Schwann cell autophagy, myelinophagy, initiates myelin clearance from injured nerves

Schwann cells degrade myelin after injury by a novel form of selective autophagy, myelinophagy, which is positively regulated by the JNK/c-Jun pathway and is defective in the injured central nervous system.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gomez-Sanchez, Jose A., Carty, Lucy, Iruarrizaga-Lejarreta, Marta, Palomo-Irigoyen, Marta, Varela-Rey, Marta, Griffith, Megan, Hantke, Janina, Macias-Camara, Nuria, Azkargorta, Mikel, Aurrekoetxea, Igor, De Juan, Virginia Gutiérrez, Jefferies, Harold B.J., Aspichueta, Patricia, Elortza, Félix, Aransay, Ana M., Martínez-Chantar, María L., Baas, Frank, Mato, José M., Mirsky, Rhona, Woodhoo, Ashwin, Jessen, Kristján R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494002/