Genetic engineering neural stem cell modified by lentivirus for repair of spinal cord injury in rats

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-124

  Tang, Xun ^a   Cai, Pei Qiang ^a   Lin, Yue Qiu ^a   Oudega, Martin ^b   Blits, Bas ^c   Xu, Ling ^d   Yang, Yun Kang ^a   Zhou, Tian Hua ^a  

^a KUNMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lentivirus; Neural stem cell; Neurotrophic factor 3; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SLOT BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL GENE THERAPY; SUPERNATANT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LENTIVIRUS; NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33745799644     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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