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Neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation for cortical visual impairment in neonatal brain injured patients.

Abstract：

:The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of neural stem/progenitor cell (NS/PC) transplantation to treat severe cortical visual impairment (CVI), a sequela of neonatal brain injury. Fifty-two patients with cerebral injury and CVI were randomly divided into two groups: the treatment group (n = 25, with the median age of 18 months) and the control group (n = 27, with the median age of 19.5 months). The treatment group received intracerebroventricular transplantation of human NS/PCs and rehabilitation training. The control group received rehabilitation only. The visual function was assessed by Holt's method at various time points after transplantation. One in five patients with fundus abnormalities accompanied by blindness regained light perception. The visual functions of 75% of the patients with normal fundus were improved by one level or more in a 2-year follow-up. The median efficacy appeared 60 days posttransplantation. The total effective rate of cell transplantation on visual improvement was 64% (16 patients of 25), among which one blind patient regained light perception, five (31.2%) CVI patients improved by one level, and 10 (62.5%) improved by more than one level. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in a subpopulation of patients showed enhanced signals in the occipital lobe, visual pathway, and apical lobe after transplantation. In the control group, four patients with fundus abnormalities showed no improvement. Nine of 23 CVI patients with normal fundus improved visual function by more than one level. At the 2-year follow-up, no blind patients showed visual improvement. The total effective rate was 33.33% (9 of 27 patients). Among those showing visual improvement in the control group, six patients (66.67%) improved by one level, and three (33.33%) by more than one level. The median efficacy occurred in 365 days. Human NS/PC transplantation is effective to treat patients with severe CVI after neonatal brain injury. Compared with the traditional rehabilitation training, cell transplantation showed not only earlier visual improvement but also higher improvement rates and degrees. This article is published as part of the International Association of Neurorestoratology (IANR) supplement issue of Cell Transplantation.

journal_name

Cell Transplant

journal_title

Cell transplantation

authors

Luan Z,Qu S,Du K,Liu W,Yang Y,Wang Z,Cui Y,Du Q

doi

10.3727/096368913X672163

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-01-01 00:00:00

pages

S101-12

eissn

0963-6897

issn

1555-3892

pii

ct-2460_luan_et_al_1378844621464

journal_volume

22 Suppl 1

pub_type

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Neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation for cortical visual impairment in neonatal brain injured patients.