Article Commentary: Cell Transplantation and Neuroscience

Alexander T. ; Sortwell C. E. ; Sladek C. D. ; Roth R. H. ; Steece-Collier K. Comparison of neurotoxicity following repeated administration of L-DOPA, D-DOPA, and dopamine to embryonic mesencephalic dopamine neurons in cultures derived from Fisher 344 and Sprague-Dawley donors. Cell Transplant. 6: 309-315; 1997.

Annet L. E. ; Torres E. M. ; Clarke D. J. ; Ishida Y. ; Barker R. A. ; Ridley R. M. ; Baker H. F. ; Dunnett S. B. Survival of nigral grafts within the striatum of marmosets with 6-OHDA lesions depends critically on donor embryo age. Cell Transplant. 6: 557-569; 1997.

Bakay R. A. E. ; Boyer K. L. ; Freed C. R. ; Ansari A. A. Immunological response to injury and grafting in the central nervous system of nonhuman primates. Cell Transplant. 7: 109-120; 1998.

Bes J. C. ; Tkaczuk J. ; Czech K. A. ; Tafani M. ; Bastide R. ; Caratero C. ; Pappas G. D. ; Lazorthes Y. One-year chromaffin cell allograft survival in cancer patients with chronic pain: Morphological and functional evidence. Cell Transplant. 7: 227-238; 1998.

Borlongan C. V. ; Koutouzis T. K. ; Poulos S. G. ; Saporta S. ; Sanberg S. Bilateral fetal striatal grafts in the 3-nitropropionic acid-induced hypoactive model of Huntington's disease. Cell Transplant. 7: 131-135; 1998.

Brevig T. ; Pedersen E. B. ; Kristensen T. ; Zimmer J. Proliferative response of human T lymphocytes to porcine fetal brain cells. Cell Transplant. 6: 571-577; 1997.

Cameron D. F. ; Othberg A. I. ; Borlongan C. V. ; Rashed S. ; Anton A. ; Saporta S. ; Sanberg P. R. Post-thaw viability and functionality of cryopreserved rat fetal brain cells cocultured with Sertoli cells. Cell Transplant. 6: 185-189; 1997.

Cheng H. ; Fraidakis M. ; Blomback B. ; Lapchak P. ; Hoffer P. ; Olson L. Characterization of a glue-GDNF slow-release preparation. Cell Transplant. 7: 53-61; 1998.

Collier T. J. ; Redmond D. E. ; Roth R. H. ; Elsworth J. D. ; Taylor J. R. ; Sladek J. R. Metabolic energy capacity of dopaminergic grafts and the implanted striatum in Parkinson nonhuman primates as visualized with cytochrome oxidase histochemistry. Cell Transplant. 6: 135-140; 1997.

Dunnett S. B. ; Torres E. M. ; Richards H. ; Barker R. A. Effects of surgical anesthesia on the viability of nigral grafts in the rat striatum. Cell Transplant. 7: 567-572; 1998.

Durlu Y. K. ; Tamai M. Transplant. of retinal pigment epithelium using viable cryopreserved cells. Cell Transplant. 6: 149-162; 1997.

Edge A. S. B. ; Gasse M. E. ; Dinsmore J. Xenogeneic cell therapy: Current progress and future development of porcine cell transplantation. Cell Transplant. 7: 525-539; 1998.

Emerich D. F. ; Bruhn S. ; Chu Y. ; Kordower J. H. Cellular delivery of CNTF but not NT-4/5 prevents degeneration of striatal neurons in a rodent model of Huntington's disease. Cell Transplant. 7: 213-225; 1998.

Emerich D. ; Granholm L. Introduction to the special issue: Recent advance in neural transplant research. Cell Transplant. 7: 83-85; 1998.

Emerich D. F. ; Cain C. ; Greco C. ; Saydoff J. A. ; Hu Z. Y. ; Liu H. ; Linder M. D. Cellular delivery of human CNTF prevents motor and cognitive dysfunction in a rodent model of Huntington's disease. Cell Transplant. 6: 249-266; 1997.

Emgard-Mattson M. ; Karlsson J. ; Nakao N. ; Brundin P. Addition of lateral ganglionic eminence to rat mesencephalic grafts affects fiber outgrowth but does not enhance function. Cell Transplant. 6: 277-286; 1997.

Freed W. J. ; Isacson O. A special issue based on the third annual conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation, 1996. Cell Transplant. 6: 201-202; 1997.

Giovanini M. A. ; Reier P. J. ; Eskin T. A. ; Anderson D. K. Map 2 expression in the developing human fetal spinal cord and following xenotransplantation. Cell Transplant. 6: 339-346; 1997.

