A systematic review of cellular transplantation therapies for spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1611-1682

  Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a   Okon, Elena B ^a   Karimi Abdolrezaee, Soheila ^b   Hill, Caitlin E ^c   Sparling, Joseph S ^a   Plemel, Jason R ^a   Plunet, Ward T ^a   Tsai, Eve C ^d   Baptiste, Darryl ^e   Smithson, Laura J ^f   Kawaja, Michael D ^f   Fehlings, Michael G ^g   Kwon, Brian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

animal model; cell transplantation therapies; spinal cord injury; systematic review; translational research

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CD59 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRIN; GELFOAM; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEUKOSIALIN; MATRIGEL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NEUROTROPHIN; PEPTIDE VACCINE; ROLIPRAM; TACROLIMUS;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW STROMAL CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ADHESION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL INVASION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLAST; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79960832807     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1177     Document Type: Review

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