Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells derived from Wharton's jelly differentiate into cholinergic-like neurons in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 532, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-63

  Liang, Jun ^a,b   Wu, Shan ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Li, Shu lei ^a   Liu, Zhi xin ^b   Wu, Jiang ^c   Zhou, Li ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

^b MUDANJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Choline acetyltransferase; Mesenchymal stem cells; Umbilical cord; Wharton's jelly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CELL MARKER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; WHARTON JELLY MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84871097107     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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