Regenerative stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases: an overview

F Sivandzade, L Cucullo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases resulting from the progressive loss of structure and/or function
of neurons contribute to different paralysis degrees and loss of cognition and sensation. The …

Stem cell therapy in neurodegenerative diseases: From principles to practice

R Sakthiswary, AA Raymond - Neural regeneration research, 2012 - journals.lww.com
The lack of curative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases has high economic impact
and places huge burden on the society. The contribution of stem cells to cure …

TGLI1 transcription factor mediates breast cancer brain metastasis via activating metastasis-initiating cancer stem cells and astrocytes in the tumor microenvironment

SR Sirkisoon, RL Carpenter, T Rimkus, D Doheny… - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Mechanisms for breast cancer metastasis remain unclear. Whether truncated glioma-
associated oncogene homolog 1 (TGLI1), a transcription factor known to promote …

Probing cell identity hierarchies by fate titration and collision during direct reprogramming

BA Hersbach, DS Fischer, G Masserdotti… - Molecular Systems …, 2022 - embopress.org
Despite the therapeutic promise of direct reprogramming, basic principles concerning fate
erasure and the mechanisms to resolve cell identity conflicts remain unclear. To tackle these …

Enhanced differentiation of neural progenitor cells into neurons of the mesencephalic dopaminergic subtype on topographical patterns

KKB Tan, JY Tann, SR Sathe, SH Goh, D Ma, ELK Goh… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease attributed to the loss of midbrain
dopaminergic (DA) neurons. The current lack of predictive models for this disease has been …

Targeting the Cysteine Redox Proteome in Parkinson's disease: the role of glutathione precursors and beyond

MA Martinez-Banaclocha - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Encouraging recent data on the molecular pathways underlying aging have identified
variants and expansions of genes associated with DNA replication and repair, telomere and …

Epigenetic mechanisms in the development and maintenance of dopaminergic neurons

HJ van Heesbeen, S Mesman, JV Veenvliet… - …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Mesodiencephalic dopaminergic (mdDA) neurons are located in the ventral
mesodiencephalon and are involved in psychiatric disorders and severely affected in …

A comparison of neurosphere differentiation potential of canine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

CS Chung, N Fujita, N Kawahara, S Yui… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Stem cell transplantation is one of the most promising yet enigmatic treatments for spinal
cord injury (SCI), a common problem in dogs. As pre-differentiated mesenchymal stem cells …

Adult subventricular zone neural stem cells as a potential source of dopaminergic replacement neurons

JW Cave, M Wang, H Baker - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Clinical trials engrafting human fetal ventral mesencephalic tissue have demonstrated, in
principle, that cell replacement therapy provides substantial long-lasting improvement of …

Mapping of variable DNA methylation across multiple cell types defines a dynamic regulatory landscape of the human genome

J Gu, M Stevens, X Xing, D Li, B Zhang… - G3: Genes …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification involved in many biological
processes and diseases. Many studies have mapped DNA methylation changes associated …