Spirulina promotes stem cell genesis and protects against LPS induced declines in neural stem cell proliferation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bachstetter, Adam D ^a   Jernberg, Jennifer ^a   Schlunk, Andrea ^a   Vila, Jennifer L ^a   Hudson, Charles ^b   Cole, Michael J ^a   Shytle, R Douglas ^a   Tan, Jun ^a   Sanberg, Paul R ^a   Sanberg, Cyndy D ^c   Borlongan, Cesario ^a,b   Kaneko, Yuji ^a   Tajiri, Naoki ^a   Gemma, Carmelina ^a,b   Bickford, Paula C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Natura Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NT 020; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPIRULINA;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICROGLIA; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPIRULINA; STEM CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS; SPIRULINA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 77956532401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010496     Document Type: Article

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