Bone-marrow cell therapy induces differentiation of radial glia-like cells and rescues the number of oligodendrocyte progenitors in the subventricular zone after global cerebral ischemia

Stem Cell Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-256

  Gubert, Fernanda ^a   Zaverucha do Valle, Camila ^a   Figueiredo, Fernanda Ribeiro ^a   Bargas Rega, Michelle ^a   Paredes, Bruno Diaz ^a   Mencalha, Andre Luiz ^b   Abdelhay, Eliana ^b   Gutfilen, Bianca ^a   Barbosa da Fonseca, Lea Mirian ^a   Mendez Otero, Rosalia ^a   Santiago, Marcelo Felippe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; UPREGULATION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIGATION; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84872402581     PISSN: 18735061     EISSN: 18767753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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