An international research team reports a new role for Schwann cells in touch and pain detection using optogenetics in a study published this week.

Label-free proteomics analysis of Schwann cells isolated from SMA mouse peripheral nerve revealed widespread changes to the Schwann cell proteome, including disruption to growth/proliferation, cell ...

Aged dysfunctional repair Schwann cells may have a role in transthyretin (TTR) amyloid deposition in the peripheral nervous system of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR), ...

Cell therapies, particularly those that utilize Schwann cells (SCs), offer the promise of being able to provide a means of neural tissue and functional replacement; they can provide a broad range of ...

Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected parts of the body Found in the spleen, heart and lungs, are these neglected cells star players?

Cell-based and stem-cell-based therapies are recognised as promising candidates to promote functional recovery. However, no trials of these therapies in patients have yet provided reproducible ...

Dead cells are labeled with EthD-I, which interacts with DNA resulting in a red fluorescence of cell nuclei. The percentage of dead cells (EthD-I positive) within the total number of Schwann cell ...

In vivo experiments on transgenic mice, and cell culture studies, establish Schwann cell c-Jun as a central regulator of peripheral nerve repair, and repair failure, during aging and chronic ...