Involvement of aquaporin‐4 in laminin‐enhanced process formation of mouse astrocytes in 2D culture: Roles of dystroglycan and α‐syntrophin in aquaporin‐4 expression

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In the central nervous system, astrocytes extend endfoot processes to ensheath synapses and microvessels. However, the mechanisms underlying this astrocytic process extension remain unclear. A limitation of the use of 2D cultured astrocytes for such studies is that they display a flat, epithelioid morphology, with no or very few processes, which is markedly different from the stellate morphology observed in vivo....

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