Role of GFAP in CNS injuries
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The role of GFAP in CNS injury is reviewed as revealed by studies using GFAP null mice. In order to provide background information for these studies, the effects of absence of GFAP in the uninjured astrocyte are also described. Activities attributable to GFAP include suppressing neuronal proliferation and neurite extension in the mature brain, forming a physical barrier to isolate damaged tissue, regulating blood flow following ischemia, contributing to the blood-brain barrier, supporting myelination, and providing mechanical strength. However, findings for many of these roles have been variable among laboratories, pointing to the presence of unappreciated complexity in GFAP function. One complexity may be regional differences in GFAP activities; others are yet to be discovered.
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- Authors
- Brenner, M.
- Affiliations
- Civitan International (US)
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- Brenner, Michael
- Venue
- Neuroscience Letters
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2014-04
- Volume
- 565
- Pages
- 7-13
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- 0304-3940 (ISSN-L)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- glial fibrillary acidic protein, central nervous system injury, astrocytes, neuronal proliferation, neurite outgrowth, blood-brain barrier, ischemia, myelination, mechanical support
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Astrocytes, Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain Injuries, Cell Adhesion, Brain Ischemia, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Myelin Sheath, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neurons, Vimentin, Long-Term Potentiation, Mice, Knockout, Long-Term Synaptic Depression, Cell Proliferation
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