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Proteomic evaluation reveals that olfactory ensheathing cells but not Schwann cells express calponin.
Glia - 1 Mar 2006
Boyd J Gordon, Jahed Ali, McDonald Todd G, Krol Karmen M, Van Eyk Jennifer E, Doucette Ronald, Kawaja Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Human clinical trials have begun worldwide that use olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) to ameliorate the functional deficits following spinal cord injury. These trials have been initiated largely because numerous studies have reported that OECs transform into Schwann Cell (SC)-like cells that myelinate axons and support new growth in adult rats with spinal injury. This phenomenon is remarkable because OECs do not...
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