Xilma R. Ortiz-Gonzalez Ph.D. 2004 Thesis Title: In vivo Neural Differentiation Potential of Bone Marrow Derived Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells Advisors: Walter C. Low and Catherine Verfaillie

Publications:

Burns TC, Ortiz-Gonzalez XR , Gutierrez-Perez M, Keene CD, Sharda R, Demorest ZL, Jiang Y, Nelson-Holte M, Soriano M, Nakagawa Y, Luquin MR, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Prosper F, Low WC, Verfaillie CM. Thymidine analogs are transferred from prelabeled donor to host cells in the central nervous system after transplantation: a word of caution. Stem Cells. 2006 Apr;24(4):1121-7. Epub 2005 Dec 22.

Ortiz-Gonzalez, X, CD Keene, CM Verfaillie, and WC Low, Neural Induction of adult bone marrow and umbilical cord stem cells, Current Neurovascular Research   1:207-213 (2004).

Keene, CD, XR Ortiz-Gonzalez, YH Jiang, D Largaespada, CM Verfaillie, and WC Low, Neural differentiation and incorporation of bone marrow-derived multipotent adult progenitor cells after single cell transplantation into blastocyst stage mouse embryos, Cell Transplantation 12:201-214 (2003).

Jiang, YH, BN Jahagirdar, RL Reinhardt, RE Schwartz, CD Keene, X. Ortiz-Gonzalez, M Reyes, T Lenvik, T Lund, M Blackstad, JB Du, S Aldrich, A Lisberg, WC Low, DA Largaespada, CM Verfaillie, Pluripotent nature of adult marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells, Nature 418:41-49 (2002).