Transplantation of specific human astrocytes promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury.

Transplantation of specific human astrocytes promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury.

Repairing trauma to the central nervous system by replacement of glial support cells is an increasingly attractive therapeutic strategy. We have focused on the less-studied replacement of astrocytes, the major support cell in the central nervous system, by generating astrocytes from embryonic human...

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Main Authors: Stephen J A Davies, Chung-Hsuan Shih, Mark Noble, Margot Mayer-Proschel, Jeannette E Davies, Christoph Proschel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3047562?pdf=render

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