"Schwann Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system which form the insulating myelin sheaths of peripheral axons.
| Descriptor ID |
D012583
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.637.800 A08.800.800.690 A11.650.800
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Schwann Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Urbanski MM, Melendez-Vasquez CV. Preparation of Matrices of Variable Stiffness for the Study of Mechanotransduction in Schwann Cell Development. Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1739:281-297.
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Lim H, Sharoukhov D, Kassim I, Zhang Y, Salzer JL, Melendez-Vasquez CV. Label-free imaging of Schwann cell myelination by third harmonic generation microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Dec 16; 111(50):18025-30.
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Leitman EM, Tewari A, Horn M, Urbanski M, Damanakis E, Einheber S, Salzer JL, de Lanerolle P, Melendez-Vasquez CV. MLCK regulates Schwann cell cytoskeletal organization, differentiation and myelination. J Cell Sci. 2011 Nov 15; 124(Pt 22):3784-96.
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He Y, Kim JY, Dupree J, Tewari A, Melendez-Vasquez C, Svaren J, Casaccia P. Yy1 as a molecular link between neuregulin and transcriptional modulation of peripheral myelination. Nat Neurosci. 2010 Dec; 13(12):1472-80.
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Kuffler DP, Sosa IJ, Reyes O. Schwann cell chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan inhibits dorsal root ganglion neuron neurite outgrowth and substrate specificity via a soma and not a growth cone mechanism. J Neurosci Res. 2009 Oct; 87(13):2863-71.
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Wang H, Tewari A, Einheber S, Salzer JL, Melendez-Vasquez CV. Myosin II has distinct functions in PNS and CNS myelin sheath formation. J Cell Biol. 2008 Sep 22; 182(6):1171-84.
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Castro C, Kuffler DP. Membrane-bound CSPG mediates growth cone outgrowth and substrate specificity by Schwann cell contact with the DRG neuron cell body and not via growth cone contact. Exp Neurol. 2006 Jul; 200(1):19-25.
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Melendez-Vasquez C, Carey DJ, Zanazzi G, Reizes O, Maurel P, Salzer JL. Differential expression of proteoglycans at central and peripheral nodes of Ranvier. Glia. 2005 Dec; 52(4):301-8.
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Melendez-Vasquez CV, Einheber S, Salzer JL. Rho kinase regulates schwann cell myelination and formation of associated axonal domains. J Neurosci. 2004 Apr 21; 24(16):3953-63.
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Melendez-Vasquez CV, Rios JC, Zanazzi G, Lambert S, Bretscher A, Salzer JL. Nodes of Ranvier form in association with ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM)-positive Schwann cell processes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 30; 98(3):1235-40.