Molecular mapping of the origin of postnatal spinal cord ependymal cells: Evidence that adult ependymal cells are derived from Nkx6.1+ ventral neural progenitor cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 456, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Fu, Hui ^a   Qi, Yingchuan ^a   Tan, Min ^a   Cai, Jun ^a   Hu, Xuemei ^a   Liu, Zijing ^a   Jensen, Jan ^b   Qiu, Mengsheng ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b HAGEDORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Expression; Neural progenitor genes; Neural stem cells; Nkx6.1; Pax6

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN NKX2 2; PROTEIN NKX6 1; RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPENDYMA CELL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHICK EMBRYO; EPENDYMA; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037428938     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10481     Document Type: Article

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