Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by the progressive degeneration of the structure and function of the central nervous system or peripheral ...

Erythroblasts possess unique characteristics as they undergo differentiation from hematopoietic stem cells. During terminal erythropoiesis, these cells incorporate large amounts of iron in order to ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006;2(9):482-493.

Iron is an essential nutrient that plays a complex role in cancer biology. Iron metabolism must be tightly controlled within cells. Whilst fundamental to many cellular processes and required for cell ...

Choroid plexus epithelial cells can secrete cerebrospinal fluid into the ventricles, serving as the major structural basis of the selective barrier between the neurological system and blood in the ...

Correspondence to Dr Elisabetta Bugianesi, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, Torino 10126, Italy; elisabetta.bugianesi{at}unito.it; Dr Quentin Mark Anstee, ...