Andreas Faissner

Two Monoclonal Antibodies Recognizing Carbohydrate Epitopes on Neural Adhesion Molecules Interfere with Cell Interactions.

Tenascin-C promotes neurite outgrowth of embryonic hippocampal neurons through the alternatively spliced fibronectin type III BD domains via activation of the cell adhesion molecule F3/contactin.

Astrocytes in culture express fibrillar collagen.

Phosphacan short isoform, a novel non-proteoglycan variant of phosphacan/receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase-beta, interacts with neuronal receptors and promotes neurite outgrowth.

Oversulfated dermatan sulfate exhibits neurite outgrowth-promoting activity toward embryonic mouse hippocampal neurons: implications of dermatan sulfate in neuritogenesis in the brain.

Regulation of RPTPbeta/phosphacan expression and glycosaminoglycan epitopes in injured brain and cytokine-treated glia.

Generation of an environmental niche for neural stem cell development by the extracellular matrix molecule tenascin C.

Long-term changes in the molecular composition of the glial scar and progressive increase of serotoninergic fibre sprouting after hemisection of the mouse spinal cord.

The extracellular matrix glycoprotein Tenascin-C is expressed by oligodendrocyte precursor cells and required for the regulation of maturation rate, survival and responsiveness to platelet-derived growth factor.

Structural characterization of the epitopes of the monoclonal antibodies 473HD, CS-56, and MO-225 specific for chondroitin sulfate D-type using the oligosaccharide library.

Heparin-binding growth factor, pleiotrophin, mediates neuritogenic activity of embryonic pig brain-derived chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate hybrid chains.

Cortical neurons express PSI, a novel isoform of phosphacan/RPTPbeta.

The unique 473HD-Chondroitinsulfate epitope is expressed by radial glia and involved in neural precursor cell proliferation.

DSD-1-Proteoglycan/Phosphacan and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase-beta isoforms during development and regeneration of neural tissues.

Neural stem/progenitor cells express 20 tenascin C isoforms that are differentially regulated by Pax6.

Chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans control proliferation, radial glia cell differentiation and neurogenesis in neural stem/progenitor cells.

Evidence for distinct leptomeningeal cell-dependent paracrine and EGF-linked autocrine regulatory pathways for suppression of fibrillar collagens in astrocytes.

Differential expression of phosphacan/RPTPbeta isoforms in the developing mouse visual system.

Expression of multiple chondroitin/dermatan sulfotransferases in the neurogenic regions of the embryonic and adult central nervous system implies that complex chondroitin sulfates have a role in neural stem cell maintenance.

The adult mouse subependymal zone regenerates efficiently in the absence of tenascin-C.

An induction gene trap screen in neural stem cells reveals an instructive function of the niche and identifies the splicing regulator sam68 as a tenascin-C-regulated target gene.

Comparative screening of glial cell types reveals extracellular matrix that inhibits retinal axon growth in a chondroitinase ABC-resistant fashion.

Focal laser-lesions activate an endogenous population of neural stem/progenitor cells in the adult visual cortex.

Conditional deletion of beta1-integrin in astroglia causes partial reactive gliosis.

Tenascin-C stimulates contactin-dependent neurite outgrowth via activation of phospholipase C.

Alpha9 integrin promotes neurite outgrowth on tenascin-C and enhances sensory axon regeneration.

Tenascin C and tenascin R similarly prevent the formation of myelin membranes in a RhoA-dependent manner, but antagonistically regulate the expression of myelin basic protein via a separate pathway.

The glia-derived extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C promotes embryonic and postnatal retina axon outgrowth via the alternatively spliced fibronectin type III domain TNfnD.

Differential expression of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases accompanies the reorganisation of the retina upon laser lesion.

Protein tyrosine phosphatases expression during development of mouse superior colliculus.

Novel conserved oligodendrocyte surface epitope identified by monoclonal antibody 4860.

Chondroitin sulfates are required for fibroblast growth factor-2-dependent proliferation and maintenance in neural stem cells and for epidermal growth factor-dependent migration of their progeny.

Contributions of astrocytes to synapse formation and maturation - Potential functions of the perisynaptic extracellular matrix.

Integrin activation or alpha 9 expression allows retinal pigmented epithelial cell adhesion on Bruch's membrane in wet age-related macular degeneration.

Analysis of combinatorial variability reveals selective accumulation of the fibronectin type III domains B and D of tenascin-C in injured brain.

