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Postnatal NG2 proteoglycan-expressing progenitor cells are intrinsically multipotent and generate functional neurons.
The Journal of cell biology - 14 Apr 2003
Belachew Shibeshih, Chittajallu Ramesh, Aguirre Adan A, Yuan Xiaoqing, Kirby Martha, Anderson Stacie, Gallo Vittorio
Abstract excerpt
Neurogenesis is known to persist in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The identity of the cells that generate new neurons in the postnatal CNS has become a crucial but elusive issue. Using a transgenic mouse, we show that NG2 proteoglycan-positive progenitor cells that express the 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase gene display a multipotent phenotype in vitro and generate electrically...
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