Acute brain injuries trigger microglia as an additional source of the proteoglycan NG2

Transforming growth factor-beta renders ageing microglia inhibitory to oligodendrocyte generation by CNS progenitors

(2019) Roey Baror et al.   GLIA

Early embryonic NG2 glia are exclusively gliogenic and do not generate neurons in the brain

(2019) Wenhui Huang et al.   GLIA

Properties of human astrocytes and NG2 glia

(2019) Peter Bedner et al.   GLIA

Cross‐talk between monocyte invasion and astrocyte proliferation regulates scarring in brain injury

(2018) Jesica Frik et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Influence of white matter injury on gray matter reactive gliosis upon stab wound in the adult murine cerebral cortex

(2018) Nicola Mattugini et al.   GLIA

NG2/CSPG4 and progranulin in the posttraumatic glial scar

(2018) Michael K.E. Schäfer et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

During Development NG2 Glial Cells of the Spinal Cord are Restricted to the Oligodendrocyte Lineage, but Generate Astrocytes upon Acute Injury

(2018) Wenhui Huang et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

miR‐223 promotes regenerative myeloid cell phenotype and function in the demyelinated central nervous system

(2018) Dylan A. Galloway et al.   GLIA

Visualization of vascular mural cells in developing brain using genetically labeled transgenic reporter mice

(2017) Bongnam Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

The diversity and disparity of the glial scar

(2017) Katrina L. Adams et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Lineage, fate, and fate potential of NG2-glia

(2016) Akiko Nishiyama et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Improved long-term outcome after transient cerebral ischemia in aquaporin-4 knockout mice

(2016) Lorenz Hirt et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Spatio-temporal profile, phenotypic diversity, and fate of recruited monocytes into the post-ischemic brain

(2016) Lidia Garcia-Bonilla et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Age-related myelin degradation burdens the clearance function of microglia during aging

(2016) Shima Safaiyan et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Lack of NG2 exacerbates neurological outcome and modulates glial responses after traumatic brain injury

(2015) Changsheng Huang et al.   GLIA

The activation of NG2 expressing cells is downstream to microglial reaction and mediated by the transforming growth factor beta 1

(2015) Ping Xiang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

NG2-proteoglycan-dependent contributions of oligodendrocyte progenitors and myeloid cells to myelin damage and repair

(2015) Karolina Kucharova et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Brain pericytes acquire a microglial phenotype after stroke

(2014) Ilknur Özen et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Macrophages in spinal cord injury: Phenotypic and functional change from exposure to myelin debris

(2014) Xi Wang et al.   GLIA

RNA-sequencing reveals oligodendrocyte and neuronal transcripts in microglia relevant to central nervous system disease

(2014) Anne C. Solga et al.   GLIA

Novel NG2-CreERT2 knock-in mice demonstrate heterogeneous differentiation potential of NG2 glia during development

(2014) Wenhui Huang et al.   GLIA

Proliferation of parenchymal microglia is the main source of microgliosis after ischaemic stroke

(2013) Ting Li et al.   BRAIN

Activated microglia in a rat stroke model express NG2 proteoglycan in peri-infarct tissue through the involvement of TGF-β1

(2013) Kana Sugimoto et al.   GLIA

Genetic Background Affects Human Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Promoter Activity

(2013) Xianshu Bai et al.   PLoS One

Microglia/monocytes with NG2 expression have no phagocytic function in the cortex after LPS focal injection into the rat brain

(2012) Lie Zhu et al.   GLIA

Fate Mapping Reveals Origins and Dynamics of Monocytes and Tissue Macrophages under Homeostasis

(2012) Simon Yona et al.   IMMUNITY

A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing

(2012) Linda Madisen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Ablation of NG2 Proteoglycan Leads to Deficits in Brown Fat Function and to Adult Onset Obesity

(2012) Yunchao Chang et al.   PLoS One

NG2 expressed by macrophages and oligodendrocyte precursor cells is dispensable in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2011) Martijn Moransard et al.   BRAIN

Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model in Rodents: Methods and Potential Pitfalls

(2011) Fudong Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Reduced inflammation accompanies diminished myelin damage and repair in the NG2 null mouse spinal cord

(2011) Karolina Kucharova et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Physiology of Microglia

(2011) Helmut Kettenmann et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

NG2 cells: Properties, progeny and origin

(2010) Jacqueline Trotter et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

An Optimized Mouse Model for Transient Ischemic Attack

(2010) Eric Pedrono et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

NG2 and phosphacan are present in the astroglial scar after human traumatic spinal cord injury

(2009) Armin Buss et al.   BMC Neurology

Iba1+/NG2+ Macrophage-Like Cells Expressing a Variety of Neuroprotective Factors Ameliorate Ischemic Damage of the Brain

(2009) Anna Smirkin et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain

(2009) Linda Madisen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

NG2-positive glia in the human central nervous system

(2009) Susan M. Staugaitis et al.   Neuron Glia Biology

NG2-expressing cells in the nervous system revealed by the NG2-EYFP-knockin mouse

(2008) Khalad Karram et al.   GENESIS

PDGFRA/NG2 glia generate myelinating oligodendrocytes and piriform projection neurons in adult mice

(2008) Leanne E Rivers et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Polydendrocytes (NG2 cells): multifunctional cells with lineage plasticity

(2008) Akiko Nishiyama et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE