Oligodendrocytes (from GreekĀ 'cells with a few branches'), also known as oligodendroglia, are a type of neuroglia whose main functions are to provide support...
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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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no particular organization. Immature oligodendrocyte: Sometimes referred to as premyelinating oligodendrocytes, these cells extend "pioneer processes"...
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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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protection for neurons. In the central nervous system, glial cells include oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, ependymal cells and microglia, and in the peripheral nervous...
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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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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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