Neural stem cells modified by a hypoxia-inducible VEGF gene expression system improve cell viability under hypoxic conditions and spinal cord injury

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Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 857-864

  Jin, Hong Lian ^a   Pennant, William A ^a   Lee, Min Hyung ^b   Su, Sung ^a   Kim, Hyun Ah ^b   Liu, Meng Lu ^a   Oh, Jin Soo ^a   Cho, Joon ^c   Kim, Keung Nyun ^a   Yoon, Do Heum ^a   Ha, Yoon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypoxia inducible gene expression system; neural stem cells; spinal cord injury; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENES, REPORTER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79955671899     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e7f34b     Document Type: Article

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