) was not detected because its amount was very small (out numbered by f39 and f10, having an AMY to trypsin mass ratio of 34:1). Should trypsin be detected, it may contribute to a small increase of absorbance at fraction 7 of the digested AMY. Fractions 3 (of AMY), 4 and

Only AMY and f39 demonstrated α-amylase activity, confirming the assignment of f39 function as the catalytic domain. However, the KM value of f39 suggested lower affinity towards starch substrate. Interestingly, lower f39 KM value was not followed by the decrease of the *kcat* value of the reaction, suggesting that the catalytic efficiency was not disturbed (5). These observations further supported the assignment of f39 as the catalytic domain as well as suggested the function of f10 in substrate binding. Furthermore, the half-life time (IC50) value of f39 upon incubation at 50oC was also lower than that of AMY (5). This finding suggested that the absence of f10 also resulted in lower stability of f39. In conclusion, these findings served as an evidence for the proposed function of f10 to house the substrate recognition site (63) and to maintain thermostability (64) of α-amylase. This finding assigned AMY as a raw starch degrading but not-adsorbing enzyme. Ultimately, these results were confirmed by the independent group working on AMY homolog from Amylolytic enzymes from *S. fibuligera* R64 (AMY and GLL1) were successfully separated and identified using chromatography as the key tool. The two enzymes have a different protein surface hydrophobicity profile and their fragmentation profiles provided undisputed proof for their separation. Their assignment was confirmed by the analysis of the products from enzymatic hydrolysis. Further, the domain organization and functioning of AMY has been explored, which led to the structural study of AMY in the absence of its structure. Thereby, this chapter demonstrates how the results from the chromatographic analysis of AMY and GLL1 are complementary to the structural study of the enzymes.


**8. Conclusion**

92 Pharmacology

In this study, cross-substitution between the discriminative effects of U-50,488H and TRK-820 was not observed. The agonists tested in this study, except E-2078, tended to substitute for the discriminative stimulus effects of U-50,488H rather than those of TRK-820. These results suggest that U-50,488H and TRK-820 have differential properties. Furthermore, noncompetitive NMDA antagonists phencyclidine (PCP, 0.5-2.0 mg/kg) and MK-801 (10-80 g/kg) dose-dependently generalized to the discriminative stimulus effects of U-50,488H (3.0 mg/kg, i.p.) in the cross-substitution tests. On the other hand, PCP and MK-801 at doses that generalized to the discriminative stimulus effects of U-50,488H did not generalize to those of TRK-820 (40 g/kg, i.p.) (Mori et al., 2006). The outcomes clearly indicate different

The effects of TRK-820 on hyperlocomotion and stereotyped behaviors (head-weaving, sniffing, and turning) induced by PCP were evaluated. These behaviors are thought to resemble the schizophrenia-like effects in humans. TRK-820 (10–100 g/kg, s.c.) dosedependently inhibited PCP (10 mg/kg, i.p.)-induced hyperlocomotion, and this effect was antagonized with nor-BNI (20 mg/kg, s.c.). PCP-induced stereotyped behaviors were also inhibited by treatment with TRK-820 in a dose-dependent manner. These findings that TRK-820 potentially ameliorates abnormal behaviors induced by PCP suggest its therapeutic

properties between TRK-820 and U-50,488H.

**7.1 The effect of TRK-820 on a rat model of schizophrenia**

potential against the symptoms of schizophrenia (Yoshikawa et al., 2009).

parkinsonian patients with dyskinesia symptoms (Ikeda et al., 2009).

was inhibited by selective antagonist 5'-GNTI (Inan et al., 2009b).

vascular formation through the inhibition of cAMP/PKA signaling.

**7.3 The diuretic effect of TRK-820 in rats**

**vasculature**

**7.2 The effect of TRK-820 on dyskinesia symptoms in a parkinsonian rat model**

The effects of TRK-820 on rotational behavior were investigated in unilateral 6 hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-treated rats (hemi-parkinsonian rats), and on dyskinesia produced by administering L-DOPA to hemi-parkinsonian rats for 3 weeks (dyskinesia rats). TRK-820 significantly ameliorated abnormal behavior in hemi-parkinsonian rats at 30 g/kg (s.c.), and L-DOPA induced dyskinesia at 10 and 30 g/kg (s.c.). This effect was antagonized by pretreatment with nor-BNI (20 mg/kg, s.c.). Additionally, co-administration of TRK-820 (3 and 10 μg/kg, s.c.) with L-DOPA for 3 weeks suppressed the development of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia. TRK-820 may be a suitable drug for the treatment of

