Effects of combinatorial treatment with pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide and human mesenchymal stem cells on spinal cord tissue repair.

The aim of this study is to understand if human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) have synergistic protective effect that promotes functional recovery in rats with severe spinal cord injury (SCI). To evaluate the effect of dela...

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Main Authors: Kuan-Min Fang, Jen-Kun Chen, Shih-Chieh Hung, Mei-Chun Chen, Yi-Ting Wu, Tsung-Jung Wu, Hsin-I Lin, Chia-Hua Chen, Henrich Cheng, Chung-Shi Yang, Shun-Fen Tzeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3004866?pdf=render