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Julia Ladewig1, Philipp Koch1, Oliver Brüstle2.
Abstract
Limited neuronal migration into host brain tissue is a key challenge in neural transplantation. We found that one important mechanism underlying this phenomenon is an intrinsic chemotactic interaction between the grafted neural precursor cells (NPCs) and their neuronal progeny. NPCs secrete the receptor tyrosine kinase ligands FGF2 and VEGF, which act as chemoattractants for neurons. Interference with these signaling pathways resulted in enhanced migration of human neurons from neural clusters.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24241396 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3583
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884