Glial

Flenderson E, Flaydon P G and Sakaguchi D S 1992 Actin filament dynamics in living glial cells imaged by atomic force microscopy Science 257 1944... 

Parpura V, Flaydon P G, Sakaguchi D S and Flenderson E 1993 Atomic force microscopy and manipulation of living glial cells J. Vac. Sc/. Technol. All 773... 

The glial cells support the neurons physically. Certain glial cells (oligoden-droglial cells) synthesize myelin, a fatty insulation layer wrapped around the axons. Myelin is necessary for the so-called saltatory conduction of electrical... 

Category of glial cells in the vertebrate central nervous system with long radial processes. Astrocytes provide structural support to neive cells and help to control their chemical and ionic extracellular environment. 

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) forms a physiological barrier between the central nervous system and the blood circulation. It consists of glial cells and a special species of endothelial cells, which form tight junctions between each other thereby inhibiting paracellular transport. In addition, the endothelial cells of the BBB express a variety of ABC-transporters to protect the brain tissue against toxic metabolites and xenobiotics. The BBB is permeable to water, glucose, sodium chloride and non-ionised lipid-soluble molecules but large molecules such as peptides as well as many polar substances do not readily permeate the battier. 

MAO converts dopamine to DOPAC (3,4-dihydrox-yphenylacetic acid), which can be further metabolized by COMT to form homovanillic acid (HVA). HVA is the main product of dopamine metabolism and the principal dopamine metabolite in urine. Increased neuronal dopaminergic activity is associated with increases in plasma concentrations of DOPAC and HVA. COMT preferentially methylates dopamine at the 3 -hydroxyl position and utilizes S-adenosyl-L-methio-nine as a methyl group donor. COMT is expressed widely in the periphery and in glial cells. In PD, COMT has been targeted since it can convert l-DOPA to inactive 3-OMD (3-O-methyl-dopa). In the presence of an AADC inhibitor such as carbidopa, 3-OMD is the major metabolite of l-DOPA treatment. 

Glial cells are cells within the central or peripheral nervous system which are not immediately involved in information processing. Glial cells play an mportant role in the metabolic homeostasis of brain tissue and in nervous system development. 

PDGF Isoforms consist of homo- and heterodimers of A- and B-polypeptide chains and homodimers of C- and D-polypeptide chains PDGFR Consists of PDGFR a and (3 receptors Embryonic development, particularly in the formation of the kidney, blood vessels, and various mesenchymal tissues. Proliferation of connective tissues, glial and smooth muscle cells... 

GLAST/EAAT1 (SLC1A3) Glial cells in cerebellum, retina, inner ear 5-70 ... 

CNTF is expressed in glial cells within the central and peripheral nervous system. CNTF lacks a signal sequence and is not secreted by the classical secretory pathway, but is thought to convey its cytoprotective effects after release from adult glial cells by some mechanism induced by injury [3,5]. 

Purinergic signalling is also concerned with longterm events, such as cell proliferation, migration, differentiation and death associated with development and regeneration [1, 3, 4]. For example, a,(3-methylene ATP produces proliferation of glial cells, whereas adenosine inhibits proliferation. A p2y8 receptor was... 

Martin, M.L. Regan, C.M. (1988). The anticonvulsant sodium valproate specifically induces the expression of a rat glial heat shock protein which is identified as the collagen type IV receptor. Brain Res. 459, 131-137. 

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