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Schwann cell

[′shwän ‚sel]
(histology)
One of the cells that surround peripheral axons forming sheaths of the neurilemma.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In GBS, cytokines can be produced in the peripheral nerves by infiltrating mononuclear cells and Schwann cells in AIDP and by macrophages in the axonal forms of GBS.
[21] demonstrated that mesenchymal cells differentiated in rabbit Schwann cells were effective in regenerating facial nerve myelination and when combined with autologous venous conduits.
(xi) Schwann cells (SCs): Schwann cells are the supporting cells of the PNS.
Schwann cells [76] and OECs [77] transplanted into transected sciatic nerve integrate into the injury site and form peripheral myelin on the regenerated axons.
Intracellular retention in myelinating Schwann cells is probably the most common disease mechanism of PMP22 missense mutations (Naef and Suter 1999).
The Keio team created a tubular vein about 2 mm in diameter from a synthesized compound that can be absorbed by human body in time and cultivated Schwann cells inside the artificial vein.
The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells -- small sheet-like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and help support the nerves.
However, according to some researches, CGRP receptors exist not only in BMSCs but also in DRG and Schwann cells, and CGRP can play an important role in the function of Schwann cells and DRG [37-39].
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