Granholm A. ; Henry S. ; Herbert M. A. ; Eken S. ; Gerhardt G. A. ; Horne C. V. Kidney grafts enhance fiber outgrowth from ventral mesencephalic cografts to the 6-OHDA-lesioned striatum, and improve behavioral recovery. Cell Transplant. 7: 197-212; 1998.

Hagihara Y. ; Saitoh Y. ; Iwata H. ; Taki T. ; Hirano S. I. ; Arita N. ; Hayakawa T. Transplant. of xenogeneic cells secreting β-endorphin for pain treatment: Analysis of the ability of components of complement to penetrate through polymer capsules. Cell Transplant. 6: 527-530; 1997.

Hague N. S. K. ; LeBlance C. J. ; Isacson O. Differential dissection of the rat E16 ventral mesencephalon and survival and reinnervation of the 6-OHDA-lesioned striatum by a subset of aldehyde dehydrogenase-positive TH neurons. Cell Transplant. 6: 239-248; 1997.

Hara K. ; Uchida K. ; Fukuanga A. ; Toya S. ; Kawase T. Implantation of xenogeneic transgenic neural plate tissues into Parkinsonian rat brain. Cell Transplant. 6: 515-519; 1997.

Holt D. A. ; Nauert G. M. ; Othberg A. I. ; Randall T. S. ; Willing A. E. ; Widen R. H. ; Hauser R. A. ; Sanberg P. R. ; Olanow C. W. ; Freeman T. B. Infectious issues in human fetal neural transplantation. Cell Transplant. 6: 553-556; 1997.

Johntson R. E. ; Becker J. B. Intranigral grafts of fetal ventral mesencephalic tissue in adult 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats can induce behavioral recovery. Cell Transplant. 6: 267-276; 1997.

Kitani H. ; Ikeda H. ; Atsumi T. ; Watanabe R. Efficiency of neural differentiation of mouse P19 embryonal carcinoma cells is dependent on the seeding density. Cell Transplant. 6: 521-525; 1997.

Kofler P. ; Wiesenhofer B. ; Rehrl C. ; Baier G. ; Stockhammer G. ; Humpel C. Liposome-meditated gene transfer into established CNS lines, primary glial cells, and in vivo. Cell Transplant. 7: 175-185; 1998.

Konobu T. ; Sessler F. ; Luo L. ; Lehmann J. The hNT human neuronal cell line survives and migrates into rat retina. Cell Transplant. 7: 549-558; 1998.

Kordower J. H. ; Styren S. ; Clarke M. ; Dekosky S. T. ; Olanow C. W. ; Freeman T. B. Fetal grafting for Parkinson's disease: Expression of immune markers in two patients with functional fetal nigral implants. Cell Transplant. 6: 213-219; 1997.

Li Y. J. ; Low W. C. Intra-retrosplenial cortical grafts of fetal cholinergic neurons and the restoration of spatial memory function. Cell Transplant. 6: 85-93; 1997.

Lindner M. D. ; Emerich D. F. Therapeutic potential of a polymer-encapsulated L-DOPA and dopamine-producing cell line in rodent and primate models of Parkinson's disease. Cell Transplant. 7: 165-174; 1998.

Onifer S. M. ; Cannon A. B. ; Whittemore S. R. Altered differentiation of CNS neural progenitor cells after transplantation into the injured adult rat spinal cord. Cell Transplant. 6: 327-338; 1997.

Ono T. ; Date I. ; Imaoka T. ; Shingo T. ; Furuta T. ; Asari S. ; Ohmoto T. Evaluation of intracerebral grafting of dopamine-secreting PC12 cells into allogeneic and xenogeneic brain. Cell Transplant. 6: 511-513; 1997.

Othberg A. I. ; Willing A. E. ; Cameron D. F. ; Anton A. ; Saporta S. ; Freeman T. B. ; Sanberg P. Trophic effect of porcine Sertoli cells on rat and human ventral mesencephalic cells and hNT neurons in vitro. Cell Transplant. 7: 157-164; 1998.

Pennell N. A. ; Streit W. J. Colonization of neural allografts by host microglial cells: Relationship to graft neovascularization. Cell Transplant. 6: 221-230; 1997.

Philpott L. M. ; Kopyov O. V. ; Lee A. J. ; Jacques S. ; Duma C. M. ; Caine S. ; Yang M. ; Eagle K. S. Neuropsychological functioning following fetal striatal transplantation in Huntington's chorea: Three case presentations. Cell Transplant. 6: 203-212; 1997.

Plant G. W. ; Chirila T. V. ; Harvey A. R. Implantation of collagen IV/poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels containing Schwann cells into the lesioned rat optic tract. Cell Transplant. 7: 381-391; 1998.

Pundt L. L. ; Jorn E. A. ; Conrad J. A. ; Low W. C. Organization and histochemical phenotype of human fetal cerebellar cells following transplantation into the cerebellum of nude mice. Cell Transplant. 6: 479-489; 1997.

