| Literature DB >> 12082234 |
S Hermanns1, N Klapka, H W Müller.
Abstract
After CNS trauma a sheet-like, collagen type IV (Coll IV) immunopositive basement membrane (BM) develops in the lesion zone as well as at newly formed blood vessels. The basic scaffold of this BM is composed of Coll IV, laminin and nidogen but numerous other proteins some of which are discussed to be inhibitory for axonal regeneration, i.e. chondroitin- and heparansufate-proteoglycans, are associated with BM. This review will focus on the collagenous wound healing scar, discuss its composition and summarize the experimental results that demonstrate its role in the failure of axonal regeneration in the injured mammalian CNS.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 12082234
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Restor Neurol Neurosci ISSN: 0922-6028 Impact factor: 2.406