astrocyte
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Function
- neuroglial cells involved in supportive functions
- interactions with neurons & capillaries forming blood brain barrier
- astrocytes involved in re-uptake of glutamate at excitatory synapses (allegedly over 95%
Comparative biology
- astrocytic synthesis of the chemokines CXCL1 & CCL2 in response to cytokine challenges with IL-1-beta or TNF-alpha are exaggerated in mice with ME7 prion disease[1]
More general terms
More specific terms
- Alzheimer type I astrocyte
- Alzheimer type II astrocyte
- fibrillary astrocyte
- gemistocytic astrocyte
- protoplasmic astrocyte
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hennessy E, Griffin EW, Cunningham C Astrocytes Are Primed by Chronic Neurodegeneration to Produce Exaggerated Chemokine and Cell Infiltration Responses to Acute Stimulation with the Cytokines IL-1beta and TNF-alpha. The Journal of Neuroscience, 3 June 2015, 35(22): 8411-8422 http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/22/8411