Concise review: The potential of stromal cell-derived factor 1 and its receptors to promote stem cell functions in spinal cord repair

Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 732-739

  Jaerve, Anne ^a   Schira, Jessica ^a   Müller, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesenchymal stem cells; Neural stem cell; Somatic cell therapy; Spinal cord injury; Stem progenitor cell; Stromal derived factor 1 (SDF 1); Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR7; GROWTH PROMOTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AB; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMYELINIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84876163647     PISSN: 21576564     EISSN: 21576580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2012-0068     Document Type: Article

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