Embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cells fuse with microglia and mature neurons

Stem Cells

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2657-2671

  Cusulin, Carlo ^a   Monni, Emanuela ^a   Ahlenius, Henrik ^a   Wood, James ^a   Brune, Jan Claas ^a   Lindvall, Olle ^a   Kokaia, Zaal ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell fusion; Coculture; Heterokaryon; Microglia; Neural stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD36 ANTIGEN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870334957     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1227     Document Type: Article

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