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Culturing olfactory ensheathing cells from the mouse olfactory epithelium.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2008
Richter Miranda, Westendorf Kathryn, Roskams A Jane
Abstract excerpt
Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are not a class of stem cell, but they are a specialized and highly plastic glial cell that can continuously support the neurogenesis and axonal regeneration of olfactory receptor neurons. Because of this, they have been transplanted into sites of spinal cord injury to test their efficacy in promoting repair. They also have been demonstrated to have some ability to support the...
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