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Transplantation of human olfactory ensheathing cells elicits remyelination of demyelinated rat spinal cord
Author(s) -
Kato Takaaki,
Honmou Osamu,
Uede Teiji,
Hashi Kazuo,
Kocsis Jeffery D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
glia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.954
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1098-1136
pISSN - 0894-1491
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(200005)30:3<209::aid-glia1>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - remyelination , olfactory ensheathing glia , biology , spinal cord , schwann cell , transplantation , olfactory bulb , lesion , myelin , central nervous system , anatomy , neuroglia , pathology , neuroscience , medicine , surgery
Human olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) were prepared from adult human olfactory nerves, which were removed during surgery for frontal base tumors, and were transplanted into the demyelinated spinal cord of immunosuppressed adult rats. Extensive remyelination was observed in the lesion site: In situ hybridization using a human DNA probe (COT‐1) indicated a similar number of COT‐1‐positive cells and OEC nuclei within the repaired lesion. The myelination was of a peripheral type with large nuclei and cytoplasmic regions surrounding the axons, characteristic of Schwann cell and OEC remyelination. These results provide evidence that adult human OECs are able to produce Schwann cell‐like myelin sheaths around demyelinated axons in the adult mammalian CNS in vivo. GLIA 30:209–218, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.