Therapeutic outcomes of transplantation of amniotic fluid-derived stem cells in experimental ischemic stroke

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Tajiri, Naoki ^a   Acosta, Sandra ^a   Portillo Gonzales, Gabriel S ^a   Aguirre, Daniela ^a   Reyes, Stephanny ^a   Lozano, Diego ^a   Pabon, Mibel ^a   Peña, Ike Dela ^a   Ji, Xunming ^b   Yasuhara, Takao ^c   Date, Isao ^c   Solomita, Marianna A ^a   Antonucci, Ivana ^d   Stuppia, Liborio ^d   Kaneko, Yuji ^a   Borlongan, Cesar V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Neural stem progenitor cells; Neurogenesis; Neurotrophic factors; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID DERIVED STEM CELL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STROKE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; RODENT MODEL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939448443     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00227     Document Type: Review

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