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Peripheral nerve injury induces Schwann cells to express two macrophage phenotypes: phagocytosis and the galactose-specific lectin MAC-2.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 May 1994
Reichert F, Saada A, Rotshenker S
Abstract excerpt
In N mice, peripheral nerve injury is followed by the normal rapid progression of Wallerian degeneration: Schwann cells proliferate and lose their myelin, which is phagocytized and metabolized by blood-borne macrophages. The role of Schwann cells in myelin phagocytosis is debated. Additionally, the molecular mechanisms underlying myelin phagocytosis by the two cell types are not well understood. To elucidate the...
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