Fig. 10. Proposed actions of Ascl1 in oligodendrocyte development. In this
model, Ascl1 regulates oligodendrocyte development at multiple steps (thick
vertical arrows). At early stages, Ascl1 promotes specification of OLPs from
multipotent progenitors (MP). At late embryonic and perinatal periods, Ascl1
regulates the co-expression of Olig2 and Nkx2-2, and subsequently cooperates
with them to promote differentiation of myelin+
oligodendrocytes.