Diuresis is a well-recognized effect of conventional agonists in animals and humans. A diuretic effect of TRK-820 in rats has also been reported. TRK-820 (0.005-0.02 mg/kg, s.c.) dose-dependently induced a diuretic effect without developing tolerance, and this effect

The roles of the opioid system in vascular development were investigated (Yamamizu et al., 2011). U-50,488H and TRK-820 significantly inhibited endothelial cell differentiation and

**7.4 The effects of TRK-820 on endothelial cell differentiation and development of**

**7. Other pharmacological effects**

TRK-820 was a selective agonist. However, its pharmacological properties were different from those of conventional arylacetamide agonists, including U-50,488H. A noteworthy feature of TRK-820 was that it showed no preferential or aversive properties, whereas U-50,488H produced aversion. This disparity of properties between TRK-820 and arylacetamide agonists was reported to stem from the difference in receptor subtypes each compound interacted with: arylacetamide agonists would interact with 1 receptor subtype, whereas TRK-820 may interact with another receptor subtype (perhaps 3) (Endoh et al., 1999; 2000; 2001; Tsuji et al., 2000a; 2000b). Although opioid receptors have been classified historically into three types (, , and types) and further divided into several subtypes from the pharmacological viewpoint (Dhawan et al., 1996), only the three major types have been cloned (Satoh & Minami, 1995). Much evidence has been compiled indicating that various receptors, including opioid receptors, exist as homo- or hetero dimers of the receptors (George et al., 2000, 2002; Gomes et al., 2000, 2004; Devi, 2001; Levac et al., 2002; Wang, D et al., 2005), and receptor dimerization has been invoked to explain the discrepancy between widely varied pharmacologies and the identification of only three opioid receptor types. Therefore, the disparity of properties between TRK-820 and arylacetamide agonists may stem from the difference in receptor dimers each compound interacts with. Both TRK-820 and arylacetamide agonists are expected to be useful tools for the investigation of receptor dimerization and/or receptor subtype. As mentioned in section 2, a binding assay using [3H]TRK-820 and [3H]U-69,593 is thought to be a facile and useful method for achieving that purpose. However, [3H]TRK-820 is not currently available.

In addition to antipruritic and antinociceptive effects, TRK-820 exhibited various pharmacological effects, such as the treatment of the symptoms of schizophrenia or dyskinesia symptoms of parkisonian patients, or remedy for drug addiction. Moreover, TRK-820 has been already launched in Japan. TRK-820 is expected not only to be developed with the other indication, such as symptoms of schizophrenia or parkinson's disease, but also to be utilized to investigate pharmacology *via* the receptor.

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*1Department of Anesthesiology,*

**The Cannabinoid 1 Receptor and Progenitor**

**Cells in the Adult Central Nervous System**

Alexandra Sideris1, Thomas Blanck2 and Esperanza Recio-Pinto3

*2Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience*

The aims of this chapter are to: (1) examine the key developments leading up to the discovery the cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1R) and (2) assess the potential therapeutic benefits of cannabinoid drugs with respect to neurogenesis in the adult brain and spinal cord. As one of the most abundant G-protein coupled receptors found in the central nervous system, localization of CB1R and its role in the mature and in the developing brain will be discussed. Pharmacological studies with cannabinergic drugs, and studies utilizing knock-out mice of various endocannabinoid system components will be reviewed in the context of adult brain neurogenesis. The apparent conflicting data reveal the complexity of endocannabinoid signaling in this process. Though many studies have focused on CB1R and neurogenesis in the brain, none have evaluated the potential ability for CB1R to modulate the fate, and specifically neuronal differentiation, of adult spinal cord progenitors. The implications for CB1R modulation of adult neurogenesis are pivotal for understanding the behavioral and cognitive effects of chronic marijuana use, but also for assessing the potential consequences

The history leading up to the discovery of the "endocannabinoid (eCB) system" is an interesting one, sprouting from a decades- long quest for the active constituents of the marijuana plant, *Cannabis sativa*. Though the cannabis plant has long been used for a variety of purposes dating back more than 4000 years (O'Shaughnessy 1842; Mechoulam and Hanus 2000), only recently was it found that delta 9- tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) was the ingredient responsible for the psychotropic effects associated and exploited with its use

One of the original and most ancient uses of the *Cannabis sativa* plant was to induce a trancelike state, often an essential component to the elaborate religious rites in ancient cultures ranging from the Chinese, to the Ayurvedic Indians, to the Persians and Greeks (O'Shaughnessy 1842; Aldrich 2006). Herodotus referred to the use of the hemp plant by the

of pharmacotherapeutics with CB1R agonists or antagonists

**2. Discovery of an endogenous cannabinoid system**

(Mechoulam and Gaoni 1965).

