Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Chi3l3 induces oligodendrogenesis in an experimental model of autoimmune neuroinflammation

  • Sarah C. Starossom,
  • Juliana Campo Garcia,
  • Tim Woelfle,
  • Silvina Romero-Suarez,
  • Marta Olah,
  • Fumihiro Watanabe,
  • Li Cao,
  • Ada Yeste,
  • John J. Tukker,
  • Francisco J. Quintana,
  • Jaime Imitola,
  • Franziska Witzel,
  • Dietmar Schmitz,
  • Markus Morkel,
  • Friedemann Paul,
  • Carmen Infante-Duarte,
  • Samia J. Khoury

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08140-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Chitinase 3-like-3 (Chi3l3) is expressed in microglia, but its function is not clear. Here the authors show that Chi3l3 is expressed in the subventricular zone in mouse experimental immune encephalitis, which induces oligodendrogenesis.