Lentiviral vectors express chondroitinase ABC in cortical projections and promote sprouting of injured corticospinal axons
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Lentiviral vectors express chondroitinase ABC in cortical projections and promote sprouting of injured corticospinal axons
Several diseases and injuries of the central nervous system could potentially be treated by delivery of an enzyme, which might most effectively be achieved by gene therapy. In particular, the bacterial enzyme chondroitinase ABC is beneficial in animal models of spinal cord injury. We have adapted the chondroitinase gene so that it can direct secretion of active chondroitinase from mammalian cel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0165-0270
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.003