Defining the role of NG2-expressing cells in experimental models of multiple sclerosis. A biofunctional analysis of the neurovascular unit in wild type and NG2 null mice

• Francesco Girolamo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco Girolamo, Mariella Errede

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: daniela.virgintino@uniba.it (DV); francesco.girolamo@uniba.it (FG)

  Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-3386

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• Mariella Errede ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco Girolamo, Mariella Errede

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy

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• Giovanna Longo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy

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• Tiziana Annese,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy

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• Carlotta Alias,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation B+LabNet—Environmental Sustainability Lab, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

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• Giovanni Ferrara,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Rehabilitation and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4442-8864

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• Sara Morando,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Rehabilitation and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

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• Maria Trojano,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy

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• Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Rehabilitation and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

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• Antonio Uccelli,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Rehabilitation and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino–IRCCS, Genoa, Italy

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• Daniela Virgintino

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: daniela.virgintino@uniba.it (DV); francesco.girolamo@uniba.it (FG)

  Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy

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