Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data

Syed AB Paspala,1,2 Sandeep K Vishwakarma,1 Tenneti VRK Murthy,2 Thiriveedi N Rao,2 Aleem A Khan11PAN Research Foundation, CARE, 2The Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, IndiaAbstract: Stem cell transplantation for spinal cord injury (SCI) along with new pharmacotherapy research offers the pot...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Paspala SA, Vishwakarma SK, Murthy TV, Rao TN, Khan AA
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/99bd39893cea4abca2e96ccceebd1e0d
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:99bd39893cea4abca2e96ccceebd1e0d
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:99bd39893cea4abca2e96ccceebd1e0d2021-12-02T02:07:46ZPotential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data1178-6957https://doaj.org/article/99bd39893cea4abca2e96ccceebd1e0d2012-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/potential-role-of-stem-cells-in-severe-spinal-cord-injury-current-pers-a11104https://doaj.org/toc/1178-6957Syed AB Paspala,1,2 Sandeep K Vishwakarma,1 Tenneti VRK Murthy,2 Thiriveedi N Rao,2 Aleem A Khan11PAN Research Foundation, CARE, 2The Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, IndiaAbstract: Stem cell transplantation for spinal cord injury (SCI) along with new pharmacotherapy research offers the potential to restore function and ease the associated social and economic burden in the years ahead. Various sources of stem cells have been used in the treatment of SCI, but the most convincing results have been obtained with neural progenitor cells in preclinical models. Although the use of cell-based transplantation strategies for the repair of chronic SCI remains the long sought after holy grail, these approaches have been to date the most successful when applied in the subacute phase of injury. Application of cell-based strategies for the repair and regeneration of the chronically injured spinal cord will require a combinational strategy that may need to include approaches to overcome the effects of the glial scar, inhibitory molecules, and use of tissue engineering strategies to bridge the lesion. Nonetheless, cell transplantation strategies are promising, and it is anticipated that the Phase I clinical trials of some form of neural stem cell-based approach in SCI will commence very soon.Keywords: stem cell therapy, regeneration, spinal cord injury, cell dosing, cell trackingPaspala SAVishwakarma SKMurthy TVRao TNKhan AADove Medical PressarticleCytologyQH573-671ENStem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications, Vol 2012, Iss default, Pp 15-27 (2012)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Cytology
QH573-671
spellingShingle Cytology
QH573-671
Paspala SA
Vishwakarma SK
Murthy TV
Rao TN
Khan AA
Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
description Syed AB Paspala,1,2 Sandeep K Vishwakarma,1 Tenneti VRK Murthy,2 Thiriveedi N Rao,2 Aleem A Khan11PAN Research Foundation, CARE, 2The Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, IndiaAbstract: Stem cell transplantation for spinal cord injury (SCI) along with new pharmacotherapy research offers the potential to restore function and ease the associated social and economic burden in the years ahead. Various sources of stem cells have been used in the treatment of SCI, but the most convincing results have been obtained with neural progenitor cells in preclinical models. Although the use of cell-based transplantation strategies for the repair of chronic SCI remains the long sought after holy grail, these approaches have been to date the most successful when applied in the subacute phase of injury. Application of cell-based strategies for the repair and regeneration of the chronically injured spinal cord will require a combinational strategy that may need to include approaches to overcome the effects of the glial scar, inhibitory molecules, and use of tissue engineering strategies to bridge the lesion. Nonetheless, cell transplantation strategies are promising, and it is anticipated that the Phase I clinical trials of some form of neural stem cell-based approach in SCI will commence very soon.Keywords: stem cell therapy, regeneration, spinal cord injury, cell dosing, cell tracking
format article
author Paspala SA
Vishwakarma SK
Murthy TV
Rao TN
Khan AA
author_facet Paspala SA
Vishwakarma SK
Murthy TV
Rao TN
Khan AA
author_sort Paspala SA
title Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
title_short Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
title_full Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
title_fullStr Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
title_full_unstemmed Potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
title_sort potential role of stem cells in severe spinal cord injury: current perspectives and clinical data
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2012
url https://doaj.org/article/99bd39893cea4abca2e96ccceebd1e0d
work_keys_str_mv AT paspalasa potentialroleofstemcellsinseverespinalcordinjurycurrentperspectivesandclinicaldata
AT vishwakarmask potentialroleofstemcellsinseverespinalcordinjurycurrentperspectivesandclinicaldata
AT murthytv potentialroleofstemcellsinseverespinalcordinjurycurrentperspectivesandclinicaldata
AT raotn potentialroleofstemcellsinseverespinalcordinjurycurrentperspectivesandclinicaldata
AT khanaa potentialroleofstemcellsinseverespinalcordinjurycurrentperspectivesandclinicaldata
_version_ 1718402663255638016