Environmental cues determine the fate of astrocytes after spinal cord injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1964-1970

  Nathan, Fatima M ^a   Li, Shuxin ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte fate; Astrogliosis; Axon regeneration; Collagen I; Environment cue; Integrin 1; Scar formation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COLLAGENASE 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; GELATINASE A; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SEROTONIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UROKINASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 85051753362     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.221144     Document Type: Review

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