Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and electroacupuncture downregulate the inhibitor molecules and promote the axonal regeneration in the transected spinal cord of rats

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-491

  Ding, Ying ^a   Yan, Qing ^a   Ruan, Jing Wen ^b   Zhang, Yan Qing ^a   Li, Wen Jie ^a   Zeng, Xiang ^a   Huang, Si Fan ^a   Zhang, Yu Jiao ^a   Wang, Shirlene ^c   Dong, Hongxin ^c   Zeng, Yuan Shan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; Electroacupuncture; Spinal cord transection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79956027687     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368910X528102     Document Type: Article

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