Schwann cell
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- A well-developed Schwann cell is shaped like a rolled-up sheet of paper, with layers of myelin in between each coil.
- Schwann cell is a target in ischemia-reperfusion injury to peripheral nerve.
- It turns out that invasion of the Schwann cell is ultimately controlled by the neural target, not the invading microbe.
- The Schwann cell is responsible for three jobs; the enclosing of the axon, the insulation of the axon, and the protection of the axon.
- The Schwann cell is hypothesized to be the cell type initially mutated and clonally expanded in neurofibromas.
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