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Wei-Ming Duan
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Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
1501 Kings Hwy.
Shreveport, LA 71130
Tel: (318) 675-8529
email: wduan@lsuhsc.edu
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3639 Beckham Drive
Shreveport, LA 71104
(630) 886-7485
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Gender:
Male
Citizenship:
Chinese
Place of birth: Beijing, P. R. China
Visa status:
American Green Card
EDUCATION
1992 - 1997:
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1978 - 1982:
Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Section for Neuronal Survival, Department of Physiology and
Neuroscience, Lund University, Sweden
Dissertation: Immunological and inflammatory responses against intrastriatal neural grafts in
the rat.
Advisors: Drs. Patrik Brundin and Håkan Widner
Course certificate, Specialist course “Immunology Update for Clinicians and Scientists”.
Royal Postgraduate Medical School of the University of London in London, England, UK.
Teachers: Drs. J.R. Batchelor, R.I. Lechler and M.A. Ritter
Master of Science, Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy, Capital
University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
Dissertation: “The effects of viable Schwann cells in sciatic nerve grafts on central nervous
system axonal regeneration”.
Advisor: Drs. Jia-Jun Yang
M.D., Hebei Medical College, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, P. R. China.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana
Research area: Gene therapy and stem cell research for Parkinson’s disease
2001-2004:
Research Assistant Professor, Neurobiology Program, Children's Memorial Institute for
Education & Research, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago,
Illinois.
Research area: Gene delivery of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor by neural
progenitor cells in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease (PD); gene regulation of therapeutic
genes.
1999-2001:
Research Associate, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Research area: Induced bone marrow derived stem cells to differentiate into a specific type
of neurons, for example, dopamine neurons, and implanted them into the brain of rat models
of stroke and PD.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota
Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Research areas: Immunology of neural grafts and enhancement of neural grant survival in a
rat model of PD.
Visiting Scientist, Dr. Anders Björklund’s laboratory, Department of Medical Cell Research,
and Dr. Olle Lindvall’s laboratory, Restorative Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology,
University Hospital in Lund, Lund University, Sweden.
Research areas: Behavioral and immunological studies on intracerebral embryonic
mesencephalic grafts in the hemi-Parkinsonian rats.
Instructor of neuroscience, Beijing Institute for Neuroscience, Capital University of Medical
Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
Research work: neural regeneration and transplantation approaches in experimental stroke
models in rats and primates.
Doctor in a hospital in Beijing, P.R. China.
RESEARCH SKILLS
1. Molecular biology techniques: Design and make vectors, cDNA cloning and characterization, produce
viral vectors, prepare DNA and RNA samples and characterize them, PCR, quantitative Real-Time PCR,
Northern and Western blot.
2. Biochemical techniques: Flow cytometry analysis and fluorescence activated-cell sorting (FACS); High
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); GDNF ELISA.
3. Neural transplantation techniques: Dissect ventral mesencephalic or striatal tissue out from embryonic
rat or mouse brains and prepare cell suspensions; stereotaxically inject cell suspensions into the striatum
or the substantial nigra of rats or mice.
4. Stem cell techniques: Prepare neurospheres and neural progenitor cells from the subventricular zone of
rat neonates; Maintain the cells and induce them to differentiate into neuronal and glial cells; Infect
neural progenitor cells with viral vectors; conduct ex vivo experiments to evaluate transgene expression
in vitro and in vivo; culture adult bone marrow derived stem cells and induce them to differentiate into
neuronal and glial cells.
5. Cell and tissue cultures: Ventral mesencephalic tissue and striatal tissue cultures.
6. Apoptotic analyses: TUNEL assay and Hoechest staining
7. Orthotopic skin grafting.
8. Prepare spleen cell suspensions.
9. Make a rat model of Parkinson’s disease with 6-hydroxydopamine and Huntington's disease with
quinolinic acid.
10. Animal behavioral tests: Amphetamine and apomorphine induced rotational behavior tests, locomotor
activity test, disengage behavior test, paw reaching test and rotarod test.
