Isolation, expansion and transplantation of postnatal murine progenitor cells of the enteric nervous system.

Neural stem or progenitor cells have been proposed to restore gastrointestinal function in patients suffering from congenital or acquired defects of the enteric nervous system. Various, mainly embryonic cell sources have been identified for this purpose. However, immunological and ethical issues mak...

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Main Authors: Heike Monika Dettmann, Ying Zhang, Nadine Wronna, Udo Kraushaar, Elke Guenther, Roland Mohr, Peter Helmut Neckel, Andreas Mack, Joerg Fuchs, Lothar Just, Florian Obermayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4037209?pdf=render