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AXON and Schwann cell interdependence has received increasing attention in recent years1,2. In normal nerves, axons influence Schwann cell proliferation3,4 and myelin formation5–8. These interactions may also be important in peripheral nerve disorders. Indeed, it has been suggested that in certain neuropathies, it is an axonal abnormality which is responsible for the failure of Schwann cells to maintain normal myelin9,10. An experimental approach to this question has become possible with the demonstration that, in nerve grafts from normal animals, Schwann cells which originate in donor nerves ensheath and myelinate axons arising from nerve cells in the host6,8,11. This demonstration of the feasibility of in vivo combinations of Schwann cells and axons, each originating from different animals, prompted the present experiments in which axons and Schwann cells from normal and abnormal mice were combined in sciatic nerve grafts. For the present study, abnormal nerves were obtained from Trembler mice (Tr)12. These mutants have a dominantly inherited neuropathy characterised by the presence of abnormally thin myelin sheaths and slow conduction in the peripheral nerves13, changes which have been considered to resemble those of human hypertrophic neuropathies14.
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AGUAYO, A., ATTIWELL, M., TRECARTEN, J. et al. Abnormal myelination in transplanted Trembler mouse Schwann cells. Nature 265, 73–75 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265073a0
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