11. Immunocytochemical techniques: Perfuse rats and prepare brain sections for immunocytochemistry
using a variety of different antibodies; Evaluate immunostained sections using a fluorescent or regular
microscopy, a stereological analysis system and a computer assisted image analysis system; analyze
the data statistically and make diagrams by using a computer.
12. Make a rat model of stroke with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO).
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-02-11
Stem cells as gene delivery vehicles in a course entitled “Stem Cells: from the embryo to
regeneration” for graduate students at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of
Medicine.
2001
Fundamental Neuroscience, edited by Zigmond et al, for residents in the Department of
Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School.
1988-1990:
Gross Anatomy, and Topographic Anatomy for medical students; Experimental
Neuroanatomy for graduate students in Beijing Institute for Neuroscience, Capital University
of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
MANUSCRIPT REFEREES FOR JOURNALS
Brain Research
Cell Transplantation
Experimental Neurology
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair
New York Academy of Sciences
Society for Neuroscience
ATTENDED MEETINGS
The 10th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation & Repair, Clearwater, Florida, 2003
The 32nd Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2-7, 2002
The 9th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation & Repair, Clearwater, Florida, 2002,
Poster presentation
The 31st Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California, USA, November 10-15, 2001
The 8th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation & Repair, Clearwater, Florida, 2001,
Poster presentation.
The 30th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, November 2-7, 2000
The 7th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation & Repair, Clearwater, Florida, 2000,
Poster presentation.
The 29th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Miami Beach, Miami, USA, October 23-28, 1999, Poster
presentation.
Xenotransplantation Workshop, Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, Minneapolis, September 19, 1999, Oral
presentation.
The 7th International Meeting on Neural Transplantation and Repair, Odense, Denmark, August 26-30, 1999, Oral
presentation.
The 28th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Los Angeles, California, USA, November 7-12, 1998, Poster
presentation.
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 25-30, 1997.
The 19th Annual Meeting of Midwest Neurobiologists, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 25-27, 1997.
The 6th International Neural Transplantation Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, February 13-16, 1997, poster
presentation.
The 4th International Brain Research Organization World Congress of Neuroscience, Kyoto, Japan, July 9-14, 1995,
Poster presentation.
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The 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, November 13-18, 1994, Poster
presentation.
The 5th International Symposium on Neural Transplantation, Paris, France, June 25-29, 1994, Poster presentation.
The 4th International Symposium on Neural Transplantation, Washington, D.C., USA, July 12-16, 1992, Poster
presentation.
The 15th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association, Munich, Germany, September 13-17, 1992,
Poster presentation.
The 14th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association, Cambridge, England, September 8-12, 1991.
AWARDED RESEARCH GRANTS
2002 The Seed grant from the Seed Grant Program of the CMIER, Title: Gene delivery of glial cell linederived neurotrophic factor by neural progenitor cells in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease, as a PI,
Total direct cost: $36,000, 2002-2003
1995 Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning
1995 Neurologiskt Handikappades Riksförbund
1994 Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning
1994 Neurologiskt Handikappades Riksförbund
1993 Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning
1993 Neurologiskt Handikappades Riksförbund
1993 Lund University Medical School
1992 Lund University Medical School
AWARDED TRAVEL GRANTS
2001 Recipient for a travel award for the 8th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural
Transplantation & Repair, Clearwater, Florida
2000 Recipient for a travel award for the 7th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural
Transplantation & Repair, Clearwater, Florida
1997 Recipient for the Diacrin Travel Fellowship for the 6th International Neural Transplantation Meeting
organized by the American Society for Neural Transplantation (only 10 recipients at the meeting).
