Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19270699›Full record

ArticleNature methods2009

Neonatal desensitization allows long-term survival of neural xenotransplants without immunosuppression.

Claire M Kelly, Sophie V Precious, Caroline Scherf, Richard Penketh, Nazar N Amso, Alysia Battersby, Nicholas D Allen, Stephen B Dunnett, Anne E Rosser

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Article in Nature methods, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Claire M KellyCardiff University, UK. kellycm@cf.ac.uk
Sophie V Precious
Caroline Scherf
Richard Penketh
Nazar N Amso
Alysia Battersby
Nicholas D Allen
Stephen B Dunnett
Anne E Rosser

Funding

Medical Research Council G0200489Medical Research Council G0300331Parkinson's UK J-0703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preclinical development of human cells for potential therapeutic application in neurodegenerative diseases requires that their long-term survival, stability and functional efficacy be studied in animal models of human disease. Here we describe a strategy for long-term immune protection of human fetal and stem cell-derived neural cells transplanted into the adult rat brain, by desensitizing the host rat to similar cells in the neonatal period, without the need for additional immunosuppression.

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AnimalsAnimals, NewbornBrainCells, CulturedCell SurvivalDesensitization, ImmunologicGraft SurvivalHumansImmunosuppression TherapyNeuronsRatsStem Cell Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID19270699

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