Overexpression of the mTERT gene by adenoviral vectors promotes the proliferation of neuronal stem cells in vitro and stimulates neurogenesis in the hippocampus of mice

Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Liu, Mengying ^a   Hu, Yao ^a   Zhu, Lijuan ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Sun, Weixiang ^a   Zhou, Qigang ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Construct; Eukaryotic expression vector; Neuronal stem cells; Proliferation; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BROXURIDINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; LIPOFECTAMINE; PLASMID VECTOR; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84870882490     PISSN: 16748301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7555/JBR.26.20110078     Document Type: Article

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