Sustained survival of xenografted human neural stem/progenitor cells in experimental brain trauma despite discontinuation of immunosuppression

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-347

  Wennersten, André ^a   Holmin, Staffan ^a   Al Nimer, Faiez ^a   Meijer, Xia ^a   Wahlberg, Lars U ^b   Mathiesen, Tiit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NS Gene A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Fetal stem cell; Immunesuppressed, xenotransplantation; Immunosuppressed; Neural progenitor; Traumatic brain injury; Xenogeneic

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 33745256176     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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