Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells expressing the bFGF transgene promote axon regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 686-693

  Liu, Wen Ge ^a   Wang, Zhen Yu ^a   Huang, Zhu Song ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BFGF; Bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASSO BEATTIE BRESNAHAN LOCOMOTOR SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 79960475154     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132810Y.0000000031     Document Type: Article

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