**1. Introduction**

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2.5.1 Microgrids

Microgrids are smart interconnected networks of loads and distributed energy resources that can work connected to or separated from the electricity grid. They integrate a series of intelligent functions and pervasive controls, in order to be self-consistent [9].

They are characterized by six main components:

Microgrids represent a gradual evolution from traditional grids to smart grids. Their control capabilities can ease grid operators' work, thanks to the local management of the system.

## 2.6 Service providers

Service providers deliver new and innovative services to producers, distributors, and customers. This domain is connected through communication flows to customer, operation, and market domains.

When delivering services, they preserve cybersecurity, reliability, stability, integrity, or safety of the electric power network.

Examples of these services are:

• Customer management: Managing relationships between customers and other power system's actors

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## 2.7 Customer domain

Until the last decade, it was the least smart domain and the source of most of power outages and disturbances, due to the lack of monitoring and control capabilities. Smart grid transition is starting right from this domain, with a large deploy-

An evolving concept related to distributed generation, smart monitoring, and

Microgrids are smart interconnected networks of loads and distributed energy resources that can work connected to or separated from the electricity grid. They integrate a series of intelligent functions and pervasive controls, in order to be

• Power plants: they can be dispatchable plants, such as low-power, fossil-fuelbased generators that recover waste heat, i.e., combined heat and power (CHP)

• Energy storage: storage systems are required to fully exploit renewable energy

• Smart meters and sensors: to keep the system working reliably, a huge amount of data related to different electrical quantities is needed for proper control.

• Central management system: data collected from microgrid's elements must be processed to take appropriate decisions by a central energy management

Microgrids represent a gradual evolution from traditional grids to smart grids. Their control capabilities can ease grid operators' work, thanks to the local man-

Service providers deliver new and innovative services to producers, distributors, and customers. This domain is connected through communication flows to cus-

When delivering services, they preserve cybersecurity, reliability, stability,

• Customer management: Managing relationships between customers and other

• Communication infrastructure: to exchange information and commands

system that sends command messages to all controllable devices.

systems or renewable generators, such as wind and solar plants.

potential and to provide greater flexibility to the system.

• Smart loads: there can be residential, commercial, or industrial loads. In the case of microgrids, flexible and smart loads that can automatically control the absorbed power are preferred in order to better manage the

ment of smart systems, coupled with two-way communication links.

They are characterized by six main components:

controls are microgrids.

Research Trends and Challenges in Smart Grids

2.5.1 Microgrids

self-consistent [9].

whole system.

agement of the system.

2.6 Service providers

between different elements.

tomer, operation, and market domains.

Examples of these services are:

power system's actors

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integrity, or safety of the electric power network.

Customer domain is what defines the goal of a smart grid. This domain can be divided into three subdomains, each of which collects different customers with similar behaviors and energy needs: industrial, residential, and commercial. It is electrically connected to the distribution domain.

With the introduction of distributed energy sources, the customer is evolving to a prosumer, i.e., it both produces and consumes energy, and it has an active role in power systems.

Most of energy efficiency policies are addressed to this domain, and automation is playing a big role in reshaping it.

Key and innovative concepts for the customers of the future are demand response, described earlier, vehicle to grid (V2G) and energy hubs.

#### 2.7.1 Vehicle to grid

Electrical vehicles are expecting to take an important place in vehicle market, due to the increasing focus on sustainability, energy supply security, and climate change. They have the potential to serve electric grid as dynamical energy storages. Since they are parked most of the time, they can remain connected to the grid [10].

Vehicle to grid is a concept that enables electrical vehicles to interact with power systems, in order to provide a series of functions to support the grid, such as peak power shaving, spinning reserve, voltage, and frequency regulation. Such opportunities are provided by electric vehicles through charging and discharging of their battery packs.

