TRANSPLANTATION TO THE RAT-BRAIN OF HUMAN NEURAL PROGENITORS THAT WERE GENETICALLY-MODIFIED USING ADENOVIRUSES

Citation
O. Sabate et al., TRANSPLANTATION TO THE RAT-BRAIN OF HUMAN NEURAL PROGENITORS THAT WERE GENETICALLY-MODIFIED USING ADENOVIRUSES, Nature genetics, 9(3), 1995, pp. 256-260
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
ISSN journal
10614036
Volume
9
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
256 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
1061-4036(1995)9:3<256:TTTROH>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Transplantations for neurological disorders are limited by the supply of human fetal tissue. To generate larger numbers of cells of appropri ate phenotype, we investigated whether human neural progenitors expand ed in vitro could be modified with recombinant adenoviruses. Strong ex pression of beta-galactosidase was obtained in vitro. Two or three wee ks after transplantation of engineered cells to the rat brain, we obse rved a small percentage of surviving neuroblasts strongly expressing b eta-galactosidase in four out of 13 rats. Thus human precursor cells t hat have been genetically modified using adenoviruses are a promising tool for ex vivo gene therapy of neurodegenerative diseases.