Neural stem cell niches: Roles for the hyaluronan-based extracellular matrix

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 3 S, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1165-1179

  Preston, Marnie ^a   Sherman, Larry S ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyaluronan; Neural Stem Cell Niches; Review; Subgranular Zone; Subventricular Zone; Ventricular Zone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; LAMININ; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SYNTHETASE; TENASCIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC SPINE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSYLATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROGEL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCAR FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80053101180     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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