A change of fate for nerve repair

Robert H. Miller ()
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Robert H. Miller: School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University

Nature, 2017, vol. 551, issue 7678, 41-42

Abstract: Schwann cells support neuronal signalling. The discovery that these cells become dramatically reprogrammed after nerve injury, adopting migratory characteristics that promote repair, highlights the plasticity of mature cell types.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/551041a

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