In vitro analysis of mouse neural stem cells genetically modified to stably express human NGF by a novel multigenic viral expression system

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-512

  Cenciarelli, Carlo ^a   Budoni, Manuela ^a   Mercanti, Delio ^b   Fernandez, Eduardo ^a   Pallini, Roberto ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b   Cimino, Vincenzo ^a   Maira, Giulio ^a   Casalbore, Patrizia ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

hNGF; Lentiviral vector; Neural markers; NSC

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR BETA SUBUNIT; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT HUMAN NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEOMYCIN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROSPHERE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLASMID; PROTEIN SECRETION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRION; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; STEM CELLS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33746561758     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X115161     Document Type: Article

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