It is unclear whether neurogenesis occurs in the adult mammalian enteric nervous system (ENS). Neural crest-derived cells capable of forming multilineage colonies in culture, and neurons and glia upon transplantation into chick embryos, persist throughout adult life in the mammalian ENS. In this study we sought to determine the physiological function of these cells. We discovered that these cel...

introduction: there are the evidences to suggest that bone marrow stromal cells (bmscs) not only differentiate into mesodermal cells, but also adopt the fate of endodermal and ectodermal cell types. bmscs can be a valuable cell source as an autograph for clinical application involving regeneration of the central nervous system. bone marrow stromal cells can be expanded rapidly in vitro and have...

Cell therapy is a promising approach to generate an enteric nervous system (ENS) and treat enteric neuropathies. However, for translation to the clinic, it is highly likely that enteric neural progenitors will require manipulation prior to transplantation to enhance their ability to migrate and generate an ENS. In this study, we examine the effects of exposure to several factors on the ability ...

Cell therapy has the potential to treat gastrointestinal motility disorders caused by diseases of the enteric nervous system. Many studies have demonstrated that various stem/progenitor cells can give rise to functional neurons in the embryonic gut; however, it is not yet known whether transplanted neural progenitor cells can migrate, proliferate, and generate functional neurons in the postnata...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) derives from neural crest, which invade and migrate along the developing gut, proliferate extensively, and differentiate into neurons and glial cells organized as interconnected ganglia that control complex behaviours of the gut, such as peristalsis. While most ENS progenitors undergo differentiation, cells exhibiting properties of enteric progenitor cells (EPCs...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) derives from neural crest, which invade and migrate along the developing gut, proliferate extensively, and differentiate into neurons and glial cells organized as interconnected ganglia that control complex behaviours of the gut, such as peristalsis. While most ENS progenitors undergo differentiation, cells exhibiting properties of enteric progenitor cells (EPCs...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) derives from neural crest, which invade and migrate along the developing gut, proliferate extensively, and differentiate into neurons and glial cells organized as interconnected ganglia that control complex behaviours of the gut, such as peristalsis. While most ENS progenitors undergo differentiation, cells exhibiting properties of enteric progenitor cells (EPCs...

The enteric nervous system (ENS) in mammals is derived from a small pool of progenitor cells, namely enteric neural crest cells (NCCs). These precursor cells proliferate extensively to expand, migrate over a long distance to fully colonize the developing gut and differentiate into millions of neurons and glia to form a functional ENS for regulating the complex behaviors of the gut. This develop...