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Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and umbilical cord blood cell transplantation: Synergistic therapies for the treatment of traumatic brain injury
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Liska, Michael G. Peña, Ike C. Dela |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is now characterized as a progressive, degenerative disease and continues to stand as a prevalent cause of death and disability. The pathophysiology of TBI is complex, with a variety of secondary cell death pathways occurring which may persist chronically following the initial cerebral insult. Current therapeutic options for TBI are minimal, with surgical intervention or rehabilitation therapy existing as the only viable treatments. Considering the success of stem-cell therapies in various other neurological diseases, their use has been proposed as a potential potent therapy for patients suffering TBI. Moreover, stem cells are highly amenable to adjunctive use with other therapies, providing an opportunity to overcome the inherent limitations of using a single therapeutic agent. Our research has verified this additive potential by demonstrating the efficacy of co-delivering human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) cells with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in a murine model of TBI, providing encouraging results which support the potential of this approach to treat patients suffering from TBI. These findings justify ongoing research toward uncovering the mechanisms which underlie the functional improvements exhibited by hUCB + G-CSF combination therapy, thereby facilitating its safe and effect transition into the clinic. This paper is a review article. Referred literature in this paper has been listed in the reference section. The datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available online by searching various databases, including PubMed. Some original points in this article come from the laboratory practice in our research center and the authors' experiences. |
| Starting Page | 143 |
| Ending Page | 151 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 30276316v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4103/bc.bc_19_17 |
| DOI | 10.4103/bc.bc_19_17 |
| Journal | Brain circulation |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Abnormal degeneration Brain Injuries Cell Death Cell Therapy Cell Transplantation Cessation of life Colony-Stimulating Factors Experience Filgrastim Hematological Disease Patients Stem cells Stimulation (motivation) Therapeutic procedure Traumatic Brain Injury Umbilical Cord Blood Umbilical cord structure Umbilicus (Anatomy) degenerative disorder granulocyte |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
