Schwann cell transplantation for spinal cord injury repair: Its significant therapeutic potential and prospectus

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-128

  Kanno, Haruo ^a,b   Pearse, Damien D ^b,c   Ozawa, Hiroshi ^a   Itoi, Eiji ^a   Bunge, Mary Bartlett ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal regeneration; clinical trial; neuroprotection; transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKINE; ENTACTIN; ESTRADIOL; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; LAMININ; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROLIPRAM;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW STROMA CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCHWANN CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; ANIMAL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84926295206     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: 21910200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2014-0068     Document Type: Review

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