Their integration into power grids has to be carefully evaluated in order to avoid technical problems in distribution systems.

One of the most promising strategies for the integration of vehicle-to-grid technology is the aggregation of electrical vehicles to the virtual power plant or microgrid concepts, in such a way that energy flows are optimally controlled, taking into account power system's constraints, thus reducing eventual stress on the grid.

#### 2.7.2 Energy hubs

A novel concept, potentially introducing further flexibility into power systems, is that of energy hubs.

An energy hub is a unit where multiple energy carriers, such as natural gas and electric energy, can be converted, conditioned, and stored. A typical example of converter is the CHP generator that produces both electric and thermal energy, taking natural gas as input [11].

The main advantages of energy hubs are the increased reliability of supply and higher flexibility. Such concept would add another choice to the participants to demand response, maintaining the same absorbed power but switching the primary energy source from electrical energy coming from the grid to another carrier, such as natural gas. In that case the customer would get the benefits of the demand response incentives without renouncing the part of the absorbed power.

Strictly connected to the concept of energy hubs is the energy interconnector, that is, the integrated transportation of electrical, chemical, and thermal energy, in a single underground device.

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Annemie Bogaerts1 \*, Ramses Snoeckx1,2, Georgi Trenchev1 and Weizong Wang1,3

1 Department of Chemistry, Research Group PLASMANT, University of Antwerp, Belgium

2 Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC), Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

3 School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing, P.R. China

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Preface

The epidural space around the spinal cord is one of the most explored and exploited spaces in human anatomy. The last two decades have seen an exponential increase in the use of the epidural space to administer medications to enhance anaesthesia and analgesia, opening a new horizon in the management of patients in clinical settings.

*Epidural Administration - New Perspectives and Uses* focuses on recent advances in the exploration and exploitation of this space. The first chapter of this unique book reviews the various ways of achieving epidural administration of agents into the epidural space. Chapter 2 describes the loss of resistance (LOR) technique, the preferred method for identifying the epidural space, and explains how a sudden change in resistance is detected with the passage of the epidural needle tip from the ligamentum flavum into the epidural space. The third chapter provides insight into this complex and comprehensive topic to demonstrate a predictable pattern that can provide a safe and accurate guide to clinical practice. Chapter 3 also highlights the many factors that have an impact on drug physiology and pharmacology in the epidural space, and discusses how epidural anaesthesia or the expected effect of another medication can be modified.

Chapter 4 covers basic anatomical considerations, general and obstetric physiology, epidural techniques and position, the use of ultrasound for epidural placement, pharmacological drugs used in epidurals, complementary and supplementary regional blocks with epidurals, other remedies when epidurals are not viable or fail, and local anesthesia systemic toxicity. Chapter 5 discusses lumbar disc degeneration as a common progressive, chronic disorder and a major cause of low back pain. The authors show that epidural platelet-rich plasma injections can cause a significant release of growth factors to improve the healing of wounds and the processes of tissue regeneration, and in the treatment of cellular involution that takes place with aging.

Adequate pain control in the intensive care unit (ICU) is essential and adds to optimal patient care with improved outcomes. However, epidural administration of opioids is rarely considered in patients in ICU experiencing significant pain. Chapter 6 describes how epidural administration of various analgesics can be used to manage the pain experienced by these critically ill patients. Chapter 7 highlights the importance of human, technical and economic resources as prerequisites for effective epidural services. It suggests ways of tackling the constraints experienced in low- and middle-income countries.

The chapters in this book are well-written by authors with in-depth knowledge of the topics. The book will be a good armamentarium for all anaesthetists in clinical practice.

> **Sotonye Fyneface-Ogan** Professor, Obstetric Anaesthesia Unit, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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**4. Regulation of neural induction and neural plate patterning by NFκB signaling**

NFκB signaling is essential for embryonic development (http://www.bu.edu/nf-kb/gene-re‐ sources/gene-knockouts/) because p65 knockout mice died on E15 and p65/p50 or p65/c-rel double knockout mice died on E13 due to liver degeneration [63, 64]. Such embryonic lethal‐ ity precluded further investigation on the role of NFκB in late embryonic brain develop‐ ment. Additional knockout of TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) in these p65-null mice rescued embryonic lethality [65], providing an opportunity to investigate the role of NFκB signaling in regulating embryonic neurogenesis [34]. However, the distribution pattern of NSCs/NPCs and cell lineage analysis in neurogenic zones of these mutants have not yet been examined. IKKα/IKKβ double knockout mice died on E12 due to apoptosis of NECs leading to impair‐ ments in neurogenesis [66].

