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Transplantation of Schwann cells and/or olfactory ensheathing glia into the contused spinal cord: Survival, migration, axon association, and functional recovery.
Glia - 1 Jul 2007
Pearse Damien D, Sanchez Andre R, Pereira Francisco C, Andrade Christian M, Puzis Raisa, Pressman Yelena, Golden Kevin, Kitay Brandon M, Blits Bas, Wood Patrick M, Bunge Mary Bartlett
Abstract excerpt
Schwann cells (SCs) and olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) have shown promise for spinal cord injury repair. We sought their in vivo identification following transplantation into the contused adult rat spinal cord at 1 week post-injury by: (i) DNA in situ hybridization (ISH) with a Y-chromosome specific probe to identify male transplants in female rats and (ii) lentiviral vector-mediated expression of EGFP....
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