… related to the lineage and function of polydendrocytes in the CNS. … These cells have been
known as NG2 cells. However, we have proposed that they should be called polydendrocytes …

… Thus, lineage restriction of NG2 cells appears to occur gradually during the first few … , NG2
cells in certain regions retain some degree of context-dependent lineage plasticity, which is …

… In our study we used NG2, as a generally accepted marker of polydendrocytes and,
moreover, this proteoglycan is not down-regulated after injury as in the case of PDGFαR [12]. …

… about NG2 cells proliferation, their fate plasticity during … as polydendrocytes or oligodendrocyte
precursor cells (OPCs… approaches to treat oligodendrocyte lineage cell (OL) disorders …

… NG2 cells but first summarise current knowledge regarding the structure and function of the
NG2 protein, the defining feature of this class of cells. … diagram showing the NG2 cell lineage. …

… -glia express oligodendroglial lineage cell markers, first Pdgfra and after a slight delay
NG2, together with transcription factors, such as Sox10 and Olig2, which are necessary and …

… The term polydendrocytes has been … that NG2 cells retain lineage plasticity to some
degree by maintaining partial repressive marks on lineage specific genes, and that this plasticity …

… NG2-expressing cells (NG2 cells or polydendrocytes) generate … lineage to astrocytes.
These observations indicate that NG2 cells retain developmental glial lineage plasticity, and that …

… window of plasticity, the fate of divided NG2 cells is sensitive to … from NG2 cells (also
known as polydendrocytes or … the lineage, as we were focused on the fate of dividing NG2 …

… Finally, besides being progenitor cells throughout adulthood, NG2 cells could also represent
important modulators of neuronal plasticity and excitability, well integrated in local network …