Nestin-Expressing Stem Cells Promote Nerve Growth in Long-Term 3-Dimensional Gelfoam®-Supported Histoculture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mii, Sumiyuki ^a,b,c   Uehara, Fuminari ^a,b   Yano, Shuya ^a,b   Tran, Benjamin ^a   Miwa, Shinji ^a,b   Hiroshima, Yukihiro ^a,b   Amoh, Yasuyuki ^c   Katsuoka, Kensei ^c   Hoffman, Robert M ^a,b  

^a ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA III TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; F ACTIN; GELFOAM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GELATIN SPONGE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINDLE CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJURIES; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NESTIN; SCIATIC NERVE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84879242034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067153     Document Type: Article

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