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Systemic human CD34(+) cells populate the brain and activate host mechanisms to counteract nigrostriatal degeneration.
Regenerative medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Corenblum Mandi J, Flores Andrew J, Badowski Michael, Harris David T, Madhavan Lalitha
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Here we investigated the neuroprotective potential of systemic CD34(+) human cord blood cells (hCBCs) in a 6-hydroxydopamine rat model of Parkinson's disease. METHODS: Purified CD34(+) hCBCs were intravenously administered to rats subjected to 6-hydroxydopamine 24 h earlier, and behavioral and immunohistological analysis performed. RESULTS: CD34(+) hCBC administration significantly prevented host...
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