Ectopic pregnancy-derived human trophoblastic stem cells regenerate dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway to treat parkinsonian rats.

BACKGROUND: Stem cell therapy is a potential strategy to treat patients with Parkinson's disease (PD); however, several practical limitations remain. As such, finding the appropriate stem cell remains the primary issue in regenerative medicine today. We isolated a pre-placental pluripotent stem...

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Main Authors: Tony Tung-Yin Lee, Cheng-Fang Tsai, Tsung-Hsun Hsieh, Jia-Jin Jason Chen, Yu-Chih Wang, Mi-Chun Kao, Ruey-Meei Wu, Sher Singh, Eing-Mei Tsai, Jau-Nan Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3528662?pdf=render