A vitamin supplement for remyelination
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A vitamin supplement for remyelination
< a d d a r t t y p e = " r e l " d o i = " 1 0. 1 0 8 3 / j c b. 2 0 1 5 0 5 1 1 9 " > de la Fuente et al.< / a d d a r t > reveal how the vitamin D receptor (VDR) promotes the differentiation of oli-godendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs), thereby boosting my-elin sheath regeneration. When central nervous system axons lose their insulating myelin sheath—due, for example , to demyelinating diseas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.2115iti1