| Interacting protein | Mechanism | Function | Reference | 
      
        | N-myc | Binds to    intron 2 | Regulates    transcription of nestin | [40] | 
      
        | SOX1/2/3 | Binds to    intron 2 | Regulates    transcription of nestin | [46] | 
      
        | SOX11 | Binds to    intron 2 | Regulates    transcription of nestin | [46] | 
      
        | Class III POU | Binds to    intron 2 | Regulates    transcription of nestin | [46] | 
      
        | Oct4 (Class V    POU) | Binds to    intron 2 | Regulates    transcription of nestin | [47] | 
      
        | Vimentin | Binds nestin | Copolymerization | [48] | 
      
        | α-internexin | Binds nestin | Copolymerization | [36] | 
      
        | Cdk5 | Binds and    phosphorylates Thr316 and Thr1495 of rat nestin | Regulates the    interaction of nestin and p35 | [55] | 
      
        | Cdk5 | Not determined | Regulates the    expression of the nestin protein | [56] | 
      
        | cdc2 kinase | Phosphorylates    Thr316 of rat nestin | Reorganization    during mitosis | [57] |