Are resident laminin molecules of the extracellular matrix needed for Schwann cell migration?

• Authors: DUBOVÝ Petr; SVÍŽENSKÁ Ivana; KLUSÁKOVÁ Ilona
• Year of publication: 2000
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: The Histochemical Journal
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: endoneurium; peripheral nerve; basal lamina; migration
• Description: The results suggest that Schwann cells synthesize the laminin molecules and, by means of the integrin receptors in their plasma membrane, utilize them for the stimulation of own migration capacity on a laminin-free substrate.

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