Cross-talk between neural stem cells and immune cells: The key to better brain repair?

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1078-1087

  Kokaia, Zaal ^a   Martino, Gianvito ^b   Schwartz, Michal ^c   Lindvall, Olle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPHETAMINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EOTAXIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; OSTEOPONTIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; RANTES; SOMATOMEDIN C; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DENDRITIC CELL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIA CELL; GRIP STRENGTH; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STEM CELL NICHE; STROKE; TISSUE REPAIR; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84864449051     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3163     Document Type: Review

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