Meninges: From protective membrane to stem cell niche

American Journal of Stem Cells

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-105

  Decimo, Ilaria ^a   Fumagalli, Guido ^a   Berton, Valeria ^a   Krampera, Mauro ^b   Bifari, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arachnoid mater; Corticogenesis; Leptomeninges; Meninges; Neural progenitors; Neural stem cells; Neurogenesis; Pia mater; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

BIGLYCAN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; DECORIN; EPHRIN B2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; NESTIN; NEUROCAN; NG2 PROTEIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHOSPHOCAN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SOMATOMEDIN B; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TENASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERSICAN; VIMENTIN;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BOUNDARY CAP CELL; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PERICYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; MENINX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84896334925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21604150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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