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Glial Biology Section

of the Genetics & Biochemistry Branch

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Investigating how glial cells sense and respond to cellular stress with the goal of identifying the mechanisms that drive aging and disease.
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A neuropeptide regulates cell non-autonomous protein homeostasis.
Sheeler CA, Lo JY, Rahman A, Kwon S, Escalera DM, Griffin-Baldwin E, Mah K, Roszczyk A, Garrison JL, Frakes AE.
Cell Rep (2026 Mar 30) 45:117207. Abstract/Full Text
Parental origin of transgene determines recombination efficiency in GFAP-creERT2 mice.
Mah K, Roszczyk A, Frakes AE.
G3 (Bethesda) (2025 Aug 6) 15. Abstract/Full Text
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Last Reviewed August 2024