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Best Publications

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

    Akiko Nishiyama;Mila Komitova;Ryusuke Suzuki;Xiaoqin Zhu

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

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

  • NG2 cells generate both oligodendrocytes and gray matter astrocytes

    Xiaoqin Zhu;Dwight E. Bergles;Akiko Nishiyama

  • Vesicular release of glutamate from unmyelinated axons in white matter

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Akiko Nishiyama;Ansi Chang;Bruce D. Trapp

  • Excitability and Synaptic Communication within the Oligodendrocyte Lineage

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

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

    Masahiko Watanabe;Yoshiaki Toyama;Akiko Nishiyama

  • NG2 cells: Properties, progeny and origin.

    Jacqueline Trotter;Khalad Karram;Akiko Nishiyama

  • Non-Stem Cell Origin for Oligodendroglioma

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

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

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

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

    Akiko Nishiyama;Masahiko Watanabe;Zhongshu Yang;Jie Bu

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

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

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

    Levine Jm;Nishiyama A

  • 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

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

    Maria Kukley;Akiko Nishiyama;Dirk Dietrich

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

    Akiko Nishiyama

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

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

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

    Xiaoqin Zhu;Robert A. Hill;Akiko Nishiyama

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