NG2 Is a Major Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Produced after Spinal Cord Injury and Is Expressed by Macrophages and Oligodendrocyte Progenitors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2792-2803

  Jones, Leonard L ^a   Yamaguchi, Yu ^b   Stallcup, William B ^b   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan; Corticospinal tract; Inhibition; Macrophage; NG2; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BREVICAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUROCAN; PHOSPHACAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN NG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICAN; ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; PATHOLOGY; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SILVER STAINING; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0036550340     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-07-02792.2002     Document Type: Article

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