Fusion of Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells with “Degenerating” Cerebellar Neurons in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Model Mice

Fathul Huda; Yiping Fan; Mamiko Suzuki; Ayumu Konno; Yasunori Matsuzaki; Nobutaka Takahashi; Jerry K. Y. Chan; Hirokazu Hirai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164202

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Fusion of Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells with “Degenerating” Cerebellar Neurons in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Model Mice

Fathul Huda,

Affiliations Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371–8511, Japan, Physiology Division, Department of Anatomy Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, 40161, Indonesia

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4818-1862

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Yiping Fan,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 229899, Singapore, Experimental Fetal Medicine Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore
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Mamiko Suzuki,

Affiliation Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371–8511, Japan
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Ayumu Konno,

Affiliation Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371–8511, Japan
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Yasunori Matsuzaki,

Affiliation Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371–8511, Japan
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Nobutaka Takahashi,

Affiliation Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371–8511, Japan
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Jerry K. Y. Chan,

Affiliations Department of Reproductive Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 229899, Singapore, Experimental Fetal Medicine Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, 119228, Singapore, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 169857, Singapore
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Hirokazu Hirai

* E-mail: hirai@gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371–8511, Japan
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Fusion of Human Fetal Mesenchymal Stem Cells with “Degenerating” Cerebellar Neurons in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Model Mice

Fathul Huda,
Yiping Fan,
Mamiko Suzuki,
Ayumu Konno,
Yasunori Matsuzaki,
Nobutaka Takahashi,
Jerry K. Y. Chan,
Hirokazu Hirai

Published: November 1, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164202

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