Cograft of neural stem cells and schwann cells overexpressing TrkC and neurotrophin-3 respectively after rat spinal cord transection

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 7454-7468

  Wang, Jun Mei ^a,c   Zeng, Yuan Shan ^a,b   Wu, Jin Lang ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Teng, Yang D ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural stem cells; Neurotrophin 3; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury; Transection; TrkC

Indexed keywords

NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROTROPHIN-3; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSECTION; TRKC;

DOSIMETRY; GENE THERAPY; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RATS;

STEM CELLS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GELFOAM; LAMININ; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHESIS; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKC; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSGENES; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 80051544206     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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