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ArticleNeural regeneration research2014

Effect of type-2 astrocytes on the viability of dorsal root ganglion neurons and length of neuronal processes.

Chunling Fan, Hui Wang, Dan Chen, Xiaoxin Cheng, Kun Xiong, Xuegang Luo, Qilin Cao

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chunling FanDepartment of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Dan ChenDepartment of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Xiaoxin ChengThe Vivian L Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UT Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Kun XiongDepartment of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Xuegang LuoDepartment of Human Anatomy and Neurobiology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Qilin CaoThe Vivian L Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UT Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Central South University · CNBaylor School · US

Funding

Combinatory strategies to functional remyelination after spinal cord injuryR01NS061975 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CAO, QI LIN · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of type-2 astrocytes in the repair of central nervous system injury remains poorly understood. In this study, using a relatively simple culture condition in vitro, type-2 astrocytes, differentiated from oligodendrocyte precursor cells by induction with bone morphogenetic protein-4, were co-cultured with dorsal root ganglion neurons. We examined the effects of type-2 astrocytes differentiated from oligodendrocyte precursor cells on the survival and growth of dorsal root ganglion neurons. Results demonstrated that the number of dorsal root ganglion neurons was higher following co-culture of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and type-2 astrocytes than when cultured alone, but lower than that of neurons co-cultured with type-1 astrocytes. The length of the longest process and the length of all processes of a single neuron were shortest in neurons cultured alone, followed by neurons co-cultured with type-2 astrocytes, then neurons co-cultured with oligodendrocyte precursor cells, and longest in neurons co-cultured with type-1 astrocytes. These results indicate that co-culture with type-2 astrocytes can increase neuronal survival rate and process length. However, compared with type-1 astrocytes and oligodendrocyte precursor cells, the promotion effects of type-2 astrocytes on the growth of dorsal root ganglion neurons were weaker.

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astrocytesbone morphogenetic proteindorsal root ganglionnerve regenerationneural regenerationneuritesneuronsNIH grantoligodendrocyteoligodendrocyte precursor cellsspinal cord injury

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