Akiko Nishiyama

Best Publications

• Polydendrocytes (NG2 cells): multifunctional cells with lineage plasticity

  Akiko Nishiyama;Mila Komitova;Ryusuke Suzuki;Xiaoqin Zhu

  1000
  Citations

• NG2-positive oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in adult human brain and multiple sclerosis lesions.

  Ansi Chang;Akiko Nishiyama;John Peterson;John Peterson;John Prineas

  806
  Citations

• NG2 cells generate both oligodendrocytes and gray matter astrocytes

  Xiaoqin Zhu;Dwight E. Bergles;Akiko Nishiyama

  795
  Citations

• Vesicular release of glutamate from unmyelinated axons in white matter

  Jennifer L Ziskin;Akiko Nishiyama;Maria Rubio;Masahiro Fukaya

  540
  Citations

• Age-dependent fate and lineage restriction of single NG2 cells.

  Xiaoqin Zhu;Robert A. Hill;Dirk Dietrich;Mila Komitova

  517
  Citations

• Differentiation and death of premyelinating oligodendrocytes in developing rodent brain.

  Bruce D. Trapp;Akiko Nishiyama;David Cheng;Wendy Macklin

  476
  Citations

• NG2+ glial cells: a novel glial cell population in the adult brain.

  Akiko Nishiyama;Ansi Chang;Bruce D. Trapp

  345
  Citations

• Excitability and Synaptic Communication within the Oligodendrocyte Lineage

  Lindsay M. De Biase;Akiko Nishiyama;Dwight E. Bergles

  344
  Citations

• Differentiation of proliferated NG2-positive glial progenitor cells in a remyelinating lesion.

  Masahiko Watanabe;Yoshiaki Toyama;Akiko Nishiyama

  321
  Citations

• NG2 cells: Properties, progeny and origin.

  Jacqueline Trotter;Khalad Karram;Akiko Nishiyama

  320
  Citations

• Non-Stem Cell Origin for Oligodendroglioma

  Anders I. Persson;Claudia Petritsch;Fredrik J. Swartling;Melissa Itsara

  280
  Citations

• Normal and reactive NG2+ glial cells are distinct from resting and activated microglia

  Akiko Nishiyama;Min Yu;Judith A. Drazba;Vincent K. Tuohy

  263
  Citations

• Identity, distribution, and development of polydendrocytes: NG2-expressing glial cells.

  Akiko Nishiyama;Masahiko Watanabe;Zhongshu Yang;Jie Bu

  254
  Citations

• Tob, a novel protein that interacts with p185erbB2, is associated with anti-proliferative activity.

  Matsuda S;Kawamura-Tsuzuku J;Ohsugi M;Yoshida M

  246
  Citations

• The NG2 chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan: a multifunctional proteoglycan associated with immature cells.

  Levine Jm;Nishiyama A

  230
  Citations

• Expression of oligodendrocyte progenitor cell antigens by gliomas: Implications for the histogenesis of brain tumors

  Yigal Shoshan;Akiko Nishiyama;Akiko Nishiyama;Ansi Chang;Sverre Mörk

  226
  Citations

• The fate of synaptic input to NG2 glial cells: neurons specifically downregulate transmitter release onto differentiating oligodendroglial cells.

  Maria Kukley;Akiko Nishiyama;Dirk Dietrich

  226
  Citations

• Polydendrocytes: NG2 Cells with Many Roles in Development and Repair of the CNS

  Akiko Nishiyama

  225
  Citations

• Modulation of oligodendrocyte generation during a critical temporal window after NG2 cell division

  Robert A Hill;Kiran D Patel;Christopher M Goncalves;Jaime Grutzendler

  200
  Citations

• NG2 cells generate oligodendrocytes and gray matter astrocytes in the spinal cord.

  Xiaoqin Zhu;Robert A. Hill;Akiko Nishiyama

  197
  Citations