Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan plays a pivotal role in the repair of spinal cord injury

Press Release from PLoS Medicine

Michal Schwartz (from the Weizmann Institute of Science) and colleagues describe the role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in the repair of injured tissue and in the recovery of motor function during the acute phase after spinal cord injury.

Citation: Rolls A, Shechter R, London A, Segev Y, Jacob-Hirsch J, et al. (2008) Two faces of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in spinal cord repair: A role in microglia/macrophage activation. PLoS Med 5(8): e171. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050171

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CONTACT:
Michal Schwartz
Weizmann Institute of Science
Dept Neurobiology
Rehovot, 76100
Israel
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Michal.Schwartz@weizmann.ac.il

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