1996 Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet
1995 Maggie Stephens Stiftelse
1994 Maggie Stephens Stiftelse
1994 Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet
1993 Lund University Medical School
1993 Maggie Stephens Stiftelse
1992 Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet
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RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Scientific Papers:
1. Zhao L.-R., Duan W.-M., Reyes M., Verfaille C.M. and Low W.C., Immunohistochemical identification of
multipotent adult progenitor cells from human bone marrow after transplantation into the rat brain. Brain
Research Protocols, 11:38-45, 2003
2. Duan W.-M., Rodrigures C.M.P., Zhao L.-R., Steer C.J. and Low W.C., Tauroursodeoxycholic acid
Improves the survival and function of nigral transplants in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Cell
Transplantation, 11: 195-205, 2002
3. Duan W.-M., Westerman M. Wong G. and Low W.C., Rat nigral xenografts survive in the brain of MHC
class II, but not class I deficient mice. Neuroscience, 115: 495-504, 2002
4. Pan D., Gunther R., Duan W.-M., Wendell S., Kaemmerer W., Kafri T., Verma I.M. and Whitley C.B.,
Biodistribution and toxicity studies of VSVG-pseudotyped lentiviral vector after intravenous administration
in mice with the observation of in vivo transduction of bone marrow. Molecular Therapy, 6:19-29, 2002
5. Zhao L.-R., Duan W.-M., Reyes M., Keene C.D., Verfaille C.M. and Low W.C., Human bone marrow
stem cells exhibit neural phenotypes and ameliorate neurological deficits after grafting to ischemic brain
in rats. Experimental Neurology, 174: 11-20, 2002
6. Duan W.-M., Westerman M., Flores T. and Low W.C., Survival of intrastriatal xenografts of ventral
mesencephalic dopamine Neurons from MHC deficient mice to adult rats. Experimental Neurology, 167:
108-117, 2001
7. Duan W.-M., Zhao L.-R., Westerman M., Lovick D., Furcht L. T, McCarthy J. B. and Low W. C.,
Enhancement of nigral graft survival in rat brain with the systemic administration of synthetic fibronectin
peptide V. Neuroscience, 100: 521-530, 2000
8. Larsson L.C., Duan W.-M. and Widner H., Discordant xenografts: Different outcome after mouse and rat
neural tissue transplantation to guinea-pigs. Brain Research Bulletin, 49: 367-376, 1999
9. Duan W.-M., Widner H., Cameron M. R. and Brundin P., Quinolinic acid-induced inflammation in the
striatum does not impair the survival of neural allografts in the rat. European Journal of Neuroscience, 10:
2595-2606, 1998
10. Duan W.-M., Brundin P. and Widner H., Addition of allogeneic spleen cells causes rejection of
intrastriatal embryonic mesencephalic allografts in the rat. Neuroscience, 77: 599-609, 1997
11. Duan W.-M., Cameron M. R., Brundin P. and Widner H., Rat intrastriatal neural allografts challenged
with skin allografts at different time-points. Experimental Neurology, 148: 334-347, 1997
12. Duan W.-M., Brundin P., Frodl E.M. and Widner H., Methylpredinisolone prevents rejection of intrastriatal
grafts of xenogeneic embryonic neural tissue in adult rats, Brain Research, 712: 199-212, 1996
13. Duan W.-M., Widner H. and Brundin P., Temporal pattern of host responses against intrastriatal grafts of
syngeneic, allogeneic or xenogeneic embryonic neuronal tissue in rats. Experimental Brain Research,
104: 227-242, 1995
14. Duan W.-M., Widner H., Frodl E.M. and Brundin P., Immunological reactions following systemic
immunization prior or subsequent to intrastriatal transplantation of allogeneic ventral mesencephalic
tissue in rat. Neuroscience, 64: 629-641, 1995
15. Ballagi A.E., Odin P., Othberg-Cederström A., Smits A., Duan W.-M., Lindvall O. and Funa K., Plateletderived growth factor receptor expression after neural grafting in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Cell
Transplantation, 3: 453-460, 1994
16. Cenci M.A., Kalén P., Duan W.-M. and Björklund A., Transmitter release from transplants of fetal ventral
mesencephalon or locus coeruleus in the rat frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens: effects of
pharmacological and behaviorally activating stimuli. Brain Research, 641: 225-248, 1994
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17. Frodl E.M., Duan W.-M., Sauer H., Kupsch A. and Brundin P., Grafts of cryopreserved human embryonic
dopamine neurons can function in the rat brain but display reduced survival rates compared to freshly
grafted neurons. Brain Research, 647: 286-298, 1994
18. Nakao N., Frodl E.M., Duan W.-M., Widner H. and Brundin P., Lazaroids improve the survival of grafted
embryonic dopamine neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 91: 12408-12412,
1994
19. Duan W.-M., Widner H., Björklund A. and Brundin P., Sequential intrastriatal grafting of allogeneic and
syngeneic embryonic dopamine-rich neuronal tissue in adult rats: will the second graft be rejected?
