Modulating the immune response in spinal cord injury

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1127-1129

  Ulndreaj, Antigona ^a   Chio, Jonathon C T ^a   Ahuja, Christopher S ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

immune system; immunomodulation; infection; inflammation; intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIG); methylprednisolone; minocycline; rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury (SCI); stem cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MINOCYCLINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROREHABILITATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84978100730     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2016.1207532     Document Type: Editorial

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