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Reactive Astrocytes: Production, Function, and Therapeutic Potential

Shane A. Liddelow, +1 more
- 20 Jun 2017 - 
- Vol. 46, Iss: 6, pp 957-967
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Recent studies that demonstrate that different initiating CNS injuries can elicit at least two types of "reactive" astrocytes with strikingly different properties, one type being helpful and the other harmful are summarized.
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Regeneration beyond the glial scar

TL;DR: Chondroitin and keratan sulphate proteoglycans are among the main inhibitory extracellular matrix molecules that are produced by reactive astrocytes in the glial scar, and they are believed to play a crucial part in regeneration failure.
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