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Getting rid of the enzyme had altered the behavior of cells called astrocytes.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2024
The early phase was marked by inflammatory changes in the brain’s immune cells (microglia) and support cells (astrocytes).
—New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
The protein is made mainly by astrocytes, cells that help nourish and maintain neurons, as well as by microglia, the brain’s immune cells.
—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
The team has reported, for example, that the nutrient choline can correct lipid processing in cultured human astrocytes with APOE4.
—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2024
The early phase was marked by inflammatory changes in the brain’s immune cells (microglia) and support cells (astrocytes).
—New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
The protein is made mainly by astrocytes, cells that help nourish and maintain neurons, as well as by microglia, the brain’s immune cells.
—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
The team has reported, for example, that the nutrient choline can correct lipid processing in cultured human astrocytes with APOE4.
—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Astrocyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astrocyte. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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astrocyte
noun
as·tro·cyte
ˈas-trə-ˌsīt 
: a star-shaped cell
especially
: any comparatively large much-branched glial cell
Glia outnumber neurons in the human brain by a factor of 10 to one, and astrocytes are the most abundant type of glial cell. —Tina Hesman Saey, Science News
Tina Hesman Saey, Science News Astrocytes come in two main forms: fibrous astrocytes are found in the white matter and protoplasmic astrocytes in the gray matter. —Harold Kimelberg and Michael Norenberg, Scientific American
Harold Kimelberg and Michael Norenberg, Scientific American
astrocytic
adjective
All gliomas, particularly the astrocytic neoplasms, are histologically, genetically, and thus therapeutically heterogeneous.
—Lisa M. DeAngelis, The New England Journal of Medicine
Lisa M. DeAngelis, The New England Journal of Medicine
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