Novel signals controlling embryonic Schwann cell development, myelination and dedifferentiation

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-135

  Mirsky, Rhona ^a   Woodhoo, Ashwin ^a   Parkinson, David B ^a   Arthur Farraj, Peter ^a   Bhaskaran, Ambily ^a   Jessen, Kristján R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Neuregulin; PNS; Regeneration; Schwann cell lineage

Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; EMBRYO CELL; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; SCHWANN CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 45749144793     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2008.00168.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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