Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2012 Dec 22;9(1):78–93. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.5626

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited.

PMC Copyright notice

Survival and differentiation of grafted GDAs after SCI. (A-C) Almost all grafted GDAs (A, arrows) remained to express GFAP (B,C, arrows) at 2 months after transplantation. (D-F) The grafted GDAs sent multiple processes longitudinally to form cellular bridge for the host axons in the injured epi-center. (G-J) The grafted GDAs, which remained GFAP positive astrocytes (H, arrows), didn't express CSPG (I, arrows). The expression of CSPG (H) and GFAP (I) in the injured spinal cord was also dramatically decreased following transplantation of GDAs. (K-N) In contrast, in the injured epicenter without GDA graft, strong CSPG expression was observed in the host reactive astrocytes. Scale bars: 20 µm.