Several lines of clinical studies identified the correlation of NFκB signaling defects to vari‐ ous neurodevelopmental disorders. Among 6 genes associated with nonsyndromic autoso‐ mal-recessive mental retardation [67, 68, 69], two, NIK- and IKKβ-binding protein (NIBP) [67, 68, 69] and coiled-coil and C2 domain-containing protein 2A (CC2D1A) [70, 71], have been shown to regulate NFκB signaling through the classical IKKβ pathway, implying the important role of NFκB signaling in mental retardation and possibly other neurodevelop‐ mental diseases. In autism spectrum disorders, activation of NFκB signaling is significantly increased [72, 73, 74], although the role and mechanism of the activated NFκB signaling re‐ main to be determined.

During neural induction, the ectodermal epithelial cells transit into NECs due to the inhibi‐ tion of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling by the neural inducer (Chordin, Nog‐ gin and Follistatin). In this original "default model", high activity of BMP signaling defines epidermis, while absence of BMP specifies neural plate [75, 76, 77]. However, this model can no longer explain the complicate process of neural induction, which involves additional sig‐ naling pathways such as Wnt/β-catenin, FGF, Sox2, and Notch signaling [77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82]. NFκB signaling is shown to inhibit BMP signaling in oesteoblastogenesis [83, 84]. We speculate that NFκB may regulate neural induction. Previous studies showed that the grad‐ ed activation of NFκB/c-rel protein in the dorsal region determine the dorsal-ventral pat‐ terning in Drosophila [85, 86, 87, 88] and Xenopus laevis [89]. During mouse embryogenesis, virtually all members of the NFκB pathway are expressed in embryonic, trophoblast, and uterine cells [90]. It is proposed that NFκB may protect the embryos exposed to embryopath‐ ic stresses, possibly through its anti-apoptotic effect [90]. However, there is no direct evi‐ dence for the role of NFκB signaling in the *in vivo* neural induction (Figure 5).

maintain pluripotency [100]. ES cell-specific miR-290 maintains the pluripotency and self-re‐ newal of ES cells through repressing classical NFκB signaling [107]. Forced expression of p65 causes loss of pluripotency, promotes differentiation of ES cells, and leads to an epithe‐ lial to mesenchymal transition [107]. These data define p65 as a novel target gene of miR-290 cluster and provide new insight into the function of ES cell-specific miRNAs [107]. Taken altogether, NFκB signaling is activated and required during the early differentiation of vari‐

**Stage-specific effects of NF**k**B signaling**

**Neural induction and neural fate decision**

**6. Promotion of iPS reprograming by pharmacological or genetic**

fast generation of iPS for drug discovery and cell transplantation studies.

**7. Concluding remark and future direction**

**Figure 5.** Potential regulatory sites of NFκB signaling during neuronal cell fate decision. Solid green arrows indicate the sites supported by limited reports, while the dotted red arrows indicate the stages that need experimental sup‐ ports. ESC, embryonic stem cells; EB, embryoid body; NEC, neural epithelial cells; NSCs, neural stem cells; NPCs, neural

Various somatic cells have been successfully reprogramed into the ES-like pluripotent stem cells by a combination of factors or a single factor [108, 109]. During the reprogramming process, the classical NFκB signaling is inhibited [103, 106, 107]. Therefore, we speculate that NFκB inhibition might directly induce or promote the reprograming of iPS. Many specific inhibitors for NFκB signaling have been developed and some of them are applied to clinical trial [110]. In addition, fibroblasts or other somatic cells from transgenic mice deficient in NFκB signaling or clinical patients with mutation of NFκB signaling components can be easily accessible. It will be imperative to use NFκB inhibitors or genetic sources for easy and

NFκB signaling is a key mediator for numerous niche factors that regulate various stages or phases of neural induction and neurogenesis. The classical pathway of NFκB activation plays important role in regulating selfrenewal/multipotency and early differentiation of

**EB NEC Rossette NSCs NPCs Neuroblast Neuron**

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ous stem cells and embryogenesis (Figure 5).

**stage ESC**

**Zygotes 2-cell**

**inhibition of NFκB signaling.**

progenitor cells.


**8. Conclusions**

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