Skeletal muscle neural progenitor cells exhibit properties of NG2-glia

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-63

  Birbrair, Alexander ^a   Zhang, Tan ^a   Wang, Zhong Min ^a   Messi, María Laura ^a   Enikolopov, Grigori N ^b   Mintz, Akiva ^a   Delbono, Osvaldo ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Nestin; Nestin expressing neural progenitors; NG2 glia; Progenitor cells; Skeletal muscle; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NESTIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; GLIA; MALE; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERICYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

MUS MUSCULUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84869089167     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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