Research Article - (2017) Volume 7, Issue 1

Hypoxic Preconditioning Increases the Neuroprotective Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury

Takeshi Imura1, Mayumi Tomiyasu1, Naofumi Otsuru1, Kei Nakagawa1, Takashi Otsuka1, Shinya Takahashi2, Masaaki Takeda3, Looniva Shrestha1, Yumi Kawahara4, Takahiro Fukazawa5, Taijiro Sueda2, Keiji Tanimoto6 and Louis Yuge1,4*
1Bio-Environmental Adaptation Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
3Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan
4Space Bio-Laboratories Co., Ltd., Japan
5Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University, Japan
6Department of Radiation Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan
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