Rosenstein J. M. ; More N. S. ; Mani N. ; Krum J. M. Developmental expression of calcium-binding protein-containing neurons in neocortical transplants. Cell Transplant. 7: 121-129; 1998.

Sanberg P. R. ; Saporta S. ; Borlongan C. V. ; Othberg A. I. ; Allen R. C. ; Cameron D. F. The testis-derived cultured Sertoli cell as a natural FAS-L secreting cell for immunosuppresive cellular therapy. Cell Transplant. 6: 191-193; 1997.

Saporta S. ; Borlongan C. ; Moore J. ; Mejia-Millan E. ; Jones S. L. ; Bonness P. ; Randall T. S. ; Allen R. C. ; Freeman T. B. ; Sanberg P. R. Microcarrier enhanced survival of human and rat fetal ventral mesencephalon cells implanted in the rat striatum. Cell Transplant. 6: 579-584; 1997.

Seigel G. M. ; Takahashi M. ; Adamus G. ; McDaniel T. Intraocular transplantation of E1A immortalized retinal precurser cells. Cell Transplant. 7: 559-566; 1998.

Sharma R. K. ; Ehinger B. Cell proliferation in retinal transplants. Cell Transplant. 6: 141-148; 1997.

Sladek J. R. ; Collier T. J. ; Elsworth J. D. ; Roth R. H. ; Taylor J. R. ; Redmond E. D. Intrastriatal grafts from multiple donors do not result in proportional increase in survival of dopamine neurons in nonhuman primates. Cell Transplant. 7: 87-96; 1998.

Stasi K. ; Mitsacos A. ; Triarhou L. C. ; Kouvelas E. D. Cerebellar grafts partially reverse amino acid receptor changes observed in the cerebellum of mice with hereditary ataxia: Quantitative autoradiographic studies. Cell Transplant. 6: 347-359; 1997.

Stromberg I. ; Bjorklund L. ; Forander P. The age of striatum determines the pattern and extent of dopaminergic innervation: A nigrostriatal double graft study. Cell Transplant. 6: 287-296; 1997.

Subramanian T. ; Emerich D. F. ; Bakay R. A. E. ; Hoffman J. M. ; Goodman M. M. ; Shoup T. M. ; Miller G. W. ; Levey A. I. ; Hubert G. W. ; Batchelor S. ; Winn S. R. ; Saydoff J. A. ; Watts R. L. Polymer-encapsulated PC-12 cells demonstrate high-affinity uptake of dopamine in vitro and ∧18F-DOPA uptake and metabolism after intracerebral implantation in nonhuman primates. Cell Transplant. 6: 469-477; 1997.

Thajeb P. ; Ling Z. D. ; Potter E. D. ; Carvey P. M. The effects of storage conditions and trophic supplementation on the survival of fetal mesencephalic cells. Cell Transplant. 6: 297-307; 1997.

Tornatore C. ; Rabin S. ; Baker-Cairns B. ; Kier S. ; Mocchetti I. Engraftment of C6-2B cells into the striatum of ACI nude rats as a tool for comparison of the in vitro and in vivo phenotype of a glioma cell Line. Cell Transplant. 6: 317-326; 1997.

Truckenmiller M. E. ; Dillon-Carter O. ; Tornatore C. ; Kulaga H. ; Takashima H. ; Freed W. J. Growth properties of neural cell lines immortalized with the tsA58 allele of SV40 large T antigen. Cell Transplant. 6: 231-238; 1997.

Tuszynski M. H. ; Murai K. ; Blesch A. ; Grill R. ; Miller I. Functional characterization of NGF-secreting cell grafts to the acutely injured spinal cord. Cell Transplant. 6: 361-368; 1997.

Tuszynski M. H. ; Weidner N. ; McCormack M. ; Miller I. ; Powell H. ; Conner J. Grafts of genetically modified Schwann cells to the spinal cord: Survival, axon growth, and myelination. Cell Transplant. 7: 187-196; 1998.

Vidal N. ; Bjorklund L. ; Stromberg I. Morphological and functional evidence for enhanced growth and potassium-evoked dopamine release in striatal grafts innervated with a patchy growth pattern. An in oculo nigrostriatal cograft study. Cell Transplant. 7: 97-108; 1998.

Watts C. ; Caldwell M. A. ; Dunnett S. B. The development of intracerebral cell-suspension implants is influenced by the grafting medium. Cell Transplant. 7: 573-583; 1998.

Zigova T. ; Pencea V. ; Betarbet R. ; Wiegand S. J. ; Alexander C. ; Bakay R. A. E. ; Luskin M. B. Neuronal progenitor cells of the neonatal subventricular zone differentiate and disperse following transplantation into the adult rat striatum. Cell Transplant. 7: 137-156; 1998.