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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Human mesenchymal stem cells isolated from Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord were induced to transform into dopaminergic neurons in vitro through stepwise culturing in neuron-conditioned medium, sonic hedgehog, and FGF8. The success rate was 12.7%, as characterized by positive staining for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting catecholaminergic synthesizing enzyme, and dopamine being released into the culture medium. Transplantation of such cells into the striatum of rats previously made Parkinsonian by unilateral striatal lesioning with the dopaminergic neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine partially corrected the lesion-induced amphetamine-evoked rotation. Viability of the transplanted cells at least 4 months after transplantation was identified by positive TH staining and migration of 1.4 mm both rostrally and caudally. These results suggest that human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells have the potential for treatment of Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1066-5099
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Amphetamine, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Fetal Blood, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Mesenchymal Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Parkinsonian Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Rotation, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16099997-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Conversion of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in Wharton's jelly to dopaminergic neurons in vitro: potential therapeutic application for Parkinsonism.
pubmed:affiliation
155 Sec. 2, Li-Nung Street, 112, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. ysfu@ym.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies