Schwann cells engineered to express the cell adhesion molecule L1 accelerate myelination and motor recovery after spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 206-216

  Lavdas, Alexandros A ^a   Chen, Jian ^b   Papastefanaki, Florentia ^a   Chen, Suzhen ^c   Schachner, Melitta ^b   Matsas, Rebecca ^a   Thomaidou, Dimitra ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; ex vivo genetic modification; Regeneration; Remyelination; Retroviral gene delivery

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; SCHWANN CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 72749114504     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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