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Safety of human neural stem cell transplantation in chronic spinal cord injury.

Abstract
The spinal cord injury (SCI) microenvironment undergoes dynamic changes over time, which could potentially affect survival or differentiation of cells in early versus delayed transplantation study designs. Accordingly, assessment of safety parameters, including cell survival, migration, fate, sensory fiber sprouting, and behavioral measures of pain sensitivity in animals receiving transplants during the chronic postinjury period is required for establishing a potential therapeutic window. The goal of the study was assessment of safety parameters for delayed transplantation of human central nervous system-derived neural stem cells (hCNS-SCns) by comparing hCNS-SCns transplantation in the subacute period, 9 days postinjury (DPI), versus the chronic period, 60 DPI, in contusion-injured athymic nude rats. Although the number of surviving human cells after chronic transplantation was lower, no changes in cell migration were detected between the 9 and 60 DPI cohorts; however, the data suggest chronic transplantation may have enhanced the generation of mature oligodendrocytes. The timing of transplantation did not induce changes in allodynia or hyperalgesia measures. Together, these data support the safety of hCNS-SCns transplantation in the chronic period post-SCI.
AuthorsKatja M Piltti, Desiree L Salazar, Nobuko Uchida, Brian J Cummings, Aileen J Anderson
JournalStem cells translational medicine (Stem Cells Transl Med) Vol. 2 Issue 12 Pg. 961-74 (Dec 2013) ISSN: 2157-6564 [Print] England
PMID24191264 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers
Topics
  • Animals
  • Biomarkers (metabolism)
  • Cell Lineage
  • Cell Movement
  • Cell Survival
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Gait
  • Graft Survival
  • Humans
  • Hyperalgesia (pathology, physiopathology)
  • Motor Activity
  • Neural Stem Cells (metabolism, pathology, transplantation)
  • Neurogenesis
  • Oligodendroglia (metabolism, pathology, transplantation)
  • Pain Threshold
  • Rats
  • Rats, Nude
  • Recovery of Function
  • Spheroids, Cellular
  • Spinal Cord (metabolism, pathology, physiopathology)
  • Spinal Cord Injuries (metabolism, pathology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Stem Cell Transplantation (adverse effects, methods)
  • Time Factors

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