A novel and efficient gene transfer strategy reduces glial reactivity and improves neuronal survival and axonal growth in vitro.

BACKGROUND:The lack of axonal regeneration in the central nervous system is attributed among other factors to the formation of a glial scar. This cellular structure is mainly composed of reactive astrocytes that overexpress two intermediate filament proteins, the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFA...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Desclaux, Marisa Teigell, Lahouari Amar, Roland Vogel, Minerva Gimenez Y Ribotta, Alain Privat, Jacques Mallet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2705675?pdf=render