Oligodendrocytes (from Greek 'cells with a few branches'), also known as oligodendroglia, are a type of neuroglia whose main function is to provide the...
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Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) is a glycoprotein believed to be important in the myelination of nerves in the central nervous system (CNS)...
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Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), also known as oligodendrocyte precursor cells, NG2-glia, O2A cells, or polydendrocytes, are a subtype of glia...
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myelination or myelinogenesis. In the CNS, oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes, which form myelin. In humans, myelination...
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MOG (myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein) antibody disease (MOGAD) or MOG antibody-associated encephalomyelitis (MOG-EM) is an inflammatory demyelinating...
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protection for neurons. In the central nervous system, glial cells include oligodendrocytes (that produce myelin), astrocytes, ependymal cells and microglia, and...
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OMG (gene) (redirect from Oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein)
Oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OMG gene. Oligodendrocyte Myelin Glycoprotein GRCm38: Ensembl release...
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nervous system, axons are myelinated by oligodendrocytes, thus lack neurilemma. The myelin sheaths of oligodendrocytes do not have neurilemma because excess...
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no particular organization. Immature oligodendrocyte: Sometimes referred to as premyelinating oligodendrocytes, these cells extend "pioneer processes"...
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in the CNS are astrocytes, microglial cells, ependymal cells, and oligodendrocytes. Two types of neuroglia found in the PNS are satellite glial cells...
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Oligodendrocyte transcription factor 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OLIG1 gene. Oligodendrocyte Transcription factor OLIG2 GRCh38: Ensembl...
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macroscopically on brain tissue. The white matter consists of axons and oligodendrocytes, while the gray matter consists of neurons and unmyelinated fibers...
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Gliosis (section Response of oligodendrocytes)
different types of glial cells, including astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes. In its most extreme form, the proliferation associated with gliosis...
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progressive cognitive impairment. According to one theory, dysfunction of oligodendrocytes and their associated myelin during aging contributes to axon damage...
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Remyelination is the process of propagating oligodendrocyte precursor cells to form oligodendrocytes to create new myelin sheaths on demyelinated axons...
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vessels, and other tissues by using blood and muscle precursor cells. Oligodendrocyte precursor cell Myeloblast Thymocyte Meiocyte Megakaryoblast Promegakaryocyte...
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temporal organization in myelinated fibers. The myelinating glial cells - oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS), and Schwann cells in the peripheral...
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political party based in Orkney, Scotland OMG (gene), encodes the oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein in humans OMG particle, an ultra-high-energy cosmic...
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Children Adults Astrocytes Pilocytic Astrocytoma (PCA) Glioblastoma Oligodendrocytes Oligodendroglioma Ependyma Ependymoma Neurons Medulloblastoma Meninges...
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maturation of oligodendrocytes, which produce protective myelin sheaths around nerve cells. On the other hand, TNF becomes cytotoxic to oligodendrocyte progenitor...
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astrocytes in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and in all mature oligodendrocytes. It has been suggested that brain hemoglobin in these cells may enable...
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Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease is an X-linked neurological disorder that damages oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. It is caused by mutations in proteolipid...
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keratocyte Neuron Glia Astrocyte Ependymocytes Müller glia (retina) Oligodendrocyte Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell Pituicyte (posterior pituitary) Pinealocyte...
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cells to glial progenitor cells (for example, differentiation into oligodendrocytes is regulated by the deacetylation and methylation of histones). Unlike...
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Id2 in the control of oligodendrocyte development and established that removing this protein led to premature oligodendrocyte maturation. In the 2010s...
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S2CID 7219279. Weber MS, Derfuss T, Brück W (August 2018). "Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Central Nervous System Demyelination-A...
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receptors and myelin antigens leads to an immune attack on the myelin-oligodendrocyte complex. These interactions between active T cells and myelin antigens...
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Oligodendrogliomas are a type of glioma that are believed to originate from the oligodendrocytes of the brain or from a glial precursor cell. They occur primarily in...
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astrocytoma Fibrillary astrocytoma Anaplastic astrocytoma Glioblastoma Oligodendrocyte Oligodendroglioma Anaplastic oligodendroglioma Ependyma Ependymoma...
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is a loss of astrocytes, and sometimes also a loss of neurons and oligodendrocytes. Loss of cells other than astrocytes is a consequence of collateral...
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