In the present study, transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells modified with brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene into the lateral ventricle of a rat model of Alzheimer＇s disease, resulted in s...In the present study, transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells modified with brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene into the lateral ventricle of a rat model of Alzheimer＇s disease, resulted in significant attenuation of nerve cell damage in the hippocampal CA1 region. Furthermore, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tyrosine kinase B mRNA and protein levels were significantly increased, and learning and memory were significantly improved. Results indicate that transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells modified with brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene can significantly improve cognitive function in a rat model of Alzheimer＇s disease, possibly by increasing the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tyrosine kinase B in the hippocampus.展开更多
Electroporation (EP) is one of the important techniques for the introduction of genes and drugs into cells with intense pulsed electric field to induce nanometer-sized electropores on cell membranes.Recently,micro/nan...Electroporation (EP) is one of the important techniques for the introduction of genes and drugs into cells with intense pulsed electric field to induce nanometer-sized electropores on cell membranes.Recently,micro/nano technology has been applied to many novel micro EP devices which can not only significantly increase uptake of biomolecules,DNA transfection and cell viability,but also enable large-scale single-cell EP.However,most EP theories developed in the past three decades can not precisely predict the experimental results of EP of biological cells.With the advanced micro EP chips for large-scale single-cell EP experiments,more precise EP theoretical models can be developed to describe the complicated multiscale dynamic behavior of EP.展开更多
基金sponsored by Science and Technology Support for Major Projects of Hebei Province, No. 09276103DHebei Province Science and Technology Research and Development Program, No. 08206120D
文摘In the present study, transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells modified with brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene into the lateral ventricle of a rat model of Alzheimer＇s disease, resulted in significant attenuation of nerve cell damage in the hippocampal CA1 region. Furthermore, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tyrosine kinase B mRNA and protein levels were significantly increased, and learning and memory were significantly improved. Results indicate that transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells modified with brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene can significantly improve cognitive function in a rat model of Alzheimer＇s disease, possibly by increasing the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and tyrosine kinase B in the hippocampus.
基金supported by the Hong Kong RGC (Grant No. 615907)the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Grant No. SA-C0040/UK-C0016)
文摘Electroporation (EP) is one of the important techniques for the introduction of genes and drugs into cells with intense pulsed electric field to induce nanometer-sized electropores on cell membranes.Recently,micro/nano technology has been applied to many novel micro EP devices which can not only significantly increase uptake of biomolecules,DNA transfection and cell viability,but also enable large-scale single-cell EP.However,most EP theories developed in the past three decades can not precisely predict the experimental results of EP of biological cells.With the advanced micro EP chips for large-scale single-cell EP experiments,more precise EP theoretical models can be developed to describe the complicated multiscale dynamic behavior of EP.
