| Chapter title |
Ex Vivo Gene Therapy Using Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Deliver Growth Factors in the Skeletal Muscle of a Familial ALS Rat Model.
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 24 |
| Book title |
Gene Therapy for Neurological Disorders
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3271-9_24 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3270-2, 978-1-4939-3271-9
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| Authors |
Suzuki, Masatoshi, Svendsen, Clive N, Masatoshi Suzuki, Clive N. Svendsen, Svendsen, Clive N. |
| Abstract |
Therapeutic protein and molecule delivery to target sites by transplanted human stem cells holds great promise for ex vivo gene therapy. Our group has demonstrated the therapeutic benefits of ex vivo gene therapy targeting the skeletal muscles in a transgenic rat model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We used human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and genetically modified them to release neuroprotective growth factors such as glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Intramuscular growth factor delivery via hMSCs can enhance neuromuscular innervation and motor neuron survival in a rat model of ALS (SOD1(G93A) transgenic rats). Here, we describe the protocol of ex vivo delivery of growth factors via lentiviral vector-mediated genetic modification of hMSCs and hMSC transplantation into the skeletal muscle of a familial ALS rat model. |
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