Co-transplantation of bFGF-expressing amniotic epithelial cells and neural stem cells promotes functional recovery in spinal cord-injured rats

Cell Biology International

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1546-1558

  Meng, Xiao ting ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Dong, Zhi yong ^a   Liu, Jia mei ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Xue, Hui ^a   Chen, Dong ^b  

^a Basic Medical College   (China)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amniotic epithelial cells; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Differentiation; Gene therapy; Microenvironment; Neural stem cells; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

AMNION CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMNION; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROVIRIDAE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 55949093993     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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