中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2018, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 35-42.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.224360

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  • 收稿日期:2017-07-15 出版日期:2018-01-15 发布日期:2018-01-15

Stem cells for spinal cord injuries bearing translational potential

Kyriakos Dalamagkas1, 2, Magdalini Tsintou1, 2, Alexander M. Seifalian3   

  1. 1 Department of Tissue Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    2 Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine Centre, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK
    3 Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine Commercialisation Centre (Ltd.), The London BioScience Innovation Centre, London, UK
  • Received:2017-07-15 Online:2018-01-15 Published:2018-01-15
  • Contact: Alexander M. Seifalian,a.seifalian@gmail.com.

摘要:

orcid:0000-0002-8334-9376(Alexander M. Seifalian)

Abstract:

 Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a highly debilitating neurological disease, which still lacks effective treatment strategies, causing significant financial burden and distress to the affected families. Nevertheless, nanotechnology and regenerative medicine strategies holding promise for the development of novel therapies that would reach from bench to bedside to serve the SCI patients. There has already been significant progress in the field of cell-based therapies, with the clinical application for SCI, currently in phase II of the clinical trial. Stem cells (e.g., induced pluripotent stem cells, fetal stem cells, human embryonic stem cells, and olfactory ensheathing cells) are certainly not to be considered the panacea for neural repair but, especially when combined with rehabilitation or other combinatorial approaches using the help of nanotechnology, they seem to be the source of some of the most promising and clinical translatable cell-based therapies that could help solving impactful problems on neural repair.

Key words: spinal cord injury, stem cells, neuroregeneration, plasticity, repair