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Oligodendrocytes (from Greek 'cells with a few branches'), also known as oligodendroglia, are a type of neuroglia whose main functions are to provide support and insulation to axons within the central nervous system (CNS) of jawed vertebrates.
15 wrz 2024 · Oligodendrocyte, a type of neuroglia found in the central nervous system of invertebrates and vertebrates that functions to produce myelin, an insulating sheath on the axons of nerve fibres. Oligodendrocytes are subdivided into interfascicular and perineuronal types and have few cytoplasmic fibrils.
12 lis 2019 · The central function of oligodendrocytes in the CNS is the generation of myelin during development, adaptive myelination in adulthood and remyelination after damage, while OPC predominantly serve as a backup pool to generate new oligodendrocytes.
10 kwi 2022 · Learn about the development, differentiation and function of oligodendrocytes, the myelinating cells of the central nervous system. Explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms of myelin formation, maintenance and repair, and the pathology of demyelinating diseases.
11 wrz 2020 · Oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the CNS, are subjected to cell stress and subsequent death in a number of metabolic or inflammatory disorders, among which is multiple sclerosis (MS) [1,2,3,4,5].
Oligodendrocytes are cells in the central nervous system that produce myelin, which forms protective sheaths around nerve fibers. Learn about their development, regeneration, and tumorigenesis, and how histone modifications regulate their plasticity and function.
22 paź 2009 · Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS). They are the end product of a cell lineage which has to undergo a complex and precisely timed program of proliferation, migration, differentiation, and myelination to finally produce the insulating sheath of axons.
