Galectin-3 inhibits Schwann cell proliferation in cultured sciatic nerve

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 669-673

  Gustavsson, Per ^a   Linsmeier, Cecilia Eriksson ^a   Leffler, Hakon ^a   Kanje, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galectin 3; In vitro; Injury; Proliferation; Schwann cells; Sciatic nerve; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; LACTOSE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GALECTIN 3; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 34247225952     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280bef97b     Document Type: Article

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