Neuroscience, 57: 261-274, 1993
20. Nikkhah G., Duan W.-M., Knappe U., Jödicke A. and Björklund A., Restoration of complex sensorimotor
behavior and skilled forelimb use by a modified nigral cell suspension transplantation approach in the rat
parkinson model. Neuroscience, 56: 33-43, 1993
21. Smits A., Odin P., Duan W.-M., Brundin P., Widner H., Heldin C.-H., Lindvall O. and Funa K., Expression
of platelet-derived growth factor in and around intrastriatal embryonic mesencephalic grafts. Cell
Transplantation, 2: 151-162, 1993
22. Duan W.-M., Lin F., Xu Q. and Zhang G., A stroke model of acute middle cerebral artery infarction, The
Journal of Capital Institute of Medicine, 12: 1-6, 1991
23. Duan W.-M., Yang J. and Zhang G., Regeneration of lesioned neuronal axons in the parietal cortex of
rats into peripheral nerve grafts. Chinese Journal of Anatomy, 11(Supplement), 192, 1988
24. Duan W.-M., Zhang G. and Yang J., The effects of viable Schwann cells inside sciatic nerve grafts on
the regeneration of lesioned neurons in the CNS. Chinese Journal of Anatomy, 11(Supplement), 266,
1988
Book chapters:
1. Low W.C., Duan W.-M., Keene C.D., Ni H.T. and Westerman M.A., Immunobiology of Neural
Xenotransplantation. In Dunnet, S.B., Boulton, A.A. and Baker, G.B., (eds) Neuromethods, Vol. 36:
Neural Transplantation Methods, Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ, pp. 503-541, 1999
2. Brundin P., Duan W.-M. and Sauer H., Functional effects of catecholaminergic cells grafted to the rodent
striatum. In Dunnett, S.B. and Björklund, A., (eds) Functional neural transplantation, Raven press, New
York, pp. 9-46, 1994
Abstracts:
1.
Duan W.-M. and Bohn M.C., The potential of neural progenitor cells as a gene delivery vehicle for brain: a
study using eGFP transgenic rats. The 34th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in San Diego,
California, USA, October 23-27, 2004
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Duan W.-M. and Bohn M.C., Neural progenitor cells prepared from eGFP transgenic rats migrate
extensively in
rat striatum. The second Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell
Research in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 10-13, 2004
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Duan W.-M., Halter J., Kessler J.A. and Bohn M.C. Transgene expression and cell sorting of rat neural
progenitor cells infected with a lentirviral vector. The 32nd Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in
Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2-7, 2002
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Ortiz-Gonzalez X.R., Keene C.D., Reyes M., Nan Z.H., Duan W.-M., Verfaillie C.M. and Low W.C. Human and rat
derived multipotent adult progenitor cells (mapc) survive and express neural markers when transplanted into
neonatal rats, The 32nd Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2-7, 2002
Duan W.-M. and Low W.C., Protective effect of tauroursodeoxycholic acid on dopamine neurons from MPTP
neurotoxicity. The 31st Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California, USA, November 10-15,
2001
Duan W.-M. and Low W.C., Tauroursodeoxycholic acid protects dopamine neurons against neurotoxicity of mptp in
vitro. The 8th Annual Conference of American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, Clearwater, Florida,
USA, April 27-29, 2001
Zhao L.-R., Duan W.-M. and Low W.C., White matter derived microglia/macrophages dynamically respond to brain
ischemia in rats. The 31st Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California, USA, November 1015, 2001
Duan W.-M., Zhao L.-R., Rodrigures C.M.P., Steer C.J. and Low W.C., Effect of tauroursodeoxycholic acid on
survival of nigral transplants in a rat model of parkinson’s disease. The 7th Annual Conference of American Society
for Neural Transplantation and Repair, Clearwater, Florida, USA, April 27-29, 2000
Zhao L.-R., Duan W.-M., Keene C.D., Reyes M., Nussbaum E.S., Verfaille C.M. and Low W.C., Transplanted human
bone marrow-derived adult stem cells survive and improve functional outcome in a rat model of cortical ischemic
