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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Neural progenitor cells obtained from the embryonic human forebrain were expanded up to 10(7)-fold in culture in the presence of epidermal growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, and leukemia inhibitory growth factor. When transplanted into neurogenic regions in the adult rat brain, the subventricular zone, and hippocampus, the in vitro propagated cells migrated specifically along the routes normally taken by the endogenous neuronal precursors: along the rostral migratory stream to the olfactory bulb and within the subgranular zone in the dentate gyrus, and exhibited site-specific neuronal differentiation in the granular and periglomerular layers of the bulb and in the dentate granular cell layer. The cells exhibited substantial migration also within the non-neurogenic region, the striatum, in a seemingly nondirected manner up to approximately 1-1.5 mm from the graft core, and showed differentiation into both neuronal and glial phenotypes. Only cells with glial-like features migrated over longer distances within the mature striatum, whereas the cells expressing neuronal phenotypes remained close to the implantation site. The ability of the human neural progenitors to respond in vivo to guidance cues and signals that can direct their differentiation along multiple phenotypic pathways suggests that they can provide a powerful and virtually unlimited source of cells for experimental and clinical transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5990-6005
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Brain Tissue Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Fetal Tissue Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Olfactory Bulb, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10407037-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Site-specific migration and neuronal differentiation of human neural progenitor cells after transplantation in the adult rat brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Division of Neurobiology, Lund University, S-223 Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't