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Inducing functional radial glia-like progenitors from cortical astrocyte cultures using micropatterned PMMA.
Biomaterials - 1 Feb 2012
Mattotti Marta, Alvarez Zaida, Ortega Juan A, Planell Josep A, Engel Elisabeth, Alcántara Soledad
Abstract excerpt
Radial glia cells (RGC) are multipotent progenitors that generate neurons and glia during CNS development, and which also served as substrate for neuronal migration. After a lesion, reactive glia are the main contributor to CNS regenerative blockage, although some reactive astrocytes are also able to de-differentiate in situ into radial glia-like cells (RGLC), providing beneficial effects in terms of CNS...
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