Nerve allografts supplemented with schwann cells overexpressing glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 213-223

  Santosa, Katherine B ^a   Jesuraj, Nithya J ^b   Viader, Andreu ^c   Macewan, Matthew ^b   Newton, Piyaraj ^a   Hunter, Daniel A ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a   Johnson, Philip J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GDNF; Lentiviral vector; Nerve regeneration; Neurotrophic factor; Peripheral nerve injury; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ACELLULAR NERVE ALLOGRAFT; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 84873045267     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23490     Document Type: Article

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