one of the two types of non-nervous tissue (glia) found in the central nervous system: includes astrocytes
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macroglia
Among the neuroglia, the two macroglia oligodendrocytes and astrocytes are the most abundant cell types.
Kristina Hofmann, Rosalia Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Anne Gaebler, Núria Casals, Anja Scheller,Lars Kuerschner 2017, 'Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in grey and white matter regions of the brain metabolizefatty acids', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-11103-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These molecular events are associated with decreased activation of glial cells, suggesting a rescue effect on macroglia as well.
Subhadra P Narayanan, Jutamas Suwanpradid, Alan Saul, Zhimin Xu, Amber Still, RobertW Caldwell, Ruth B Caldwell 2011, 'Arginase 2 deletion reduces neuro-glial injury and improves retinal function in amodel of retinopathy of prematurity.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3141070?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Retinal macroglial signal was reduced under treatment, whereas in the optic nerve macroglia were not affected.
Anna T. Wilmes, Sabrina Reinehr, Sandra Kühn, Xiomara Pedreiturria, Laura Petrikowski,Simon Faissner, Ilya Ayzenberg, Gesa Stute, Ralf Gold, H. Burkhard Dick, Ingo Kleiter,Stephanie C. Joachim 2018, 'Laquinimod protects the optic nerve and retina in an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitismodel', Journal of Neuroinflammationhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-018-1208-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In regard to macroglia, a trend toward gliosis could be noted after ischemia induction by vimentin staining.
Marina Renner, Gesa Stute, Mohammad Alzureiqi, Jacqueline Reinhard, Susanne Wiemann,Heiko Schmid, Andreas Faissner, H. Burkhard Dick, Stephanie C. Joachim 2017, 'Optic Nerve Degeneration after Retinal Ischemia/Reperfusion in a Rodent Model', Frontiers in Cellular Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2017.00254/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)