| Literature DB >> 19894114 |
Jianjun Wu1, Wenbo Yu, Yan Chen, Yaru Su, Zhengtong Ding, Huimin Ren, Yuping Jiang, Jian Wang.
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The potential value of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in treating Parkinson's disease (PD) remains controversial. In order to evaluate the therapeutic effect of GDNF-engineered bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) in parkinsonian rat model, GDNF-BMSCs and LacZ-BMSCs were transplanted into striatum and followed by Lactacystin lesioning at median forebrain bundles 1 week later. We observed that the intrastriatal transplantation of GDNF-BMSCs could significantly rescue the dopaminergic neurons from lactacystin-induced neurotoxicity with regard to behavioral recovery, tyrosine hydroxylase level in nigra and striatum, and striatal dopamine level. We interpret the outcomes that intrastriatal transplantation of GDNF-BMSCs might be beneficial in the treatment of PD.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19894114 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-009-0086-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurochem Res ISSN: 0364-3190 Impact factor: 3.996