Co-transplantation of neural stem cells and Schwann cells within poly (L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffolds facilitates axonal regeneration in hemisected rat spinal cord

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 909-917

  Xia, Lei ^a,b   Wan, Hong ^a   Hao, Shu Yu ^c   Li, De Zhi ^c   Chen, Gang ^d   Gao, Chuan Chuan ^a,b   Li, Jun Hua ^a   Yang, Fei ^e   Wang, Shen Guo ^e   Liu, Song ^f  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Wuxi No 4 People's Hospital   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Neural stem cells; Poly(L lactic co glycolic acid) scaffold; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYGLACTIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LAMINECTOMY; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; RATING SCALE; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LACTIC ACID; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84875336122     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20120476     Document Type: Article

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