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Human spinal autografts of olfactory epithelial stem cells recapitulate donor site histology, maintaining proliferative and differentiation capacity many years after transplantation

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This work was supported by grants from National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders DC011990 (JCM) and DC009606 (JRM), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R25NS089450 (KSC), and the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute (PGP).

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    1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Room 3552 TC, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5338, USA

      Kevin S. Chen & Parag G. Patil

    2. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

      Jeremy C. McIntyre & Jeffrey R. Martens

    3. Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

      Andrew P. Lieberman

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    Chen, K.S., McIntyre, J.C., Lieberman, A.P. et al. Human spinal autografts of olfactory epithelial stem cells recapitulate donor site histology, maintaining proliferative and differentiation capacity many years after transplantation. Acta Neuropathol 131, 639–640 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-016-1543-3

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