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L A Pasquini1, V Millet, H C Hoyos

  • 1Department of Biological Chemistry, IQUIFIB, FFyB, UBA-CONICET, Bs As, Argentina.

Cell Death and Differentiation
|May 14, 2011
PubMed
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Glial-derived galectin-3 promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelin integrity in the central nervous system (CNS). Loss of galectin-3 impairs myelin structure and function, impacting CNS inflammation recovery.

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