Astrocytes play a crucial role in the formation and evolution of MS lesions – Yes

The Role of Astrocytes in Multiple Sclerosis

(2018) Gerald Ponath et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia

(2017) Shane A. Liddelow et al.   NATURE

Myelin phagocytosis by astrocytes after myelin damage promotes lesion pathology

(2016) Gerald Ponath et al.   BRAIN

Type I interferons and microbial metabolites of tryptophan modulate astrocyte activity and central nervous system inflammation via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

(2016) Veit Rothhammer et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

The role of the synovial fibroblast in rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis

(2015) Jason D. Turner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

Astrocyte barriers to neurotoxic inflammation

(2015) Michael V. Sofroniew   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Hepatic stellate cell activation and hepatic fibrosis in children with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis: an immunohistochemical study of paired liver biopsies before treatment and after clinical remission

(2010) Jussara Melo de Cerqueira Maia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

FTY720 (fingolimod) efficacy in an animal model of multiple sclerosis requires astrocyte sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1) modulation

(2010) J. W. Choi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA