abstract：:Clinically, many candidates for islet transplantation are already immunized, which increases their risk of graft rejection. Encapsulation of pancreatic islets using the TheraCyte™ device has been shown to protect against allograft rejection in nonimmunized recipients. However, the capacity of the TheraCyte™ device to ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Kumagai-Braesch M,Jacobson S,Mori H,Jia X,Takahashi T,Wernerson A,Flodström-Tullberg M,Tibell A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct reprogramming of an adult cell into another differentiated lineage-such as fibroblasts into neurons, cardiomyocytes, or blood cells-without passage through an undifferentiated pluripotent stage is a new area of research that has recently emerged alongside stem cell technology and induced pluripotent stem cell r...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Nizzardo M,Simone C,Falcone M,Riboldi G,Comi GP,Bresolin N,Corti S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether hypoxic exposure prior to the event of transplantation would have a positive or negative effect upon later islet graft function. Mouse islets exposed to hypoxic culture were transplanted into syngeneic recipients. Islet graft function, β-cell physiology, as well as molecular changes were examined. ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Cantley J,Walters SN,Jung MH,Weinberg A,Cowley MJ,Whitworth TP,Kaplan W,Hawthorne WJ,O'Connell PJ,Weir G,Grey ST

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell-based therapy shows great potential in stroke patients. Intra-artery infusion exhibits greater biological distribution compared to intravenous delivery. In addition, umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSCs) have several advantages compared with other types of stem cells. The aim of this study was to ev...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Jiang Y,Zhu W,Zhu J,Wu L,Xu G,Liu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the clinical outcome of cell-based therapy with cultured adipose derived stromal cells (ASCs) for the treatment of cutaneous manifestations in patients affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc). ASCs have an extraordinary developmental plasticity, including the ability to undergo ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Scuderi N,Ceccarelli S,Onesti MG,Fioramonti P,Guidi C,Romano F,Frati L,Angeloni A,Marchese C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimated frequency of MSCs in BM is about 0.001-0.01% of total nucleated cells. Most commonly, one applied therapeutic cell dose is about 1-5 million MSCs/kg body weight, necessitating a reliable, fast, and safe expansion system. The limited availability of MSCs demands for an extensive ex vivo amplification step...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Rojewski MT,Fekete N,Baila S,Nguyen K,Fürst D,Antwiler D,Dausend J,Kreja L,Ignatius A,Sensebé L,Schrezenmeier H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet transplantation as a therapy or cure for type 1 diabetes has significant promise but has been limited by islet mass requirements and long-term graft failure. The intrahepatic and intravascular site may be responsible for significant loss of transplanted islets. Nonencapsulating biomaterial scaffolds provide a st...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Gibly RF,Zhang X,Lowe WL Jr,Shea LD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of environmental enrichment (EE) on the function of transplanted adipose stem cells (ASCs) and the combined effect of EE and ASC transplantation on neurobehavioral function in an animal model of chronic hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury. HI brain damage was induced in 7-day-old mice by uni...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Seo JH,Kim H,Park ES,Lee JE,Kim DW,Kim HO,Im SH,Yu JH,Kim JY,Lee MY,Kim CH,Cho SR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, there are still significant barriers that impede the clinical use of hESCs and iPS cells, including ethics, immunorejection, tumorigenesis from hESCs, and teratoma formation from iPS cells. It is therefore necessary to search for alternative sources of stem cells. WJ-MSCs originate from embryonic epiblasts...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Gao LR,Zhang NK,Ding QA,Chen HY,Hu X,Jiang S,Li TC,Chen Y,Wang ZG,Ye Y,Zhu ZM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) produces severe neurodegeneration in the striatum leading to disabling motor impairments, including the loss of control of skilled reaching movements. Fetal GABAergic transplants can physically replace the lost striatal cells but with only partial success in functional recovery. Here, we aime...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Klein A,Lane EL,Dunnett SB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac cell therapy with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represents a promising treatment approach for end-stage heart failure. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms and the fate of the transplanted cells. The objective of the presented work is to determine the feasibility of magnetic resonance imagi...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Drey F,Choi YH,Neef K,Ewert B,Tenbrock A,Treskes P,Bovenschulte H,Liakopoulos OJ,Brenkmann M,Stamm C,Wittwer T,Wahlers T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrocyte (OL) replacement can be a promising strategy for spinal cord injury (SCI) repair. However, the poor posttransplantation survival and inhibitory properties to axonal regeneration are two major challenges that limit their use as donor cells for repair of CNS injuries. Therefore, strategies aimed at enhan...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Hu JG,Wang XF,Deng LX,Liu NK,Gao X,Chen JH,Zhou FC,Xu XM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) are bone marrow-derived nonhematopoietic stem cells with a broad differentiation potential and extensive expansion capacity. A comparative study between human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and human MAPCs (hMAPCs) has shown that hMAPCs have clearly distinct phenotypical and ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Jacobs SA,Pinxteren J,Roobrouck VD,Luyckx A,van't Hof W,Deans R,Verfaillie CM,Waer M,Billiau AD,Van Gool SW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a severe debilitating disorder characterized by progressive demyelination and axonal damage of the central nervous system (CNS). Current therapies for MS inhibit the immune response and demonstrate reasonable benefits if applied during the early phase of relapsing–remitting MS (RRMS) while t...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Cobo M,Anderson P,Benabdellah K,Toscano MG,Muñoz P,García-Pérez A,Gutierrez I,Delgado M,Martin F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have accumulated a decade of experience with autologous cell therapy in the treatment of critical limb ischemia (CLI). We conducted a systematic review of clinical trials in the literature to determine the safety and efficacy of cell therapy in CLI. We searched the literature for clinical trials of autolog...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Benoit E,O'Donnell TF,Patel AN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure continues to be a major health care concern with relatively few options for severely advanced heart failure patients. The hallmark of heart failure is the progressive dilatation of the left ventricle, thinning of the left ventricular wall leading to increased wall stress and increased myocardial oxygen c...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Lee RJ,Hinson A,Helgerson S,Bauernschmitt R,Sabbah HN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

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 =...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

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

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is the third leading cause of death worldwide and a huge perpetrator in adult disability. This pilot clinical study investigates the possible benefits of transplanting multiple cells in chronic stroke. A total of 10 consecutive stroke patients were treated by combination cell transplantation on the basis of an ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Chen L,Xi H,Huang H,Zhang F,Liu Y,Chen D,Xiao J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harvesting, expansion, and directed differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) could provide an autologous source of surrogate β-cells that would alleviate the limitations of availability and/or allogenic rejection following pancreatic or islet transplantation. Bone marrow cells were...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Gabr MM,Zakaria MM,Refaie AF,Ismail AM,Abou-El-Mahasen MA,Ashamallah SA,Khater SM,El-Halawani SM,Ibrahim RY,Uin GS,Kloc M,Calne RY,Ghoneim MA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell therapy has been shown to be a promising alternative therapy for neurorestoration, and more than 30 different types of cells have been shown to possess some capability to restore lost or damaged neurological functions. Chinese physicians have successfully applied cell therapy to many neurological diseases and dam...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Chinese Branch of International Association of Neurorestoratology (IANR).,Preparatory Committee of Chinese Association of Neurorestoratology.

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of β-cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) could compensate for the shortage of islet donors required for diabetes therapy. Although pancreatic progenitors have been derived from hESCs using various protocols, no fully functional b-cells could be generated in vitro. We evaluated the in vivo growth ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Sui L,Mfopou JK,Chen B,Sermon K,Bouwens L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrostimulation represents a well-known trophic factor for different tissues. In vitro electrostimulation of non-stem and stem cells induces myogenic predifferentiation and may be a powerful tool to generate cells with the capacity to respond to local areas of injury. We evaluated the effects of in vivo electrostim...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Spadaccio C,Rainer A,De Marco F,Lusini M,Gallo P,Sedati P,Muda AO,De Porcellinis S,Gregorj C,Avvisati G,Trombetta M,Chello M,Covino E,Bull DA,Patel AN,Genovese JA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic use of stem cells to treat diseases and injuries is a promising tool in regenerative medicine. The umbilical cord provides a rich source of stem cells; we have previously reported a population of stem cells isolated from Wharton's jelly. In this report, we aimed to isolate a novel cell population that ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Patel AN,Vargas V,Revello P,Bull DA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation therapies aimed at repairing neurodegenerative and neuropathological conditions of the central nervous system (CNS) have utilized and tested a variety of cell candidates, each with its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages. The use and popularity of each cell type is guided by a number of fact...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Kramer AS,Harvey AR,Plant GW,Hodgetts SI

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZNF281 is one of the core transcription factors in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and has activation and repression roles in the transcription of ESC genes. A known target molecule of Zfp281 (the mouse homologue of ZNF281) is Nanog. However, NANOG is not expressed in most human multipotent stem cells (hMSCs). Here, we in...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Seo KW,Roh KH,Bhandari DR,Park SB,Lee SK,Kang KS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell replacement therapy by intracerebral transplantation of fetal dopaminergic neurons has become a promising therapeutic option for patients suffering from Parkinson's disease during the last decades. However, limited availability of human fetal tissue as well as ethical issues, lack of alternative nonfetal donor ce...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Rath A,Klein A,Papazoglou A,Pruszak J,Garcia J,Krause M,Maciaczyk J,Dunnett SB,Nikkhah G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, which is characterized by loss of memory and cognitive function. In AD patients dysfunction of the cholinergic system is the main cause of cognitive disorders, and decreased activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), an enzyme responsible for acety...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Park D,Joo SS,Kim TK,Lee SH,Kang H,Lee HJ,Lim I,Matsuo A,Tooyama I,Kim YB,Kim SU

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since donor T-cells' allorecognition of host antigens is a prerequisite for the onset of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), blocking their cellular signaling pathways can decrease the severity of GVHD. We hypothesized that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), due to its strong affinity to macromolecules, would adhere to...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Kanamune J,Iwanaga Y,Kina T,Noguchi H,Matsumura K,Uemoto S,Hyon SH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia-reperfusion and immunosuppressive therapy are a major cause of progressive renal failure after kidney transplantation. Recent studies have shown that administration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) improves kidney functional recovery in the acute phase of post ischemia-reperfusion injury. In the ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Alfarano C,Roubeix C,Chaaya R,Ceccaldi C,Calise D,Mias C,Cussac D,Bascands JL,Parini A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined how the difference in pore size of porous scaffolds affected the in vitro chondrogenic differentiation of seeded adipose stem cells (ASCs) and the in vivo cartilage repair of ASC/scaffold construct. ASCs were isolated from 18 rabbits and seeded in a porous poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) scaffold with ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Im GI,Ko JY,Lee JH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell therapy is a promising treatment modality to improve heart function in acute myocardial infarction. However, the mechanisms of action and the most suitable cell type have not been finally determined. We performed a study to compare the effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) harvested from different tissues on ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Otto Beitnes J,Oie E,Shahdadfar A,Karlsen T,Müller RM,Aakhus S,Reinholt FP,Brinchmann JE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow-derived cells have different plastic properties, especially regarding cell fusion, which increases with time and is prompted by tissue injury. Several recessive mutations, including Purkinje Cell Degeneration, affect the number of Purkinje cells in homozygosis; heterozygous young animals have an apparently...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Díaz D,Recio JS,Weruaga E,Alonso JR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International standards for stem cell treatment of neurological disorders have not yet been established. In particular, specific quantitative methods have not yet been adopted to assess the effectiveness of stem cell treatment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the functional changes detectable by conventional neu...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Frolov AA,Bryukhovetskiy AS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplanted embryonic stem (ES) cells, following myocardial infarction (MI), contribute to limited cardiac repair and regeneration with improved function. Therefore, novel strategies are still needed to understand the effects of genetically modified transplanted stem cells on cardiac remodeling. The present study ev...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Glass C,Singla DK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent fetal vasculature (PFV) is a potentially serious developmental anomaly in human eyes, which results from a failure of the primary vitreous and the hyaloid vascular systems to regress during development. Recent findings from our laboratory indicate that fibrovascular membranes harvested from subjects with P...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Chen G,Ma J,Shatos MA,Chen H,Cyr D,Lashkari K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing reliable islet potency assay is a critical and unmet issue for clinical islet transplantation. Recently, we reported that islets contained high levels of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and damaged islets released HMGB1 in a mouse model. In this study, we hypothesized that the amount of released HMGB1 c...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Itoh T,Takita M,SoRelle JA,Shimoda M,Sugimoto K,Chujo D,Qin H,Naziruddin B,Levy MF,Matsumoto S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human islets are subjected to a number of stresses before and during their isolation that may influence their survival and engraftment after transplantation. Apoptosis is likely to be activated in response to these stresses. Apoptosis due to intrinsic stresses is regulated by pro- and antiapoptotic members of the Bcl...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Campbell PD,Weinberg A,Chee J,Mariana L,Ayala R,Hawthorne WJ,O'Connell PJ,Loudovaris T,Cowley MJ,Kay TW,Grey ST,Thomas HE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in tissue engineering technologies have highlighted the ability to create functional liver systems using isolated hepatocytes in vivo. Considering the serious shortage of donor livers that can be used for hepatocyte isolation, it has remained imperative to establish a hepatocyte propagation protocol t...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Ohashi K,Tatsumi K,Tateno C,Kataoka M,Utoh R,Yoshizato K,Okano T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For clinical islet transplantation, isolated islets deteriorate rapidly in culture, although culturing islets prior to transplantation provides flexibility for evaluation of isolated islets and pretreatment of patients. In the present study, we compared human fresh islets to cultured islets with in vitro and in vivo ...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Noguchi H,Naziruddin B,Jackson A,Shimoda M,Ikemoto T,Fujita Y,Chujo D,Takita M,Peng H,Sugimoto K,Itoh T,Kobayashi N,Onaca N,Levy MF,Matsumoto S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is currently said that CO has anti-inflammatory and antiapoptosis effects and it has attracted attention as a medical gas. We used CO for rat hearts and conducted a preservation experiment. We isolated rat hearts, placed them into a specially made chamber, filled the chamber with a gas mixture of PCO (4,000 hPa) a...

journal_title：Cell transplantation

authors： Hatayama N,Naito M,Hirai S,Yoshida Y,Kojima T,Seki K,Li XK,Itoh M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00