Research article

Astrocytes derived from glial-restricted precursors promote spinal cord repair

Jeannette E Davies¹, Carol Huang¹, Christoph Proschel³, Mark Noble³, Margot Mayer-Proschel³ and Stephen JA Davies^1,²^*

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 1709 Dryden Street, Suite 750, Houston, Texas 77030, USA

² Department of Neuroscience, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA

³ Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642, USA

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Journal of Biology 2006, 5:7 doi:10.1186/jbiol35

Published: 27 April 2006

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A figure showing the alignment of host GFAP⁺processes in animals that have received GDA transplants

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A figure showing the expression of astrocytic markers by GDAs in vivo

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A figure showing misaligned host astrocytic processes in control lesions

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A figure showing suppression of atrophy of axotomized red nucleus neurons by intra-spinal transplanted GDAs

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