Transplantation of D15A-expressing glial-restricted-precursor-derived astrocytes improves anatomical and locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-93

  Fan, Chunling ^a,b   Zheng, Yiyan ^b   Cheng, Xiaoxin ^b   Qi, Xiangbei ^b,c   Bu, Ping ^b   Luo, Xuegang ^a   Kim, Dong H ^b   Cao, Qilin ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Oligodendrocyte; Remyelination; Spinal cord injury; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; METABOLISM; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REMYELINATION.; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ASTROCYTES; OLIGODENDROCYTE; REMYELINATION.; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; FIBRONECTINS; LAMININ; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84872193437     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5626     Document Type: Article

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