Experimental study on repair of the facial nerve with Schwann cells transfected with GDNF genes and PLGA conduits

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1266-1272

  Zhou, Liang ^a   Du, Huai Dong ^a   Tian, Hong Bin ^a   Li, Cai ^a   Tian, Jie ^a   Jiang, Jack J ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; GDNF genes; PLGA; Schwann cells; Transfect

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POLYGLACTIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHWANN CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 54049108463     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480801935517     Document Type: Article

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