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Aberrant astrocytic expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan receptors in a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Feb 2018
Shijo Tomomi, Warita Hitoshi, Suzuki Naoki, Kitajima Yasuo, Ikeda Kensuke, Akiyama Tetsuya, Ono Hiroya, Mitsuzawa Shio, Nishiyama Ayumi, Izumi Rumiko, Aoki Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Progressive and systemic loss of motor neurons with gliosis in the central nervous system (CNS) is a neuropathological hallmark of ALS. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are the major components of the extracellular matrix of the mammalian CNS, and they inhibit axonal regeneration physically by participating to form the glial scar....
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