Points regarding cell transplantation for the treatment of spinal cord injur y
Chizuka Ide
Kenji Kanekiyo
摘要：Transplantation of somatic cells, including bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs), bone marrow mononu-clear cells (BMNCs), and choroid plexus epithelial cells (CPECs), enhances the outgrowth of regenerating axons and promotes locomotor improvements. They are not integrated into the host spinal cord, but disappear within 2-3 weeks after transplantation. Regenerating axons extend at the spinal cord lesion through the astrocyte-devoid area that is iflled with connective tissue matrices. Regenerating axons have characteristics of peripheral nerves:they are associated with Schwann cells, and embedded in connective tissue matrices. It has been suggested that neurotrophic factors secreted from BMSCs and CPECs promote“intrinsic”ability of the spinal cord to regenerate. Transplanted Schwann cells survive long-term, and are integrated into the host spinal cord, serving as an effective scaffold for the outgrowth of regenerating axons in the spinal cord. The disadvantage that axons are blocked to extend through the glial scar at the border of the lesion is overcome. Schwann cells have been approved for clinical applications. Neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) survive long-term, proliferate, and differentiate into glial cells and/or neurons after trans-plantation. No method is available at present to manipulate and control the behaviors of NPSCs to allow them to appropriately integrate into the host spinal cord. NPSP transplantation is not necessarily effective for locomotor improvement.
机标关键词：spinal cordSchwann cellsbone marrow stromal cellsneurotrophic factorsperipheral nervesepithelial cellssomatic cells
资助基金：Funding(2300125 to CI and 26870744 to KK)
论文发表日期：2016-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：4( 1046-1049 )
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