Xenotransplantation of transgenic pig olfactory ensheathing cells promotes axonal regeneration in rat spinal cord

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 949-953

  Imaizumi, Toshio ^a,b   Lankford, Karen L ^a,b   Burton, Willis V ^c   Fodor, William L ^c   Kocsis, Jeffery D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Cell transplantation; Engineered cells; Olfactory ensheathing cells

Indexed keywords

CD59 ANTIGEN; MYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD59; AXONS; CELL SEPARATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLFACTORY NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGENERATION; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SWINE; TRANSGENES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034426058     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/79432     Document Type: Article

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