In addition, Schwann cells induce axon regeneration and nerve cell survival by increasing the expression of a wide variety of growth factors, such as neurotrophins, transforming growth factor-beta ...

The authors show that nerve injury induces expression of NRG1 type I in Schwann cells and that this expression is necessary for efficient remyelination. In addition, axonally expressed NRG1 type ...

When Schwann cell function returned, so did the mice’s ability to detect vibrations. The team was further able to identify differences in sensory input from Schwann cells using optogenetics, ...

More information: Nadège Hertzog et al, Hypoxia-induced conversion of sensory Schwann cells into repair cells is regulated by HDAC8, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-55835-9 ...

Although Schwann cells and immune cells may employ phagocytosis later in the cleanup process, the new findings indicate that in the first 5-7 days after injury, when 40-50% of the myelin is ...

Myelin-making Schwann cells have an ability every aging Hollywood star would envy: they can become young again. According to a study appearing in the May 19 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology ...

Scientists show that Schwann cells take over functions of immune cells in nerve healing. Similar mechanisms could prevent nerve tumors from growing. Schwann cells are known to protect and repair ...

Corneal nonmyelinating Schwann cells illuminated by single‐cell transcriptomics and visualized by protein biomarkers. Journal of Neuroscience Research , 2020; DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24757 Cite This Page : ...

Myelin-making Schwann cells have an ability every aging Hollywood star would envy: they can become young again. According to a study appearing in the May 19 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology ...

New research reveals for the first time that despite the fragility of axons, Schwann cells — which surround axons within nerves like a glove covers a hand — can come to the assistance of injured axons ...

The researchers discovered that Schwann cells “sense” when axons become sick, and in response provide them with increasing amounts of sugar products as an energy source to promote axon stability. At ...