Overexpression of Wnt3a facilitates the proliferation and neural differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro and after transplantation into an injured rat retina

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-161

  Yang, Xi Tao ^a   Bi, Yong Yan ^a   Chen, Er Tao ^a   Feng, Dong Fu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Neural stem cells; Proliferation; Transplantation; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BROXURIDINE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LENTIVIRINAE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA INJURY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PROLIFERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; WNT3A;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NEURAL STEM CELLS; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; WNT3A PROTEIN;

EID: 84890122188     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23314     Document Type: Article

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