Genetic manipulation of neural stem cells for transplantation into the injured spinal cord

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-85

  Tang, Bor Luen ^a   Low, Choon Bing ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs); Neural progenitor cells; Neurogenin; Noggin; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROGRANIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NOGGIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MACROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT STRAIN; REMYELINIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33846557323     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9119-8     Document Type: Article

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