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The biology and pathobiology of Schwann cells.
Current opinion in neurology - 1 Oct 1997
Scherer S S
Abstract excerpt
The most common forms of inherited demyelinating neuropathy in humans are caused by mutations in the genes encoding protein zero, peripheral myelin protein 22 kDa, and connexin32, all of which are expressed by myelinating Schwann cells and are components of the myelin sheath. The phenotype of myelinating Schwann cells depends on the maintenance of axon-Schwann cell interactions, because axonal degeneration also...
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