Antisense vimentin cDNA combined with chondroitinase ABC reduces glial scar and cystic cavity formation following spinal cord injury in rats

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 562-566

  Xia, Yongzhi ^a   Zhao, Tianzhi ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Li, Lan ^a   Hu, Rong ^a   Hu, Shengli ^a   Feng, Hua ^a   Lin, Jiangkai ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chondroitinase ABC; Condroitin sulfate proteoglycans; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glial scar; Spinal cord injury; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; GLIA; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAR; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CICATRIX; CYSTS; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE THERAPY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VIMENTIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 55549096356     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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