Thursday, April 5, 2012

Iron Efflux from Astrocytes Plays a Role in Remyelination

Iron Efflux from Astrocytes Plays a Role in Remyelination. Katrin Schulz,
Antje Kroner, and Samuel David. The Journal of Neuroscience, 4 April 2012, 32(14): 4841-4847; doi: 10.1523/​JNEUROSCI.5328-11.2012

Centre for Research in Neuroscience, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Québec H3G 1A4, Canada

Keywords: iron, myelination, astrocytes, remyelination, ferroportin (Fpn), microglia, cytokines (TNF-α and IL-1β), FGF-2, IL-1β, IGF-1, TNF-α.