Reactive astrocytes in prion diseases: Friend or foe?

Natallia Makarava; Rajesh Kushwaha; Ilia V. Baskakov

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012286

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Reactive astrocytes in prion diseases: Friend or foe?

Natallia Makarava,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Rajesh Kushwaha,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Ilia V. Baskakov

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Baskakov@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-0942

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Reactive astrocytes in prion diseases: Friend or foe?

Natallia Makarava,
Rajesh Kushwaha,
Ilia V. Baskakov

Published: June 20, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012286

About the Authors

Natallia Makarava

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rajesh Kushwaha

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Ilia V. Baskakov

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Baskakov@som.umaryland.edu

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-0942

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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