Transplanted neural stem/precursor cells instruct phagocytes and reduce secondary tissue damage in the injured spinal cord

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 447-460

  Cusimano, Melania ^a   Biziato, Daniela ^b,c   Brambilla, Elena ^d   Doneg, Matteo ^e   Alfaro Cervello, Clara ^e,f   Snider, Silvia ^a   Salani, Giuliana ^a   Pucci, Ferdinando ^b,c   Comi, Giancarlo ^c,d   Garcia Verdugo, Jose Manuel ^f   De Palma, Michele ^b   Martino, Gianvito ^d   Pluchino, Stefano ^a,e  

^a Institute of Experimental Neurology INSPE   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cell transplantation; immune regulation; macrophages; neural stem cells; spinal cord injury; tissue healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALING; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 84857206115     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr339     Document Type: Article

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