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Bone marrow transplantation stimulates neural repair in Friedreich's ataxia mice.
Annals of neurology - 1 Apr 2018
Kemp Kevin C, Hares Kelly, Redondo Juliana, Cook Amelia J, Haynes Harry R, Burton Bronwen R, Pook Mark A, Rice Claire M, Scolding Neil J, Wilkins Alastair
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Friedreich's ataxia is an incurable inherited neurological disease caused by frataxin deficiency. Here, we report the neuroreparative effects of myeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a humanized murine model of the disease. METHODS: Mice received a transplant of fluorescently tagged sex-mismatched bone marrow cells expressing wild-type frataxin and were assessed at monthly intervals...
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