Killing of rat glial cells by complement: Deficiency of the rat analogue of CD59 is the cause of oligodendrocyte susceptibility to lysis

A glial progenitor cell that develops in vitro into an astrocyte or an oligodendrocyte depending on culture medium

1983 • 2,009 citations

Localization of the glial fibrillary acidic protein in astrocytes by immunofluorescence

1972 • 1,456 citations

Development of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells studied with a monoclonal antibody against galactocerebroside.

1982 • 842 citations

The demyelinating potential of antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein is related to their ability to fix complement

1991 • 284 citations

Proliferation and differentiation potential of rat forebrain oligodendroglial progenitors both in vitro and in vivo

1991 • 249 citations

The control of homologous lysis

1991 • 190 citations

IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF THE TERMINAL COMPLEMENT COMPLEX IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

1989 • 182 citations

Activated terminal complement in cerebrospinal fluid in Guillain-Barré syndrome and multiple sclerosis.

1986 • 163 citations

THE ROLE OF COMPLEMENT IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

1989 • 156 citations

A new enzymatic method to obtain high-yield F(ab)2 suitable for clinical use from mouse IgGl

1991 • 113 citations

Complement in Health and Disease

1993 • 111 citations

Oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte/type-2 astrocyte progenitor cells of adult rats are specifically susceptible to the lytic effects of complement in absence of antibody.

1989 • 108 citations

Normal rat serum cytotoxicity against syngeneic oligodendrocytes

1989 • 102 citations

Isolation and characterization of a membrane protein from rat erythrocytes which inhibits lysis by the membrane attack complex of rat complement

1992 • 87 citations

Antibody-mediated demyelination in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis is independent of complement membrane attack complex formation

1991 • 86 citations

The pathogenesis of demyelinating disease: insights from cell biology

1991 • 70 citations

Oligodendrocytes lack glycolipid anchored proteins which protect them against complement lysis. Restoration of resistance to lysis by incorporation of CD59.

1992 • 52 citations

Cerebrospinal fluid C9 in demyelinating disease

1986 • 48 citations

Complement mediated serum cytotoxicity against oligodendrocytes: a comparison with other cells of the oligodendrocyte-type 2 astrocyte lineage

1990 • 22 citations

Mechanisms of oligodendrocyte interaction with normal human serum - defining the role of complement

1992 • 16 citations

Complement in diseases of the nervous system

1993 • 14 citations