Article: University of Magdeburg, Department of Psychiatry publishes research in life sciences.

Scientists discuss in 'S100B is expressed in, and released from, OLN-93 oligodendrocytes: Influence of serum and glucose deprivation' new findings in life sciences. According to recent research from Magdeburg, Germany, "S100B (member of a family of proteins that are 100% soluble in ammonium sulfate at neutral pH) has been widely used as astrocyte marker in animal models and in human brain diseases. Recent studies revealed S100B-immunopositivity in oligodendrocytes and O2A oligodendroglial progenitor cells."

"It is unknown, however, if oligodendrocytes produce S100B themselves, or if the S100B-immunolabeling is caused by binding or absorption of the protein. To ...

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