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The process by which glial cells are generated. This includes the production of glial progenitors and their differentiation into mature glia. Growth of glial cells, non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous system. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of gliogenesis, the formation of mature glia. The orderly movement of a glial cell, non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous system. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of gliogenesis, the formation of mature glia. The multiplication or reproduction of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells by cell division, resulting in the expansion of their population. Oligodendrocyte progenitors give rise to oligodendrocytes, which form the insulating myelin sheath of axons in the central nervous system. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of gliogenesis, the formation of mature glia. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a glial cell. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. The multiplication or reproduction of glial cells by cell division, resulting in the expansion of their population. Glial cells exist throughout the nervous system, and include Schwann cells, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes among others. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of nervous tissue over time, from its formation to its mature state. Generation of cells within the nervous system.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: gliogenesis
Acc: GO:0042063
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process by which glial cells are generated. This includes the production of glial progenitors and their differentiation into mature glia.
Synonyms:
  • glial cell generation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 15 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 322 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0042063 - gliogenesis (interactive image map)
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