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. 2023 Mar 9;4(2):262–266. doi: 10.1016/j.fmre.2023.01.014

Box 1.

The functions of CNS fibroblasts in health and disease.

Health Disease
• Structural support/ECM
• Molecular cues for cell (immune cells and neurons) migration and positioning
• Regulation of neurogenesis
• Providing trophic factors
• Fibrotic scar/fibrosis in spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, and stroke
• Neuroinflammation
• Tertiary lymphoid organ formation