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SUBMITTER: Nishimura K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4834042 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nishimura Kaneyasu K Doi Daisuke D Samata Bumpei B Murayama Shigeo S Tahara Tsuyoshi T Onoe Hirotaka H Takahashi Jun J
Stem cell reports 20160317 4
For cell transplantation therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD) to be realized, the grafted neurons should be integrated into the host neuronal circuit to restore the lost neuronal function. Here, using wheat-germ agglutinin-based transsynaptic tracing, we show that integrin α5 is selectively expressed in striatal neurons that are innervated by midbrain dopaminergic (DA) neurons. In addition, we found that integrin α5β1 was activated by the administration of estradiol-2-benzoate (E2B) in striatal ...[more]