Phenotypic analysis of astrocytes derived from glial restricted precursors and their impact on axon regeneration

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 717-732

  Haas, Christopher ^a   Neuhuber, Birgit ^a   Yamagami, Takaya ^a   Rao, Mahendra ^b,c   Fischer, Itzhak ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Life Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte differentiation; Astrocyte transplantation; Axon regeneration; Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP); Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF); Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; BETA TUBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NESTIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN O4; TUBULIN BETA III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 84856544364     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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