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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Castro R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7316509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20200625
Perisynaptic Schwann cells (PSCs) are specialized, non-myelinating, synaptic glia of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), that participate in synapse development, function, maintenance, and repair. The study of PSCs has relied on an anatomy-based approach, as the identities of cell-specific PSC molecular markers have remained elusive. This limited approach has precluded our ability to isolate and genetically manipulate PSCs in a cell specific manner. We have identified neuron-glia antigen 2 (NG2) a ...[more]