Conditional Sox9 ablation reduces chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan levels and improves motor function following spinal cord injury

GLIA

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-177

  Mckillop, William M ^a,b   Dragan, Magdalena ^a   Schedl, Andreas ^c   Brown, Arthur ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

CSPG; Neuroplasticity; Perineuronal nets; Regeneration; SOX9; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BREVICAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 2A1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 4A1; ENZYME; ENZYME C4ST; ENZYME XT1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROCAN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLANT LECTINS; RECEPTORS, N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84871291657     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22424     Document Type: Article

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