PROLIFERATING BIPOTENTIAL GLIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN ADULT-RAT OPTIC-NERVE
PROLIFERATING BIPOTENTIAL GLIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN ADULT-RAT OPTIC-NERVE
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DOI:
10.1038/319499a0
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发表时间:
1986-02-06
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
RAFF, MC
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作者:
FFRENCHCONSTANT, C;RAFF, MC
We have shown previously that the rat optic nerve contains three types of macroglial cells—oligodendrocytes and two types of astrocytes—which develop as two distinct lineages. Type-1 astrocytes develop from one type of precursor cell beginning at embryonic day 16 (E16)1, while oligodendrocytes and then type-2 astrocytes develop from a common, bipotential progenitor cell beginning at birth (E21) and postnatal days 7–10 (P7–10), respectively2. Here we report that proliferating bipotential oligoden-drocyte-type-2 astrocyte (0-2A) progenitor cells are present in the adult rat optic nerve, raising the possibility that these cells are produced continually from self-renewing stem cells throughout life.