A human cellular model to study peripheral myelination and demyelinating neuropathies

Mario A Saporta; Michael E Shy

doi:10.1093/brain/awx048

A human cellular model to study peripheral myelination and demyelinating neuropathies

Brain. 2017 Apr 1;140(4):856-859. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx048.

Authors

Mario A Saporta¹, Michael E Shy²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Neurology and Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA.
² Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics and Physiology/Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA.

Abstract

This scientific commentary refers to ‘Co-cultures with stem cell-derived human sensory neurons reveal regulators of peripheral myelination’, by Clark et al.. (doi:10.1093/brain/awx012).

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Coculture Techniques*
Demyelinating Diseases*
Humans
Myelin Sheath
Sensory Receptor Cells
Stem Cells

Grants and funding

U54 NS065712/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States