Hany El-Sayed Marei
Qatar University, Qatar
Title: Nanotubes impregnated human olfactory bulb neural stem cells promote neuronal differentiation in trimethyltin-induced neurodegeneration rat model
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Biography: Hany El-Sayed Marei
Abstract
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are multipotent self-renewing cells that could be used in cellular-based therapy for a wide variety of neurodegenerative diseases. Here, to assess the ability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance the therapeutic potential of human olfactory bulb neural stem (OBNSCs) for restoring cognitive deficits and neurodegenerative lesions, we co-engrafted CNTs and human OBNSCs in trimethyltin(TMT) -neurodegeneration rat model. The present study revealed that engrafted human OBNSCS-CNTs restored cognitive deficits, and neurodegenerative changes associated with TMT-induced rat neurodegeneration model. Moreover, the CNTs seemed to provide a support for engrafted OBNSCs, with increasing their tendency to differentiate into neurons rather than into glial cells.