Modulating neuroinflammation through molecular, cellular and biomaterial‐based approaches to treat spinal cord injury

CYP Lee, WH Chooi, SY Ng… - … & Translational Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The neuroinflammatory response that is elicited after spinal cord injury contributes to both
tissue damage and reparative processes. The complex and dynamic cellular and molecular …

Pig models of neurodegenerative disorders: Utilization in cell replacement‐based preclinical safety and efficacy studies

D Dolezalova, M Hruska‐Plochan… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An important component for successful translation of cell replacement‐based therapies into
clinical practice is the utilization of large animal models to conduct efficacy and/or safety cell …

A single localized dose of enzyme-responsive hydrogel improves long-term survival of a vascularized composite allograft

T Gajanayake, R Olariu, FM Leclère… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
Currently, systemic immunosuppression is used in vascularized composite
allotransplantation (VCA). This treatment has considerable side effects and reduces the …

Distinct disease features of acute and persistent genotype 3 hepatitis E virus infection in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed Mongolian gerbils

S Subramaniam, R Fares-Gusmao, S Sato… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes self-limited acute hepatitis in immunocompetent individuals
and can establish chronic infection in solid organ transplant recipients taking …

Optogenetic peripheral nerve immunogenicity

BE Maimon, M Diaz, ECM Revol, AM Schneider… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Optogenetic technologies have been the subject of great excitement within the scientific
community for their ability to demystify complex neurophysiological pathways in the central …

Local FK506 drug delivery enhances nerve regeneration through fresh, unprocessed peripheral nerve allografts

KJ Zuo, G Shafa, K Chan, J Zhang, C Hawkins… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Nerve allografts offer many advantages in the reconstruction of peripheral nerve
gaps: they retain their native microstructure, contain pro-regenerative Schwann cells, are …

Early administration of tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist promotes survival of transplanted neural stem cells and axon myelination after spinal cord injury in rats

L Wang, F Wei, J Cen, S Ping, Z Li, N Chen, S Cui… - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation has been reported to be a leading strategy to
stimulate neuroplasticity, repair neuronal loss and promote the morphologic and functional …

A scalable solution for isolating human multipotent clinical-grade neural stem cells from ES precursors

D Bohaciakova, M Hruska-Plochan… - Stem cell research & …, 2019 - Springer
Background A well-characterized method has not yet been established to reproducibly,
efficiently, and safely isolate large numbers of clinical-grade multipotent human neural stem …

Single implantable FK506 disk prevents rejection in vascularized composite allotransplantation

JV Unadkat, JT Schnider, FG Feturi… - Plastic and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: In vascularized composite allotransplantation, medication nonadherence leads
to increased acute rejections. Improving medication adherence would improve overall …

Transplanted human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells do not promote functional recovery of pharmacologically immunosuppressed mice …

Y Pomeshchik, KA Puttonen, I Kidin… - Cell …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Improved functional recovery after spinal cord injury by transplantation of induced
pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem/progenitor cells (iPSC-NPCs) has been reported …