Stem Cells in Niemann-Pick Disease

Neural stem cells are multi-potent and able to self renew to maintain its character throughout the life. Loss of self renewal ability of stem cells prevents recovery or replacement of cells damaged by disease with new cells. The Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease is one of the neurodegenerative dis...

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Main Authors: Sun-Jung Kim, Joon-Suk Park, Kyung-Sun Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/389815