Bone morphogenetic protein 4 promotes the survival and preserves the structure of flow-sorted Bhlhb5+ cochlear spiral ganglion neurons in vitro

Bone morphogenetic protein 4 promotes the survival and preserves the structure of flow-sorted Bhlhb5+ cochlear spiral ganglion neurons in vitro

Abstract SGNs are the primary auditory neurons, and damage or loss of SGNs leads to sensorineural hearing loss. BMP4 is a growth factor that belongs to the TGF-β superfamily and has been shown to play a key role during development, but little is known about its effect on postnatal cochlear SGNs in m...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Waqas, Shan Sun, Chuanyin Xuan, Qiaojun Fang, Xiaoli Zhang, Irum-us Islam, Jieyu Qi, Shasha Zhang, Xia Gao, Mingliang Tang, Haibo Shi, Huawei Li, Renjie Chai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03810-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03810-w

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