Effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor on microRNA expression in a 6-hydroxydopamine-injured dopaminergic cell line

2013 ◽  
Vol 120 (11) ◽  
pp. 1511-1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Huizhen Chen ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. E6
Author(s):  
Vivek Mehta ◽  
Murray Hong ◽  
Julian Spears ◽  
Ivar Mendez

The goal of this study was to investigate the ability of fetal dopaminergic neurons to improve complex sensorimotor behavior. The authors obtained ventral mesencephalic tissue from 14-day-old rat fetuses. The cells were exposed to glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) prior to transplantation into rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesions of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway. Animals that received 400,000 cells exposed to GDNF demonstrated significant improvement in contralateral forelimb function and showed improvement in rotational behavior faster than animals that received cells not exposed to GDNF. Increasing the number of implanted cells to 800,000 exposed to GDNF did not result in any additional improvement in functional recovery. As neural grafting procedures in the nervous system evolve and genetically engineered cells or stem cells replace fetal tissue, crucial questions about cell number and trophic regulation will need to be addressed. This study demonstrates that grafting of 400,000 cells exposed to GDNF before transplantation has a beneficial effect in the restoration of complex sensorimotor behavior.


1997 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.-C. Granholm ◽  
J. L. Mott ◽  
K. Bowenkamp ◽  
S. Eken ◽  
S. Henry ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 269 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla Eggert ◽  
Jürgen Schlegel ◽  
Wolfgang Oertel ◽  
Cornelia Würz ◽  
Jürgen-Christian Krieg ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 173 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong S. Chun ◽  
Myung S. Yoo ◽  
Lorraine A. DeGiorgio ◽  
Bruce T. Volpe ◽  
Diana Peng ◽  
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