Acetylcholine secretion by motor neuron-like cells from UC-MSC

Public release date: 12-Sep-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research

Basic fibroblast growth factor exhibits a high affinity for heparin. Heparin combined with basic fibroblast growth factor significantly contributes to the differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells into motor neurons. Xueyuan Liu and colleagues from Liaoning Medical University found that the third passage of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells induced with heparin and basic fibroblast growth factor exhibited neuronal morphology, and Hb9 expression and acetylcholine levels increased following induction with heparin combined with basic fibroblast growth factor. These findings, published in the Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 8, No. 22, 2013), indicate that heparin combined with basic fibroblast growth factor can noticeably promote the differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells into motor neuron-like cells. This technology is expected to prevent and treat muscular atrophy caused by peripheral nerve injury.

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Article: " Acetylcholine secreted by motor neuron-like cells from umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells," by Xueyuan Liu, Dehua Li, Dong Jiang, Yan Fang (Department of Anatomy, Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, Liaoning Province, China)

Liu XY, Li DH, Jiang D, Fang Y. Acetylcholine secreted by motor neuron-like cells from umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. Neural Regen Res. 2013;8(22):2086-2092.

Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research http://www.nrronline.org/

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Acetylcholine secretion by motor neuron-like cells from UC-MSC