Schwann cells are activated by ATP released from neurons in an in vitro cellular model of Miller Fisher syndrome

• Main Authors: Umberto Rodella (Author), Samuele Negro (Author), Michele Scorzeto (Author), Elisanna Bergamin (Author), Kees Jalink (Author), Cesare Montecucco (Author), Nobuhiro Yuki (Author), Michela Rigoni (Author)
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• Udgivet: The Company of Biologists, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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The neuromuscular junction is exposed to different types of insult, including mechanical trauma, toxins and autoimmune antibodies and, accordingly, has retained through evolution a remarkable ability to regenerate. Regeneration is driven by multiple signals that are exchanged among the cellular comp...