brain injury. The 7th Annual Conference of American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, Clearwater,
Florida, USA, April 27-29, 2000
Duan W.-M., Westerman M.A., Wong G., Spellman S.R. and Low W.C., Survival of intrastriatal xenografts of ventral
mesencephalic dopamine neurons from rat to MHC class II deficient mice. The 29th Annual Meeting of Society for
Neuroscience in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, October 23-28, 1999, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25: 746
Duan W.-M., Zhao L.-R., Westerman M., Lovick D., McCarthy J.B. and Low W.C., Enhancement of dopamine graft
survival in rat brain with the systemic administration of synthetic fibronectin peptide V. Oral presentation, The 7th
International Meeting on Neural Transplantation and Repair, Odense, Denmark, August 26-30, 1999
Duan W.-M., Zhao L.-R., Westerman M., Lovick D. and Low W.C., The effect of synthetic fibronectin peptide V on
the survival of transplanted dopamine neurons in rat brain. The 6th Annual Conference of American Society for
Neural Transplantation and Repair, Clearwater, Florida, USA, April 29-May 2, 1999
Duan W.-M., Westerman M., Flores T. and Low W.C., Intrastriatal grafting of ventral mesencephalic tissue from
MHC knockout mice to adult rats. The 28th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Los Angeles, California,
USA, November 7-12, 1998, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 24: 559
Duan W.-M., Westerman M., Flores T. and Low W.C., Xenotransplantation of fetal dopamine neurons from MHC I
and MHC II knockout mice to adult rats: Enhancement of cell survival. The fifth Annual Conference of American
Society for Neural Transplantation, Clearwater, Florida, USA, April 23-26, 1998
Brundin P., Duan W.-M., Frodl E.M. and Widner H., The role of inflammatory reactions in mediating immune
rejection of intrastriatal neural grafts. The 25th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Dan Diego, California,
USA, November 11-16, 1995, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 21: 315
Duan W.-M., Widner H., Frodl E.M. and Brundin P., High dose methylpredinisolone prevents rejection of intrastratial
grafts of xenogeneic embryonic neuronal tissue in the adult rat. The 4th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience,
Kyoto, Japan, July 9-14, 1995.
Brundin P., Frodl E.M., Nakao N., Duan W.-M. and Widner H., Inhibition of free radical processes increase the
survival of grafted embryonic dopamine neurons. The 5th International Symposium on Neural Transplantation in
Paris, France, June 25-29, 1994
Duan W.-M., Widner H., Frodl E.M. and Brundin P., Immune responses to intrastriatal grafts of allogeneic embryonic
neural tissue in adult rat. The 24th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Miami Beach, Florida, USA,
November 13-18, 1994, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20: 260
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19. Duan W.-M., Widner H., Frodl E.M. and Brundin P., The immune response to intrastriatal grafts of allogeneic
embryonic neural tissue in systemically sensitized rats. The 5th International Symposium on Neural Transplantation
in Paris, France, June 25-29, 1994
20. Nikkhah G., Bentlage C., Olsson M., Cunningharm M.G., Duan W.-M. and Björklund A., Behavioral compensation by
fetal dopaminergic grafts in the rat Parkinson model. The 5th International Symposium on Neural Transplantation in
Paris, France, June 25-29, 1994
21. Duan W.-M., Widner H. and Brundin P., Temporal pattern of expression of major histocompatibility complex
antigens on intrastriatal grafts of syngeneic, allogeneic and xenogeneic neuronal tissue. The 23rd Annual Meeting of
Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C., USA, November 7-12, 1993, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 19: 685
22. Othberg A., Odin P., Smith A., Nikkhah G., Duan W.-M., Brundin P., Widner H., Funa K. and Lindvall O., Plateletderived growth factor (PDGF): expression in and around intrastriatal mesencephalic grafts and trophic effect on
