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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Hae-young Suh, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-soo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ji-won Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-don Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-cheol Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Hae-Young Suh, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-Soo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ji-Won Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-Don Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-Cheol Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
This inventive discloses a method for transdifferentiating mesenchymal stem cells into neuronal cells, which comprises increasing the level of a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor in the mesenchymal stem cells, said cells being useful in cell therapy or gene therapy for treating brain neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer disease, Hungtington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral paralysis and brain ischemia; and spine disfunction caused by a traumatic injury.