Olfactory ensheathing cells from the nose: Clinical application in human spinal cord injuries

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-180

  Mackay Sim, Alan ^a   St John, James A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cell transplantation; Human; Olfactory ensheathing glia; Olfactory epithelium; Spinal cord repair

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN HNK 1; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENICITY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL TRANSPLANTATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MALACIA; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL; SYRINGOMYELIA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79955483220     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.08.025     Document Type: Review

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