dopamine neurons in vitro. The 16th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association in Madrid, Spain,
September 18-21, 1993
23. Odin P., Othberg A., Grabowski M., Smith A., Duan W.-M., Brundin P., Widner H., Heldin C.-H., Johansson B.,
Lindvall O. and Funa K., Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF): expression around intracerebral lesions and grafts
and effects on dopamine neurons in vitro. The 23rd Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.,
USA, November 7-12, 1993
24. Cenci M.A., Campbell K., Duan W.-M. and Björklund A., Basal and apomorphine-induced neuropeptide m-RNA
expression in the 6-hydroxydopamine lesioned rat striatum reinnervated by dopaminergic grafts. The IVth
International Symposium on Neural Transplantation in Washington, D.C., USA, July 12-16, 1992
25. Cenci M.A., Kalén P., Duan W.-M. and Björklund A., Transmitter release from dopamine- and noradrenaline-rich
fetal cell suspension grafts implanted in the rat frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens: effects of pharmacological or
behavioral activating stimuli, The IVth International Symposium on Neural Transplantation in Washington, D.C., USA,
July 12-16, 1992
26. Duan W.-M., Widner H., Björklund A. and Brundin P., Survival, immunogenicity and function of sequential
intrastriatal grafting of allogeneic and syngeneic embryonic dopamine-rich neuronal tissue in adult rats. The 15th
Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association in Munich, Germany, September 13-17, 1992
27. Duan W.-M., Widner H., Björklund A. and Brundin P., Sequential intrastriatal grafting of allogeneic and syngeneic
fetal dopamine-rich neuronal tissue in adult rats: will the second graft be rejected? The IVth International Symposium
on Neural Transplantation in Washington, D.C., USA, July 12-16, 1992
28. Nikkhah G., Smits A., Odin P., Duan W.-M., Tingström A., Brundin P., Widner H., Heldin C.-H., Lindvall O. and Funa
K., Expression of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) through intrastriatal mesencephalic grafts and the
influence of PDGF-isoforms on dopamine neurons in vitro. The 15th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience
Association in Munich, Germany, September 13-17, 1992
29. Nikkhah G., Smits A., Odin P., Duan W.-M., Tingström A., Brundin P., Widner H., Heldin C.-H., Lindvall O. and Funa
K., Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF): Expression in and around intrastriatal mesencephalic graft and possible
trophic effect on dopamine neurons in vitro. The IVth International Symposium on Neural Transplantation in
Washington, D.C., USA, July 12-16, 1992
INVITED SPEECHS
1. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor gene delivery by neural progenitor cells in a rat model of
Parkinson’s disease. Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Februay, 2002.
2. Enhancement of neural graft survival. CMIER Neurobiology Program, The Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University, May 28, 2001
3. Immunology of neural transplantation. Provirus, Maryland, November 11, 2000
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Immunobiology of neural transplantation. The first Symposium on Neuroscience for Young Chinese
Scholars Worldwide, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, June 11-16,
2000
Cross species transplantation of ventral mesencephalic dopamine neurons. Clinical Neurosciences
Conference, University of Minnesota, April 11, 2000
Neural xenotransplantation. Neuroscience Colloquium, Department of Neuroscience, University of
Minnesota, January 19, 2000
Enhancement of dopamine graft survival in rat brain with the systemic administration of synthetic
fibronectin peptide V. The 7th International Meeting on Neural Transplantation and Repair, Odense,
Denmark, August 26-30, 1999
Survival of intrastriatal xenografts of ventral mesencephalic dopamine Neurons from MHC deficient mice to adult
rats. Oral presentation, Xenotransplantation Workshop, Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, Minneapolis, September
19, 1999