Folia Neuropathologica

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Official journal of the Polish Association of Neuropathologists and M. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Zawiadamiamy z ogromnym smutkiem, że 10 października 2025 roku, zmarł po wieloletniej chorobie wybitny specjalista w dziedzinie patomorfologii i neuropatologii prof. dr hab. n. med. Janusz Szymaś.

Wieloletni przewodniczący Stowarzyszenia Neuropatologów Polskich oraz członek Polskiego Towarzystwa Patologów. Były Kierownik Pracowni Patomorfologii Neurochirurgicznej Katedry Anatomii Patologicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu. Profesor Janusz Szymaś był autorem wielu prac naukowych oraz pionierem telediagnostyki w Polsce.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Janusz Szymaś, a distinguished specialist in the fields of pathology and neuropathology, on October 10, 2025, after a long illness.

He served for many years as the President of the Association of Polish Neuropathologists and was a member of the Polish Society of Pathologists. He was also the former Head of the Neurosurgical Pathology Laboratory at the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the Poznań University of Medical Sciences.

Professor Janusz Szymaś was the author of numerous scientific publications and a pioneer of telediagnostics in Poland.

Z głębokim żalem zawiadamiamy o nagłej śmierci prof. dr. hab. n. med. Pawła Piotra Liberskiego, wybitnego neurologa i neuropatologa, Członka Stowarzyszenia Neuropatologów Polskich, kierownika Zakładu Patologii Molekularnej i Neuropatologii oraz byłego Prorektora ds. Nauki Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi. Profesor Paweł Liberski był światowej klasy specjalistą w dziedzinie chorób prionowych, autorem ponad 670 publikacji naukowych, promotorem wielu prac doktorskich i habilitacyjnych, cenionym wykładowcą oraz mentorem. Jego dorobek naukowy i wkład w rozwój medycyny pozostaną trwałym śladem w historii polskiej nauki. Łączymy się w bólu z Rodziną i Bliskimi, składając najszczersze wyrazy współczucia.

It is with deep regret that we inform you of the sudden death of Prof. Paweł Piotr Liberski, MD, PhD, an eminent neurologist and neuropathologist, Member of the Association of Polish Neuropathologists, Head of the Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology and former Vice-Rector for Science at the Medical University of Lodz. Professor Paweł Liberski was a world-class specialist in the field of prion diseases, the author of over 670 scientific publications, the supervisor of many doctoral and postdoctoral theses, a valued lecturer and mentor. His scientific achievements and contribution to the development of medicine will remain a permanent trace in the history of Polish science. We join in the pain with the Family and Loved Ones, expressing our sincerest condolences.

1/2019
vol. 57

Review paper

A meta-analysis of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) polymorphisms in Alzheimer’s disease

Reza Fatahian, Seyed Reza Bagheri, Masoud Sadeghi

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 1-5

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83825

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Promotive effects of capillary morphogenetic protein 2 on glioma cell invasion and the molecular mechanism

Yifan Xu, Yuxin He, Wu Xu, Tianyu Lu, Weibang Liang, Wei Jin

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 6-15

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83826

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Ginkgetin aglycone attenuates neuroinflammation and neuronal injury in the rats with ischemic stroke by modulating STAT3/JAK2/SIRT1

Bing Xu, Xin He, Yi Sui, Xu Wang, Xia Wang, Li Ren, Yun-Xin Zhai

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 16-23

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83827

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Original paper

Disturbed maturation of oligodendrocyte progenitors in lipopolysaccharide-induced hypomyelination in cultured forebrain slices of neonatal rats

Jong-Wan Kim, Kun Song Lee, Young Pyo Chang

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 24-35

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83828

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Relationship between genetic polymorphisms MTHFR (C677T, A1298C), MTR (A2756G) and MTRR (A66G) genes and multiple sclerosis: a case-control study

Suat Cakina, Ozgul Ocak, Adile Ozkan, Selma Yucel, Handan Isın Ozısık Karaman

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 36-40

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83829

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Original paper

Myxoma virus derived immune modulating proteins, M-T7 and Serp-1, reduce early inflammation after spinal cord injury in the rat model

Jacek M. Kwiecien, Wojciech Dabrowski, Barbara Marzec-Kotarska, Christian J. Kwiecien-Delaney, Jordan R. Yaron, Liqiang Zhang, Lauren Schutz, Alexandra R. Lucas

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 41-50

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83830

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Immunolocalization of dynein, dynactin, and kinesin in the cerebral tissue as a possible supplemental diagnostic tool for traumatic brain injury in postmortem examination

Mieszko Olczak, Łukasz Poniatowski, Magdalena Kwiatkowska, Dorota Samojłowicz, Sylwia Tarka, Teresa Wierzba-Bobrowicz

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 51-62

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83831

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Original paper

The parameters of carotid plaques’ calcifications and clinical nature of the lesions in the context of revascularization treatment. The enlargement of calcifications is still the most important

Marta Masztalewicz, Iwona Rotter, Przemysław Nowacki, Łukasz Szydłowski, Maciej Żukowski, Piotr Gutowski

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 63-71

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83832

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Case report

Glioblastoma with BRAFV600E mutation and numerous metastatic foci: a case report

Karolina Janik, Waldemar Och, Marta Popeda, Kamila Rosiak, Joanna Peciak, Piotr Rieske, Kamil Kulbacki, Blazej Szostak, Agnieszka Parda, Ewelina Stoczynska-Fidelus

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 72-79

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83833

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Case report

Radiation-induced anaplastic astrocytoma following treatment of medulloblastoma

Anna Mucha-Małecka, Dominika Wojton-Dziewonska, Dariusz Adamek, Konrad Urbanek, Krzysztof Małecki

Folia Neuropathol 2019; 57 (1): 80-86

Online publish date: 2019-03-29

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2019.83834

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