Astrocytes are crucial for survival and maturation of embryonic hippocampal neurons in a neuron-glia cell-insert coculture assay.

Structural and functional analysis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in the neural stem cell niche.

Functionalization of electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) fibers with the extracellular matrix-derived peptide GRGDS improves guidance of schwann cell migration and axonal growth.

Regulatory mechanisms that mediate tenascin C-dependent inhibition of oligodendrocyte precursor differentiation.

Influence of glial-derived matrix molecules, especially chondroitin sulfates, on neurite growth and survival of cultured mouse embryonic motoneurons.

Expression of NMDA receptors and Ca2+-impermeable AMPA receptors requires neuronal differentiation and allows discrimination between two different types of neural stem cells.

Structurally distinct LewisX glycans distinguish subpopulations of neural stem/progenitor cells.

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans regulate astrocyte-dependent synaptogenesis and modulate synaptic activity in primary embryonic hippocampal neurons.

The extracellular matrix molecule tenascin C modulates expression levels and territories of key patterning genes during spinal cord astrocyte specification.

Chondroitin sulfate "wobble motifs" modulate maintenance and differentiation of neural stem cells and their progeny.

A new indirect co-culture set up of mouse hippocampal neurons and cortical astrocytes on microelectrode arrays.

The laser lesion of the mouse visual cortex as a model to study neural extracellular matrix remodeling during degeneration, regeneration and plasticity of the CNS.

LewisX: a neural stem cell specific glycan?

Normal sulfation levels regulate spinal cord neural precursor cell proliferation and differentiation.

Tenascin C regulates proliferation and differentiation processes during embryonic retinogenesis and modulates the de-differentiation capacity of Müller glia by influencing growth factor responsiveness and the extracellular matrix compartment.

Astrocytes as a source for extracellular matrix molecules and cytokines.

The lecticans of mammalian brain perineural net are O-mannosylated.

7,8-Dihydroxyflavone leads to survival of cultured embryonic motoneurons by activating intracellular signaling pathways.

A LewisX glycoprotein screen identifies the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) as a modulator of oligodendrogenesis in mice.

Differential expression of micro-heterogeneous LewisX-type glycans in the stem cell compartment of the developing mouse spinal cord.

Primary hippocampal neurons, which lack four crucial extracellular matrix molecules, display abnormalities of synaptic structure and function and severe deficits in perineuronal net formation.

Tenascin-C is expressed by human glioma in vivo and shows a strong association with tumor blood vessels.

Undifferentiated embryonic stem cells express ionotropic glutamate receptor mRNAs.

Extracellular matrix remodeling during retinal development.

Influence of the extracellular matrix on endogenous and transplanted stem cells after brain damage.

Regulation of the neural stem cell compartment by extracellular matrix constituents.

Neural ECM and synaptogenesis.

The guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav3 regulates differentiation of progenitor cells in the developing mouse retina.

Role of tenascins in the ECM of gliomas.

Erratum to: The guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav3 regulates differentiation of progenitor cells in the developing mouse retina.

Extracellular Matrix Glycoprotein-Derived Synthetic Peptides Differentially Modulate Glioma and Sarcoma Cell Migration.

The extracellular matrix compartment of neural stem and glial progenitor cells.

The role of extracellular matrix in spinal cord development.

Pharmacological Suppression of CNS Scarring by Deferoxamine Reduces Lesion Volume and Increases Regeneration in an In Vitro Model for Astroglial-Fibrotic Scarring and in Rat Spinal Cord Injury In Vivo.

Regulation of oligodendrocyte precursor maintenance by chondroitin sulphate glycosaminoglycans.

Neuron-Glia Interactions in Neural Plasticity: Contributions of Neural Extracellular Matrix and Perineuronal Nets.

The extracellular matrix niche microenvironment of neural and cancer stem cells in the brain.

Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 is a novel modulator of radial glia stem cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation.

Simultaneous Complement Response via Lectin Pathway in Retina and Optic Nerve in an Experimental Autoimmune Glaucoma Model.

Early remodelling of the extracellular matrix proteins tenascin-C and phosphacan in retina and optic nerve of an experimental autoimmune glaucoma model.

First and second generation antipsychotics differentially affect structural and functional properties of rat hippocampal neuron synapses.

Colocalization of synapse marker proteins evaluated by STED-microscopy reveals patterns of neuronal synapse distribution in vitro.

The Synergistic Effect of Cationic Moieties and GRGDSF-Peptides in Hydrogels on Neural Stem Cell Behavior.