Sentences with phrase «transplanted cells secreted»

Marbán, like many, believes the improvements came about because transplanted cells secreted chemicals that boosted heart function — not because any new heart tissue grew.

Rather, the group speculates that the transplanted cells secreted protective neurotrophins, proteins that promote cell survival by keeping neurons from inducing apoptosis (programmed cell death).

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When these cells were transplanted into diabetic mice, the cells secreted insulin and reduced the blood sugar levels of the mice to normal or near - normal levels.

«Our major CIRM - funded programs, aimed at engineering young stem cell - derived astrocytes to secrete GDNF, then transplanting those cells back into patients, take on even greater importance, given this aging phenomenon,» said Svendsen, the Kerry and Simone Vickar Family Foundation Distinguished Chair in Regenerative Medicine.

The authors transplanted human cortical ‐ derived neural progenitor cells engineered to secrete glial cell line ‐ derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) into the cortex of a rat model of ALS, where the cells migrated, matured into astrocytes, and released GDNF.

Human stem cells successfully used to generate functional pituitary tissue capable of secreting hormones when transplanted into rats with hypopituitarism