Stem cells for the treatment of spinal cord injury

被引:117
作者
Coutts, Margaret [1 ]
Keirstead, Hans S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Irvine, Coll Med,Gillespie Neurosci Res Facil 2111, Dept Anat & Neurobiol, Stem Cell Res Ctr,Reeve Irvine Res Ctr, Irvine, CA 92717 USA
关键词
human embryonic stem cell; neural stem cell; bone marrow stem cell; differentiation; clinical trial; regulatory;
D O I
10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.09.002
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
This article reviews stem cell-based strategies for spinal cord injury repair, and practical issues concerning their translation to the clinic. Recent progress in the stem cell field includes clinically compliant culture conditions and directed differentiation of both embryonic stem cells and somatic stem cells. We provide a brief overview of the types of stem cells under evaluation, comparing their advantages and disadvantages for use in human clinical trials. We review the practical considerations and risks that must be addressed before human treatments can begin. With a growing, understanding of these practical issues, stem cell biology, and spinal cord injury pathophysiology, stem cell-based therapies are moving closer to clinical application. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:368 / 377
页数:10
相关论文
共 108 条
[1]   Human mesenchymal stem cells modulate allogeneic immune cell responses [J].
Aggarwal, S ;
Pittenger, MF .
BLOOD, 2005, 105 (04) :1815-1822
[2]   Remyelination of the spinal cord following intravenous delivery of bone marrow cells [J].
Akiyama, Y ;
Radtke, C ;
Honmou, O ;
Kocsis, JD .
GLIA, 2002, 39 (03) :229-236
[3]  
Akiyama Y, 2002, J NEUROSCI, V22, P6623
[4]   Activation of complement pathways after contusion-induced spinal cord injury [J].
Anderson, AJ ;
Robert, S ;
Huang, WC ;
Young, W ;
Cotman, CW .
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2004, 21 (12) :1831-1846
[5]   Update on the treatment of spinal cord injury [J].
Baptiste, Darryl C. ;
Fehlings, Michael G. .
NEUROTRAUMA: NEW INSIGHTS INTO PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT, 2007, 161 :217-233
[6]   Transplanted multipotential neural precursor cells migrate into the inflamed white matter in response to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis [J].
Ben-Hur, T ;
Einstein, O ;
Mizrachi-Kol, R ;
Ben-Menachem, O ;
Reinhartz, E ;
Karussis, D ;
Abramsky, O .
GLIA, 2003, 41 (01) :73-80
[7]  
Billon Nathalie, 2006, V330, P15
[8]   Gene therapy for SCID - a complication after remarkable progress [J].
Buckley, RH .
LANCET, 2002, 360 (9341) :1185-1186
[9]   MR microscopy of magnetically labeled neurospheres transplanted into the Lewis EAE rat brain [J].
Bulte, JWM ;
Ben-Hur, T ;
Miller, BR ;
Mizrachi-Kol, R ;
Einstein, O ;
Reinhartz, E ;
Zywicke, HA ;
Douglas, T ;
Frank, JA .
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE, 2003, 50 (01) :201-205
[10]   Growth factors regulate the survival and fate of cells derived from human neurospheres [J].
Caldwell, MA ;
He, XL ;
Wilkie, N ;
Pollack, S ;
Marshall, G ;
Wafford, KA ;
Svendsen, CN .
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2001, 19 (05) :475-479