Sciatic nerve regeneration is accelerated in galectin-3 knockout mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Narciso, Marcelo Sampaio ^a   Mietto, Bruno de Siqueira ^a   Marques, Suelen Adriani ^a   Soares, Carolina Pontes ^a   Mermelstein, Claudia dos Santos ^a   El Cheikh, Márcia Cury ^a   Martinez, Ana Maria Blanco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crush; Degeneration; Galectin 3; Mice; Regeneration; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; BETA CATENIN; GALECTIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; AXONS; BETA CATENIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALECTIN 3; INDOLES; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64249151857     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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