Satellite Glial Cells Surrounding Primary Afferent Neurons Are Activated and Proliferate during Monoarthritis in Rats: Is There a Role for ATF3?

Diana Sofia Marques Nascimento; José Manuel Castro-Lopes; Fani Lourença Moreira Neto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108152

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Satellite Glial Cells Surrounding Primary Afferent Neurons Are Activated and Proliferate during Monoarthritis in Rats: Is There a Role for ATF3?

Diana Sofia Marques Nascimento,

Affiliations Departamento de Biologia Experimental, Centro de Investigação Médica (CIM), Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Morphophysiology of the Somatosensory System Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal
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José Manuel Castro-Lopes,

Affiliations Departamento de Biologia Experimental, Centro de Investigação Médica (CIM), Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Morphophysiology of the Somatosensory System Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal
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Fani Lourença Moreira Neto

* E-mail: fanineto@med.up.pt

Affiliations Departamento de Biologia Experimental, Centro de Investigação Médica (CIM), Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Morphophysiology of the Somatosensory System Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal
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Satellite Glial Cells Surrounding Primary Afferent Neurons Are Activated and Proliferate during Monoarthritis in Rats: Is There a Role for ATF3?

Diana Sofia Marques Nascimento,
José Manuel Castro-Lopes,
Fani Lourença Moreira Neto

Published: September 23, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108152

About the Authors

Diana Sofia Marques Nascimento

Affiliations Departamento de Biologia Experimental, Centro de Investigação Médica (CIM), Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Morphophysiology of the Somatosensory System Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal

José Manuel Castro-Lopes

Fani Lourença Moreira Neto

* E-mail: fanineto@med.up.pt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSMN FLMN. Performed the experiments: DSMN. Analyzed the data: DSMN FLMN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FLMN JMCL. Wrote the paper: DSMN FLMN JMCL.

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