Open AccessTurning back the clock for Schwann cells
Author(s) -
Mitch Leslie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1814iti1
Subject(s) - biology , myelin , myelin sheath , hollywood , microbiology and biotechnology , schwann cell , neuroscience , anatomy , genetics , central nervous system
![Graphic][1] A sliced nerve retains more myelin if c-Jun is absent (left) that it does in controls (right). Myelin-making Schwann cells have an ability every aging Hollywood star would envy: they can become young again. [Parkinson et al.][2] have pinned down a protein that returns
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