nerve fibers and oligodendrocytes treated with IL-12 (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

nerve fibers and oligodendrocytes treated with IL-12

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When interleukin-12 is added to the cell culture, it leads to a significant reduction in nerve fibers (pink) and oligodendrocytes, and thus to a decline in myelin (white). 

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Heppner lab, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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